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March on, weary travellers

March 2024 Newsletter

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So we’ve made it to March! It’s the month, Dickens pointed out, when it’s summer in the light and winter in the shade. It’s the time when annual resolutions start to thrive or die; to-do lists mushroom; and here and there, the first frogs of the year stick out their blunt and beautiful heads.

 

At EGG+FROG, March 2024 marks the end of our first month: an amazing (and very tiring) February of website visions and revisions which a minute could reverse. We received bags of submissions – laughed and cried and scratched our collective chin at the talents on display – and produced more frog art than was frankly healthy. To all our readers: thank you for all your support!

Last month's masterworks:

February saw us publish ten pieces of brilliant, new British writing. Here were some of our favourites (all the rest can be found nestled like the treasures they are on the homepage).

Drama. The Hole Thing by Philip Webb Gregg. Image: a silhouette of an open door through which is a black hole sucking in various objects, including a pair of trousers, a cat, a flock of birds and a kettle. Next to the door, a person sits, looking out.
Fiction. Journeys by Jill Craig. Image: the silhouette of the map of Greece.
Fiction. Raleigh 500 by David Lambert. Image: the silhouette of a man riding his bike through incoming traffic, while another man calls to him.
Poetry. Prelude by Jennifer Todd. Image: the silhouette of a young boy running.

Our favourite writing prompts:

The best writing prompts featured on our Instagram and Facebook accounts last month

Image: A young woman with vivid red hair, wearing a blue hoodie, looks at the camera with an inscrutable expression on her face. At the bottom of the image are the words 'Writing Prompt: what's she looking at?'
Image: a small panda sits on a concrete windowsill looking out at a futuristic cityscape. At the top of the image are the words 'Writing Prompt: what adventures await?'
Image: a young boy in a blue shirt looks at the camera. Behind him is a pencil illustration of an Eastern European-styled cityscape. At the bottom of the image are the words 'Writing prompt: what became of him?'

News

A cracking daily puzzle

Today we’re launching our brand new puzzle: The Daily Egg! Love word games like Wordle, Hangman or good old-fashioned cryptic crosswords? You’ll love this. A new puzzle Monday to Friday, posted on our Facebook and Instagram accounts – and our homepage – challenges you to guess the word based on challenging clues. With each clue, you get another letter – how quickly can you guess the word? Perfect for a coffee break.

Try it out!
Donation page. Image: A Beatles-inspired album cover. The word 'HELP' is in large white letters at the top of the image. In the middle, a group of five frogs with guitars are standing on a pedestrian crossing. In the bottom right-hand of the image, the Parlophone label image.

help us keep the dream alive!

We love what we do and we hope you do too. But we can’t do it alone! We want EGG+FROG to be 100% free for everyone. And we don’t want ads. And we don’t want subscriptions, sign-ins, free trials or anything like that. Great writing should be easy to get and beautiful to behold. 

 

If you can, please consider donating something small to keep our magazine alive and well.

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Employees of the month:

February’s most emphatic amphibians

Image: a frog wearing a crisp blue suit is sitting at an office desk with a newspaper open in front of him. On the desk is a green egg.

Bureau frog

sartorial excellence

Image: a frog wearing a tuxedo with a white bowtie is sitting on two books next to an egg.

dapper frog

pure class

Image: a frog wearing armour is sitting on a large book. He has another open book in his hands and there is a golden egg next to him.

Gallant frog

health & safety

Coming up at EGG+FROG:

We’ve got loads of plans for March, so come back every day – either on the site or on social media – for more super-sensible, not-at-all-ridiculous literary enjoyment.

  • More fantastic Great British writing, every week
  • New puzzle every weekday
  • Frogs, writing ideas, previews and more every day on social media

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Drama. The Hole Thing by Philip Webb Gregg. Image: a silhouette of an open door through which is a black hole sucking in various objects, including a pair of trousers, a cat, a flock of birds and a kettle. Next to the door, a person sits, looking out.
Poetry. In That Life by Phoebe Gilmore. Image: the silhouette head of a woman looks out, while behind her a second, lighter shadow looks out.
Fiction. The Mating Ritual of the 3D Printer, by Philip A. Suggars. Image: The silhouette of a woman running away from monstrous crab creatures with various objects for limbs.