Writer's Block Magazine

Short Story Competition

March 2, 2018

by Short Story, Short Story Competition 2018

Last year’s short story competition was a great success, and we are very happy to announce that we will be hosting another short story competition for our 35th issue. If you’ve ever toyed with the idea of submitting your work to us, now is the time to do it: you’ll be entering a literary fray…

Horoscopes 2018

February 23, 2018

by Elise van der Linde, Horoscope

We are already two months into 2018, however, the year is still young. As Writer’s Block’s astrology aficionado, I bring to you your 2018 horoscope.

A guide to overthinking

February 20, 2018

by Life, Rachel Aisa-Bonoko, WB Column

Have you ever thought about what you think about on a daily basis? If I would have to guess, the thought process of a student of my age range encompasses a lot—from trying to figure out the meaning of life to thinking of funny memes seen on the internet yesterday. You could say it’s a…

WB Valentine’s Poetry

February 15, 2018

by Casper Rudolph, Cathelyne Top, David Kleinsteuber, Luc de Vries, Paulina van Bergem, Poetry, Rachel Aisa-Bonoko, Roos Gravemaker, Sona Simonian

It is no secret that we like good poetry here at Writer’s Block. But if there’s one thing that brightens our day more than good poetry, it’s bad poetry. Luckily for us, there is a special day, every year, which seemingly functions as a magnet to forced rhymes, nonexistent meters and toe-curling similes: Valentine’s…

Notes From A New Catfather

February 13, 2018

by Life, Luc de Vries

This is Miso. He has been living under my girlfriend’s roof for about 5 months now, a time period in which I discovered what it means to be a catfather. Of course, since he’s my girlfriend’s, it’s more of a cat-stepfather situation. But it matters not. This is my experience.