Martina Mackinlay of Clare Wigfall's Advanced Fiction Writing class has had a fiction piece selected for publication in
Sand Journal's
Issue 29. Martina's story 'Red Court' was inspired by her personal experience of dealing with the Los Angeles fires of January 2025 and was selected for publication from over 600 submissions. Berlin-based
Sand is a literary journal held in high regard for the quality of work it publishes and its goal to amplify fresh and underrepresented voices that 'push the boundaries of form, message, and voice in fresh and unpredictable ways'. Martina will be reading from her piece at the launch of
Sand 29 at Lettrétage on May 23rd.
Post Date: 06-08-2026