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Website Editor:
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Managing Editors:
Jack Roberts
Daniel Stacey

Contributing Editors:
Jean Hannah Edelstein
Alyssa McDonald
Sebastian Meyer

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Writers' Lab Explained

The Writers' Lab is a workshop for aspiring writers, where you can post short works of non-fiction, comment on and rate stories, and see the BAD IDEA editorial process laid bare.

SHOW AND TELL

Want to submit short non-fiction stories to an audience of your peers for scrutiny? BAD IDEA's Show and Tell section is a forum where you can post stories under 500 words for appraisal by other writers and our editorial staff. Read through entries to draw inspiration from other young writers, rate your favourite stories, and leave comments and suggestions where appropriate. Each month the best story will be awarded a free subscription to BAD IDEA.

BUTCHER'S SHOP

Welcome to the Butcher's Shop, a tool for prospective contributors where the massacre that is BAD IDEA's editorial process is laid bare. At BAD IDEA we view editing as just as much a craft as writing - in fact they are one and the same activity in many respects. In an age of citizen journalism and blogging, it's important to remember just how much work you need to put into your writing to make it really shine.

To show you what we mean, and how the editorial process at BAD IDEA works, we've picked our favourite submissions from the SHOW AND TELL section and taken the knife to them. Hover over changes to read comments and suggestions by our editorial team.