National Flash Fiction Day

Looking forward to working with @sharontelfer.bsky.social and reading your fabulous stories.

ICYMI — we are thrilled to welcome Sharon Telfer @sharontelfer.bsky.social as our guest editor for our 2026 anthology. She will edit the anthology with NFFD’s @karjon.bsky.social — you can see the theme in the link below!

Fantastic choices here for theme and guest editor 👏👏

Bloomin’ brilliant theme and editorial team for the 2026 @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology 👏 Submissions open 1 December. How exciting! 🥳

Very excited to have Sharon Telfer as NFFD anthology guest editor. Follow the link to see this year’s theme!

We’re thrilled to have you as guest editor, Sharon!

Love reading the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology, & each writer's unique take on that year's theme. So I'm thrilled to be the 2026 guest editor, working with @karjon.bsky.social. Click thru ⬇️ to discover the new theme. Can't wait to read all those wonderful subs. Open 1 Dec #FlashFiction

What a great theme and editing team this year!!! @natflashfictionday.bsky.social 😍
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We are very excited to reveal our guest editor & theme for our 2026 anthology! Submissions open on 1 Dec & close on 15 Feb 2026. Our microfiction comp judges will be announced next week! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/an...

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ITS IN THE DIARY!!! 🎉🎉

(sorry for shouting, got excited)

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We’re excited to announce that next year’s National Flash Fiction Day will be Saturday 13 June.

A writing opportunity! More deets to come! Stay tuned

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NFFD will open our MicroFiction Comp ((up to 100 words) & subs to our new anthology (theme to be announced) on 1 Dec. More details coming soon!

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Things are happening in NFFD land! We’ve got our anthology guest editor & our 4 microfiction comp judges lined up & we’ve decided on a theme for our next anthology!Watch this space!

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2016 Microfiction Results And the winners are…. First Prize: ‘The Jumper’ by Anne Patterson Second Prize: ‘A One-Word Yet Possibly Longer-Than-Necessary Personal Essay Dedicated to My Soon-to-Be Ex-B…

Yes, it’s on our website here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/co...

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Things are happening in NFFD land! We’ve got our anthology guest editor & our 4 microfiction comp judges lined up & we’ve decided on a theme for our next anthology!Watch this space!

This is based on my grandmother's description of the Black Sunday storm in April 1935. It has a map-based form. It ran in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

Copies of ‘William Prichard & Co’ are also available from my website: dianesimmons.co.uk

Very excited that ‘William Prichard & Co’ is featured in the NIFTY book club in November!

A Sudden, Bright Flash Highlights & Insights from the Flash Fiction Festival

Here are my reflections from the Flash Fiction Festival, and this post is brimming with inspiration! @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
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Don’t miss out on the chance to win a free copy!

My NIF ‘William Prichard & Co’ is a year old today! To celebrate I am giving away a free copy. To be in with a chance of winning, please retweet & DM me with your name. I will pick a name out of the hat on Wed 20th. Sorry, UK only.

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And that's my reading sorted for the next month or two @jupiterjonz.bsky.social @jankaneen1.bsky.social @iridescentwords.bsky.social @sarahkat.bsky.social #NFFD

Then onto the 3 stellar NiFs @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social @stephaniecarty.bsky.social
@adhocfiction.bsky.social

After 24 hours back in the real world, I’m taking stock of my third @flashficfestuk.bsky.social. What a blast this festival is 💥 So good for the soul. I always come back bone-tired, but in the best possible way, worn out from so much joy, replenished and recharged.

🧵 A thread of highlights…

Two St Catharine's students playing Scrabble in the Middle Combination Room

Double word score for Catz Fellow Dr Caroline Gonda (1996) for publishing 2 pieces of #FlashFiction this year:
🖋️ 'Five Turns From My Grandmother’s Scrabble Set': thepropellingpencil....
🖋️ 'Another Little Mermaid': flashfloodjournal.bl...

📸: Binky Nixon. @natflashfictionday.bsky.social‬

The July episode of Sherry's Shorts is out! Featuring nostalgic summer stories from @chriscottom.bsky.social & Highland writers Graham Bullen, Cynthia Rogerson & me—with fun-in-the-sun Beach Boys tunes too! I'd love for you to have a listen to these shimmering gems. www.mixcloud.com/invernesshr/...

Getting ready for the festival @flashficfestuk.bsky.social