Diane Simmons

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Things hotting up with the Microfiction comp. Watch this space…

Me on stage reading at the launch event for the National Flash Fiction Day anthology

The front cover of the 2025 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology, titled 'Monsoon', featuring artwork by Jeanette Sheppard

I'm shy, so I'm really happy that I still turned up to the Flash Fiction Festival in Bristol and the @saloneurope.bsky.social Brussels and London events, read my work 5 terrifying times, and met so many wonderful, welcoming, inspiring people. (cont)

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Looking forward to reading yours, Alison.

Happy birthday to my NIF ‘An Inheritance’, published in Feb 2020 & shortlisted in The Saboteur Awards. Thrilled that @vpresslit.bsky.social will be publishing my latest NIF too! ‘Bereft of Reason’ will be out later this year 😊

Congratulations!

I'm still in shock that my little story won first prize! 🫢In celebration I return to the site of the initial inspiration. Might treat myself to the full Scotch 😋

Congratulations, everyone!!!

32nd Award Round up Thank you to all who entered our 32nd Award. We received 989 flash fictions of 300 words or under from writers in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, China, Croa…

Round up from our 32nd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/32nd...

Judge’s report 32nd Award Thank you so much to Ingrid Jendzrejewski for judging this Award. Ingrid stepped in at a late stage when John Brantingham was not able to judge for this round. We appreciate the care Ingrid has tak…

Do read Ingrid’s @lunchontuesday.bsky.social
https:// really interesting report on winners & special mentions too in our 32nd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/judges-report-32nd-award/

1st Prize 32nd Award: Shelley Roche-Jacques They announce a two-minute silence for the fallen in Morrisons and the woman comes out from behind the deli counter and stands ceremoniously in her gilet and polyester shirt and you lower your head…

Congratulations Shelley Roche Jacques ! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/1st-...

Winners – Bath Flash Fiction Award

Congratulations Sarp Sozdinler www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/win...

3rd Prize, 32nd Award by Letty Butler the rabbit hole i fall down at 3.07am by Letty Butler What if we’d gone to therapy and seen a calm woman called Charlotte, who listened instead of talked. And we showed her our secrets like a pocke…

Congratulations Letty Butler! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/3rd-...

32nd Award,Highly commended: Rachel Curzon Hestia / Dionysus by Rachel Curzon When she gets back from big Tesco, all the lights are on and he’s standing at the front door peering at his car keys. Going out, he manages to say, and slides a l…

Congratulations to Rachel Curzon! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/32nd...

32nd Award,Highly Commended: Fiona Lynch Low Altitude by Fiona Lynch You think you’re doing ok, definitely not over it, but you’re starting to venture out, working, shopping, dropping the kids off to squads for some semblance of normal, w…

Congratulations To Fiona Lynch! Highly commended www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/32nd...

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Stay Tuned! Coming in about an hour, the results of our 32nd Award judged by Ingrid Jendzrejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social

Congratulations!

Judge’s report for 2026 novella-in-flash award. We had over eighty entries since July when the ninth yearly novella in flash award opened. Thank you to everyone who trusted their work to the competition. Many congratulations to the three winners…

My novella-in-flash -- If Bluebirds Fly -- has been highly commended in the 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash competition. Congratulations to all the winners! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/judg...

Submission (Im)possible! - Spring 2026 Edition Get your work out there! Join us for a co-working session dedicated to submitting your creative writing, etc. in a supportive community.

It's back! Join @lunchontuesday.bsky.social and I for Submission (Im)possible online on Saturday, 18 April to focus on everything to do with getting your writing in the world, in a supportive community. It's free! Please share. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/submission...

Research is the best thing!

Congratulations!!

Over the moon about this news! So excited my NIF will be published by the wonderful Ad Hoc Fiction. Congrats to all the other winners! Thank you @judehwriter2.bsky.social and my workshop-mates @smokelong.bsky.social Fiction, who always make my writing better!

Congratulations, Fiona!

Huge thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social for all the work she puts into this award ❤️

I’m happy to have been Highly Commended, and now the search begins to find a publisher for this Novella…

And big hugs anyone on the shortlist feeling disappointed today ❤️❤️❤️

It sounds fascinating!

Can’t wait to read it!!

Look at that sky!

Hurrah! Congratulations 👏👏👏👏

Judge’s report for 2026 novella-in-flash award. We had over eighty entries since July when the ninth yearly novella in flash award opened. Thank you to everyone who trusted their work to the competition. Many congratulations to the three winners…

I'm delighted that my first ever novella-in-flash Beautiful for You about the life of Princess Diana has been highly commended in the Bath Novella-in-Flash Award! Many thanks to judge Jude Higgins, and congratulations to all the other winners.
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/judg...

Many congratulations!!!!!!