Matt Kendrick

These are all so wonderful. And you're wonderful too!

Me too - it feels so sad that the flash community hasn't quite coalesced as it was before.

Definitely a wonder!

Late? What is time? I don't do late. But I'm very much here for such brilliant picks!

You're definitely not too late and what wonderful picks. You're all in the hat for my next drawing (doing multiple picks over the next couple of days!)

Hope you enjoy it - just a small gift but hopefully a good'un. Just sent you the link.

Don't apologise! There wasn't a time limit (apart from when I stop drawing names) - wonderful picks!

I've now moved on to picking multiple people over the next few days but there'll definitely be a drawing tomorrow at that time!

You're welcome - just sent you the recording link!

A black square. In gold text: "The MAFFIAS (the Matt Flash Ficiton Awards) 2025. There is an icon of a maffioso-Matt also gold like the text. Not visible, the image of a man crying at how hard it is to pick just 20 stories when there has been so much amazing flash published this year. Also, the same man's joy at getting to read his favourite pieces again and deciding which ones he likes best. It's a tough job but someone has to do it.

Currently trying to pick my favourite 20 flash fiction pieces from the last 12 months.

i.e. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - FLASH PROTOCOL 25 😬

And yes, that means the MAFFIAs are coming...

So glad this is useful. We definitely need to celebrate that first staging post of finishing a draft, even if there are more stages to go. Bet the view is already looking pretty good when you turn around. Congratulations!

Thanks so much for reading and sharing!

That's wonderful to hear. Thank you!

So glad it resonated, Karen. It was really cathartic to write.

You could never be too late, Clodagh! I've made a pick for today (so I guess you're too late for that) but I'm going to keep picking for the next couple of days. Wonderful tagging! You're all in the hat ❤️

Wonderful to see the uplift created by this, so I decided to pick a group today, one tomorrow + another on Sat to keep it going.

Today's pick: @ronita.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social @susanlleary.bsky.social @melostrom.bsky.social

Please message me your email ad & what recording you'd like

Excellent picks. You're in the hat!

These are three of my favourites too! Feel free to tag another hundred writers. I am very much here for spreading the joy!

Wonderful picks. You're all in the hat!

Genius? 😬 I don't think so! It's more lots of waffle with sprinkles and chocolate spread... Anyway, wonderful tags! As you say this community is chock full of amazing human beings!

In my mind, I'd sent you an email, but now I have no record of it, so I've just sent it again. **Should** be in the TCL inbox. No pressure at all - just thought you'd have something awesome to say on the subject of writing flash!

Wonderful picks! You're in the hat.

Never be a rule-follower. Except the sensible rules like speed limits and not walking on pavement cracks.

It's like picking between your favourite (imaginary in my case) children or your favourite (don't judge me) house plants! Three wonderful tags. You're in the hat!

It's Thursday here now too and this was definitely not just a Wednesday thing. In fact, I think I'm going to pick one group of people today, one tomorrow, and maybe another on Saturday. See how happy / generous I'm feeling! These three tags are three of the best 🤩

You're in the hat!

Feel free to name away! Lovely to spread the love.

Love all of these! There are so many flash superstars, aren’t there?

Agree. Such a nourishing community. I feel so grateful for everyone. And what a trio 🤩🤩🤩

I love this trio! What a stellar combination. But I know what you mean - there are way too many brilliant people in our writing community (very much including you!), which I guess is a lovely problem to have!