The Pride Roars

Yayyy!!! 🎉 So delighted to be on this longlist!

Thanks @theprideroars.bsky.social & congrats fellow longlisters! 👏

Been out of the game for a while (what with grad school & everything) so it's delightful to make it onto a longlist as I try to get back into the swing of things!

Congrats to everyone on the list & can't wait to see some of these stories!

Delighted and honored to be on the @theprideroars.bsky.social flash competition longlist! Big congrats to all the other story tellers, too 🎉

Ooh - I see my little story's title on this wonderful longlist! Congrats to all! Thank you to @theprideroars.bsky.social for including me! ❤️

oooooh wow i’m on the longlist 🙀!

thank you so very much @theprideroars.bsky.social for this honor, on International Women’s Day no less! best wishes to the other super talented longlisters 🙏

Hot Dyam, I have made this longlist 🤯
Thank you to the readers and judges 💜

Oh, my goodness, I'm on the longlist! Congrats, all!

Yay, it feels amazing to be on this list. Congratulations to the other writers. 👏🏼

Woohoo! Thrilled to see my story here. Congrats to everyone on the longlist! 🎉❤️

Excited to have made the longlist! Congrats to my fellow nominees.

Flash Competition 2026 / Longlist

We're delighted to announce the Longlist for our inaugural Flash Competition.

Thank you again to all who sent their beautiful work our way.

Find the longlisted titles on our blog: theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/03/flas...

Getting stronger mentally means addressing physical memories. My latest post on @theprideroars.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity

"My body knows that letting go is not just something my mind detaches from, or my heart forgives, but that my body must transform, must release, must reforge."

Wow, this extraordinary writing by @ninamiller.bsky.social in @theprideroars.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Muscle Memory / Nina Miller

"The body remembers what the brain tells you to forget"

Read "Muscle Memory" by @ninamiller.bsky.social on The Pride Roars

theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/03/musc...

Only a few days left to submit.
theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...

There's still time to get your subs in

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Flash Competition 2026 free flash competition

There's still time to get your subs in!!

theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...

A Godmother's Blessing / Amy Marques

"humor and wit are as essential as the courage to engage"
Read 'A Godmother's Blessing' by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social up at The Pride Roars

theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-go...

@theprideroars.bsky.social We are now accepting submissions for our first Free Flash Competition.
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Thinking what to send here?

Free Flash Competition (Fiction /CNF)
@theprideroars.bsky.social

Free to enter
Open to all women writers
1000 words max
Submissions via google form 14/2-28/2 or until we reach our cap.

Publication for 3 winning stories
1 writer to be invited to join the Pride.

Results within 3 months

Our free flash fiction competition is open!

Introducing our last judge 🥁🥁🥁

Judge: @TLTomljanovic

Read the full interview: theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/02/judge-…

Find out more: theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-compet���

Our competition is now open!!!

>The Pride Roars - Flash Competition 2026<-- -

-Free to enter
-Open to all women writers
-1000 words max
-Submissions via google form 14/2-28/2 or until we reach our cap.

theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-compet…

Spicy Hawaiian Heart-Shaped Pizza / T.L. Tomljanovic

"Tracing broken hearts in the condensation on my coke glass, I sigh with a passion my drama teacher can only dream of."

Up at The Pride Roars, 'Spicy Hawaiian Heart-Shaped Pizza' by T.L. Tomljanovic @TLTomljanovic

theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/02/spic...

Sit / by Megan Hanlon

"The dog has learned to sit for what he wants."

A new bit of creative nonfiction is out in the world at @theprideroars.bsky.social.

theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/02/sit-...

Sit / by Megan Hanlon

"How reassuring it must be to know exactly who you are—dog, excitable, hungry, playful, occasionally obedient—with one true purpose: to love and be loved."

New on The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social
'Sit' by @sugarpigblog.bsky.social

theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/02/sit-...

"How reassuring it must be to know exactly who you are—dog, excitable, hungry, playful, occasionally obedient—with one true purpose: to love and be loved."

New on The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social
'Sit' by @sugarpigblog.bsky.social

theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/02/sit-...

‘As a writer, I think you learn so much yourself from analyzing someone else’s work, and looking at the choices that will help draw out all the layers of the story the writer is telling.’

The Pride Roars - Free Flash Competition @theprideroars.bsky.social

Introducing our judges 🥁🥁🥁

Judge: @fionamckay.bsky.social

Read the full interview: theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/02/judg...

Find out more: theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...

Writers on X/Twitter, here's a great opportunity - ideal if you're also a foodie 😁
x.com/TLTomljanovi...

‘My brokenness is my superpower. These cracks that almost killed me have allowed me to stretch open wider.’

The Pride Roars - Free Flash Competition
Introducing our judges 🥁 🥁🥁

Judge: @sugarpigblog.bsky.social

Read the full interview: theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/02/judg...

Find out more: theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...