New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed)

On Collaboration and Writing About Love—with Grant Faulkner | New Flash Fiction Review Grant Faulkner speaks with Valerie Fox about Something Out There In the Distance, his new collaborative book with photographer Gail Butensky.

Excited to share this interview with Managing Editor Valerie Fox & @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social, who judged our 2025 prize.

He talks about his collab book w photographer Gail Butensky, and how aseries of linked short-shorts emerged once he began writing...

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Thank you to all the wonderful writers who have trusted us with your work. We are reading through the subs and will be in touch.

Ack! Hope you found the right one. Apologies!

AWWWW 😍

Submission Guidelines | New Flash Fiction Review

Send us your bold, imaginative, weird, wonderful stories - we are here for them. Just a reminder:

500 words max
Free to enter
We read anonymously
Deadline 15 Jan

newflashfiction.com/submit/

We loved it too, Sumitra! Joining you in the celebrations 🎉

Join us in celebrating the two NFFR stories by @jackmmorris.bsky.social and @writesofkathryn.bsky.social chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!

Links to their stories here:
newflashfiction.com/ernst-is-com...

newflashfiction.com/a-few-words-...

Thanks to the editors @dseuss.bsky.social, Meg & Gary!

Congrats Jack! We're so pleased your story will be in Best Microfictions 2026. Now that's the way to start the year!

And we're open! Send us your bold, imaginative, weird, wonderful stories - we are here for them. Just a reminder:

500 words max
Free to enter
We read anonymously
Deadline 15 Jan

Good luck Kim!

Body as a Single-Family Home | Issue #39 My ribcage must be the foyer, all high ceilings and wasted space and a place for the air to circulate. Small voices echoing off the walls of my lungs.

The long hallways of my arms, where sometimes, I swear I can feel their footsteps, where I look down and expect to see the skin rise up, something pushing against me from the inside." Brilliant unforgettable winning story@karaoakleaf.bsky.social @nffr.bsky.social
newflashfiction.com/body-as-a-si...

Issue 39: 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize | New Flash Fiction Review Featuring new work by Belinda Rowe, Jaime Gill, Emily Rinkema, Theodora Sutcliffe, Kara Oakleaf, Leigh Ann Ruggiero, Kathryn Silver-Hajo, Brigid M. Hughes, and Jess Richards

We will be open for submissions 1 to 15 Jan. For inspiration, read our winning stories from last issue by @karaoakleaf.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @belindarowe.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social @theodora.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social

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Thanks Sumitra! It's quite a story

What a unique story, Theodora! We loved it 😍

Wonderful story, Emily - and that opening line 👏 👏 Great to have you in this issue!

We're so pleased to have your story as the prize winner, Kara! And yes, what an issue 😍

Congrats Belinda, great to have you in this issue!

Congrats Jaime, great to have you in this issue!

Thanks for reading and sharing Mizuki, it's quite an opening line isn't it?

Congrats Kathryn, how great that this originated in Meg's workshop 🤩

Really loved this story, Kathryn. Wonderful to find it in our submissions 😍 Both of your stories so uniquely wonderful.

Thanks for reading and sharing Belinda

Thanks Dan, it's a wonder, isn't it?

Thanks for sharing Dan! Agree, such great evocation of the senses.

It really is a stunner, thanks for sharing Kara - and congrats on your winning story 😍

Appreciate you reading and sharing this story, James

Thanks for sharing Claudia 🤩

Thanks for sharing Kara!

Iron Shoes | Issue #39 My parents, Olive, and I arrive at Uncle Don’s Memorial cookout after a day spent laying flowers at graves.

“I asked Dad once, What goes on in Olive’s head? He said, Believe whatever thing seems nicest.”

leigh ann ruggiero’s “iron shoes” in @nffr.bsky.social 🤍

newflashfiction.com/iron-shoes/