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Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

The cover of the FUEL anthology of prize-winning flash fictions raising funds to fight fuel poverty, with a brightly-coloured petrol pump, and a banner on the right hand side saying "Ebook with 12 bonus prize-winning stories". Edited by Tania Hershman

Today is #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay so why not pick up a copy of the FUEL anthology of prizewinning flash fictions - it's a great read and profits go to four #fuelpoverty charities, including @nea.org.uk. The brand new ebook has 75+12 bonus stories = 87 flash stories! Buy here: www.fuelflash.net

And look at where it landed! One of the best 🫶

Wonderful, Damhnait! That sounds so dreamy. 🥰 Congratulations!

One day that zebra story is going to hit you out of nowhere 😂 🦓

Ah, no, totally separate idea! 🙂 But I thought a good opportunity to remind everyone that it opens so soon! 😁🤩 Loved your new story in Milk Candy Review, Matt.

Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…

‘Last week, it was the lengthening of a day to more than twenty-four hours. A week before, it was the weight of the air. She is dependable like this.’

Devastatingly precise and precisely devastating; @mattkendrick.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review ⛅️

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Woohoo! Best of luck! 🤞

And just like that, I have an idea for a micro 💡 @welkinprize.bsky.social opens on 1 December for entries - be sure to get something ready! 💫

Yay, Suzanne! 🤩

⚡️Fast Flash Review: Bitter Over Sweet by Melissa Llanes Brownlee. A stunning read. Plus, Melissa writes in Hawaiian Pidgin Creole & English, this book is a masterclass on authentic own voice writing. Unmissable.
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social

Thanks, Claudia! The loveliest. ❤️

My Sister’s Life as a Series of Rooms by Nora Nadjarian - CRAFT Room 1 Which is pink or maybe sugar-white, and a cot and little fists stick out of a blanket and peachy cheeks and my mum bent over. The room is always quiet and milky and her little nails scratch…

There’s also this one from @noranadj.bsky.social in Craft (a house floorplan counts, right?) www.craftliterary.com/2025/05/16/m...

So many! But the first one that popped into my mind was ‘Homework’ by @cherylpappas.bsky.social in The Chattahoochee Review… static1.squarespace.com/static/5fd28...

I had the exact same thought when I read this, Nick! ☺️

Look at this powerhouse team! 💥 @natflashfictionday.bsky.social’s 2026 microfiction comp opens 1 December - send @joannacampbell.bsky.social, @devaneemily.bsky.social, @debdanthewriter.bsky.social and @daveswann.bsky.social something good.

Thank you, Tracie! 🙏

So nice! Thanks, Kleopatra 🙂

Thanks so much, lovely, lovely Jenny! 🥰

Cheers, m’dear! 🤩

Player - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Paul Arky on Unsplash by Claudia Monpere A piano tilts on the dirt beside a freeway entrance like an unbalanced stilt walker: chipped keys, case body cracked, chunks of wood missing, and stil...

‘The swollen traffic comes and goes. The heart roosts where it can.’

Goodness! What a micro in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, @claudiamonpere.bsky.social 🎹

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Aw! Thank you, Karen. That’s so lovely. 💖 Massive congratulations to you, too!

Thanks so much, Karen! 💫

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🫘 (Always wanted to use that emoji. Just hope it hasn’t cost me a BSF selection. 🤔😂)

Thank you, Lisa! 🙏

You are amazing, Kik! ❤️ And thank you.

Thanks so much, Diane! 🥰

High fives all round 🙃

Thank you, Sumitra! You are the kindest. ❤️