Winners: January 10th GFFO writing challenge The writing challenge for the January 10th online festival day mini contest was to write a story in three sections inspired by three snowy paintings by Henry Martin Glasser 1909-1981. The paintings…

The winning stories by @mackmckenna.bsky.social @words-outwest.bsky.social & @bsherm36.bsky.social from our 10th Jan online GFFO day are now posted. Congratulations! And thank you to all who entered www.flashfictionfestival.com/winners-janu...

1st Feb. It’s the final day to enter our 1st Award this year. £1460 in prizes. The Last Minute Club is officially open! And here is the badge you should receive if you are a last minute entrant to the 32nd Award

Thanks everyone who guessed the Last Minute Club badge yesterday! @anneh23.bsky.social won with a near perfect guess of burgundy & baby pink! See badge below. So she’ll be offered a BFFA anthology as a prize!

Anyone wanting to guess the Last Min Club badge colour(s) l? it will only take you a minute & you could win an anthology. You don’t have to have entered

Guess the colour of new Last Minute Club badge & win a prize!

I wrote this for @flashficfestuk.bsky.social 2024 in memory of night shift in the ED. Eternally grateful to @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for pubbing this, and also that I don’t have to do night shift ever again. (IDK why it’s labelled adult content there’s a CW for self harm, maybe that’s why)

Thanks for inviting me to run 'Lost & Found' again! I really enjoyed the other workshops, and the picture prompts were wonderful, Jude.

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Big thanks to Ingrid Jendzrejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social who has agreed to be our judge this time to replace John Brantingham who unexpectedly can’t do it. Read our interview with her. Great answers!
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www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/judges/

A wonderful day! the workshops were amazing - thank you 😍😍😍

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Just 3 weeks till our 32nd Award closes on Feb 1st. £1460 in prizes. 300 words max & shorter pieces welcome. Results out end of Feb. Anthology. bathflashfictionaward.com

More thanks to @lettybutler.bsky.social @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social @itssonoemi.bsky.social for reading fantastic stories & @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging the ‘slow prose’ festival contest from @judehwriter2.bsky.social’s prompts. We’relooking out for your entries!

Thank you to everyone who came to the 2nd Great Festival Flash Off online day yesterday. And thanks also to @christopherallen.bsky.social @devaneemily.bsky.social & @shelleyr-j.bsky.social for their brilliant workshops & readings & @sudhab.bsky.social for the yoga flashfictionfestival.com

What a wonderful way to start the year! Thank you so, so much, and congratulations to Erin & Alexis -- it's an honour to appear alongside you! :)

Very pleased to have this one out in the world – 'Fish Girl Summer' is my first published CNF! Thanks @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging and @judehwriter2.bsky.social for the great prompt!

And definitely go read @lunchontuesday.bsky.social's winning piece, a breathtaking breathless paragraph 💜

Flash Fiction Festival celebrating the short-short story world-wide

Winning CNF flashes from the 29th Nov online festival comp are now posted on the website. Congratulations to 1st prize @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, and runners up @erinbondo.com & Alexis Somerville Thank you to judge @scooterwriter.bsky.social & all entrants www.flashfictionfestival.com/news/

My very first Pushcart Prize nomination (!!) for my 3rd place BFFA flash "Eloise Writes as the World Burns"

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Ready for the New Year, we have announced the 2026 NIF award shortlist.,Congrats to all the authors. Final results out end Jan. The longlist was also full of excellent novellas. Best wishes for all of them & to everyone who entered. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/news/

Absolutely stoked to have my Highly Commended CNF 'The Ewe and the Lamb' included in this stellar Arts Council funded journal!

Novella in flash 2026 Longlist Congratulations to all the 27 authors who have made our Award long list for the 2026 Award (Final results in January, 2026) and huge thanks to all who entered.Author names are yet to be announced, …

Congratulations to all 27 writers on our 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award longlist. And thank you to everyone who entered. So many good and inventive novellas were submitted. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/12/novella-in-flash-2026-longlist/

I’ve decided to hang up my hat at NFFD as I move in a new creative direction, visually. Its been a privilege and such a wonderful experience. Thank you to Diane, Ingrid and Tino for asking me to be a part of the the team and to everyone who said lovely things about my work over the years. X

Many thanks to School Reading List for placing our book on the fiction shortlist with lots of awesome titles. @reenamakwana.bsky.social Great time to buy with @theemmapress.bsky.social sale too. #kidlit #childrensficrion

Thank you so much to @scooterwriter.bsky.social and @lunchontuesday.bsky.social for this incredible honour. I hope to uphold the amazing legacy left by brilliant artist @jeanettesheppard.bsky.social whose work has graced the covers of seven anthology covers for @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social

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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

We are very excited to announce that Joanna Campbell @joannacampbell.bsky.social is our new artist-in-residence! She has been a huge supporter of NFFD for many years & we’re thrilled to have her as part of the team! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

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The long list for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 is here! Congratulations and thank you to all who entered. The judging has been and continues to be extremely tough. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Brilliant @flashficfestuk.bsky.social day today w/ generative workshops from @hanakhalique.bsky.social, @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social & @lunchontuesday.bsky.social! Lots of drafts & ideas born out of this one. Thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social for organising & everyone who read/presented/shared 😊

BFFA Nominations 2025 It’s nomination time! We always nominate from our 2025 prize winners in the three BFFA awards for the Pushcart Prize and Best Small Fictions. We’re allowed five nominations for Best Sma…

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Thrilled to have a new #flashfiction up on #SoFloPoJo Gratitude to Ed @francinewitte.bsky.social and thanks to @kathyfish.bsky.social for original prompt from @flashficfestuk.bsky.social this year Yeehaw! www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-39-nov...

This Sunday and next Monday I'm delivering my workshop on Writing Prose Poetry Series and Sequences online. Spaces only £25, with a couple low-income spots available at each session. Previously delivered for @flashficfestuk.bsky.social and @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social with great results! Pls share!