Emily Devane
Emily Devane
@devaneemily.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, editor, bookseller. Collector of oddities. Words in various places, including Smokelong, Lost Balloon, Ellipsis, Best Microfiction & Ambit.
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Hey #flashlit and #flashfiction people! @lostballoon.bsky.social is open through August 7! Submit here: lost-balloon.com/submit/ (cc @chillsubs.bsky.social)
The results are out! Congratulations to the winners - your stories sound amazing and I'm incredibly chuffed to have a story on the shortlist and in this year's print anthology alongside you. Huge thanks to the BSSA team for all your hard work ๐. www.bathshortstoryaward.org
Absolutely thrilled that my story made it to this year's #bathshortstoryaward #BSSA shortlist. Thanks so much to the readers, and congratulations and good luck to everyone still hanging on in there ๐. www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2026/07/24/s...
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I have a new flash in the gorgeous @crowkeys.bsky.social! ๐ฆโโฌ Loved playing around with the imperative voice for this one. @keychild.bsky.social has been a delight to deal with, too. Send them something bejewelled and dark and bewitching. ๐ค crowcrosskeys.com/2026/07/11/h...
Thrilled to bits to have a story in this year's BSSA longlist. Thanks to the readers for putting it through and congratulations - and good luck - to everyone on there with me ๐. www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2026/07/07/l...
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous ๐
Letโs go fly a kite! ๐ช Thrilled to have a new flash in the fabulous @fictivedream.bsky.social, which is celebrating 10 years of championing short and short-short stories. Laura has created such a wonderfully-curated journal, and Iโm so proud to be featured. Enjoy! ๐ fictivedream.com/2026/07/03/k...
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End of the line for my story - but very happy to be in the anthology. Congratulations, and good luck, to everyone on the shortlist ๐๐ค.
Many Congratulations to the twenty writers on our 33rd Award shortlist selected by our judge @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social Results out by end of the month https:// www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/short-list-bffa-june-2026-award/
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This #nffd1026 Write-In prompt was my absolute fav โ borrow 5 words from a FlashFlood piece and incorporate them into a flash on a different theme. I chose @devaneemily.bsky.social's 'Magnolia' because a) it's gorgeous and b) miss a chance to reference the Grateful Dead? I could neverโก๏ธ๐งธ
The Write-In: 'Summer โ73' by Erin Bondo #nffd2026
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Issue 92 of SmokeLong Quarterly is live! Featuring the winners and finalists of The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026 and the winners of the SmokeLong Workshop Prize. All of it is gold. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety...
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Deliciously WTF! I'm never going to look at magnolias the same way again, @devaneemily.bsky.social #amreading #nffd2026
FlashFlood: 'Magnolia' by Emily Devane #nffd2026
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This is word and sad and beautiful and has @devaneemily.bsky.socialโs brilliance all over it ๐งก๐งก๐งก @natflashfictionday.bsky.social โI shake my head, because no, I havenโt seen the magnoliaโs new shoes and just how many shoes does a tree needโ
FlashFlood: 'Magnolia' by Emily Devane #nffd2026
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Join us TOMORROW at the next @wordfactoryuk.bsky.social online short story club on the 15th June! @cathygalvin.bsky.social and I will discuss the fantastic, โIn the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buriedโ by Amy Hempel. All welcome! ๐ Read the story and get tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/word-facto...
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โEach flower is an elegant pink cup, the shape of a champagne flute, tall and proud, and when they fall, the flowers resemble tears, and the magnoliaโs limbs look naked.โ Bizarre and brilliant and beautiful from @devaneemily.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social ๐ธ
FlashFlood: 'Magnolia' by Emily Devane #nffd2026
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FlashFlood: 'Telegraph' by Sharon Telfer #nffd2026
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UK National Flash Fiction Day is here! An all-day flood of prompts & stories from published & debut #FlashFiction writers. Follow @natflashfictionday.bsky.social & #NFFD2026 to catch them all ๐๐ผ Looking forward to the launch of the print anthology tonight
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Hereโs my list flash in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social! Happy flash flood and happy pride everyone! ๐๐๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐งก๐งก๐งก
FlashFlood: 'All the Ways We Died' by Sumitra Singam #nffd2026
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Reminder: Event at Leeds Central Library this Sat 6 June at 13.00 with me and @nicholasroyle.bsky.social and Naomi Booth. The Art of the Short Story. Hope to see you there. libraries.leeds.gov.uk/events/the-a...
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In happy writing news, my odd little piece 'Magnolia' has been accepted for this year's Flash Flood. It'll be passing by around 13.25 BST on Saturday, 13 June. With grateful thanks to Ingrid, the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social team, & this year's editors ๐.
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Want to get your writing project out in the world? Fancy a workshop in the glorious Yorkshire Dales? Join me and brilliant short fiction writer @devaneemily.bsky.social for a morning of writing advice and support around pitches and submissions. Book your spot! ๐ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perfect-yo...
Congratulations to the winners - and to everyone who entered. It was a joy spending time with your words (I'm still thinking about so many of those stories). Thanks to the NFFD team for all your hard work ๐.
We are excited to announce the results of our 2026 microfiction competition. Thank you to everyone who entered. You can read the winning & highly commended stories here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
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Wudja look at this!! Very proud to be published by The Lilliput Press, and am in love with my book's beautiful cover โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
FOUR NIGHT SEAS by Niamh Mac Cabe ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ We are so excited to be publishing the debut collection from writer and artist @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social! Mac Cabe's stories take the ordinary - people, animals, trees - and casts them in a way that is beguiling fresh.
It's just me, waxing lyrical about flash fiction, my favourite books, and what I love in a micro, ahead of this year's #nffd micro competition. Have a read, and think about sending something our way (you have 2 weeks!) ๐.
The final interview in our series is with microfiction judge Emily Devane @devaneemily.bsky.social Emily talks about desert islands, her favourite book & offers advice to new flash writers: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne... Subs up to 100 words open till 15 Feb!
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Oh my giddy aunt, donโt these look grand! The Lightning by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social - Proofs have arrived at Moose Towers. @irishtimes.com @belfasttelegraph.co.uk @belfastlive.co.uk Marvelous
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Today's shortlisted story is "Pattern" by David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Still time to sign up for the January session next week - come and read some brilliant stories by @devaneemily.bsky.social with us! #BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
Bite-sized Book Club bookings are open for the first block of 2026 (link in next post)! The sessions are as follows, 19:15-20:30 (UK time): Thurs 15 Jan - Stories by Emily Devane Thurs 12 Feb - Happy/Positive Stories Thurs 19 Mar - Collaborations #BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
Absolutely! It's a good time to get those ideas on the page... We can't wait to see what you've got for us :).
Our microfiction judges @daveswann.bsky.social @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @devaneemily.bsky.social & @joannacampbell.bsky.social are looking forward to reading your micros (up to a 100 words, no theme). Cash prizes & publication ๐Comp closes 15 Feb: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
Thanks to John Lavin at @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social for inviting me to share just *some* of my favourite reads from this year. I stuck to fiction, but it wasn't easy - I've read some wonderful books this year! Here are three that wouldn't let go... ๐
The third and final part of our Books of the Year special is now online, featuring choices from John Lavin @maryodonnell.bsky.social @tazrahman.bsky.social @eleanorhooker.bsky.social @devaneemily.bsky.social @glynedwards.bsky.social Jackie Gorman & Penny Simpson. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/12/14/b...
The news is out! And I'm in very good company. We can't wait to read your micro entries! Next year's #nffd competition opens soon. ๐
Weโre thrilled to announce that the judges for our microfiction comp are: Joanna Campbell, Emily Devane, Debra A Daniel & David Swann! The comp opens on 1 Dec for micros up to 100 words. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/co...
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Only gone and bagged 3rd in this brilliant comp ๐๐ซก๐. 2nd and 1st were obvious wowers, naturellement. And I think itโs something akin to squishy having your story read by pros. Classy people, you @failingwriters.bsky.social
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Many congratulations to our winners! 5 brilliant stories selected by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social 1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social 3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com
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This will no doubt be brilliant. @devaneemily.bsky.social is a wonderful writer and a wonderful teacher ๐
Later today, I'll be talking specificity in this online workshop for the fine folk at Smokelong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social. It's not too late to join me ๐ www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
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Later today, I'll be talking specificity in this online workshop for the fine folk at Smokelong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social. It's not too late to join me ๐ www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
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Please tell all your emerging-writer friends! Deadline December 15th! The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship Jan-June 2026! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 shortlist โ six books that โare all brilliantly written and brilliantly humanโ. โก๏ธ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
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VERY excited to be joining forces with lovely and brilliant writer @devaneemily.bsky.social to host a writing workshop in our beautiful home town of #Ilkley! Join us on Saturday 8 November for Write Away: a morning of practical writing advice and inspiration ๐ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-away...
Exciting news! I'm delighted to be joining forces with talented & lovely screenwriter Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social) on this new venture. On Saturday, 8 November, we'll be hosting Write Away, a mini writing retreat here in beautiful Ilkley: 3 dedicated hours for you and your writing! ๐
Whatever you're writing and whatever stage you're at, we hope you'll join us. Find out more ๐ www.eventbrite.com/e/write-away...
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This month's round-up of freelance / indy workshops, courses and events, featuring brilliant-sounding stuff from @stillsquirrel.bsky.social @taniahershman.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @retreatwest.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social... fromthecoursesmouth.substack.com/p/sept-oct-2...