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Book for The Great Festival Flash Off! A trio of online days, 24th Oct, 28th Nov, 9th Jan 11.00 am to 6.3O pm London Time. Each day,two 60 min workshops & one 90 min workshop, flash fiction readings, a mini writing contest with prizes, yoga for writers. £35 each. £90 for 3. Flashfictionfestival.com

All the emails confirming a place on the longlist have been sent out now so check nothing in Spam. If you think your title is longlisted and haven’t received an email, contact us. There were several stories with the same title among the entries this time.

Great to see @ellipsiszine.bsky.social back & great to have a spotlight on #HistoricalFlash. Thrilled to have my piece included. Looking forward to catching up on other stories, after being under the weather for a while. #FlashFiction

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride. For the umpteenth year, but still proud of the achievement. #Shortlist @bridportprize.bsky.social

Than you so much @sfwp.bsky.social ❤️I can’t wait to have my book out in the world 🙏

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I've been hearing from writers that the 4-hour Hermit Crab Flash Fiction Workshop sessions are amazingly productive and intense, but they're a bit long. So I'm offering for the first time a short version: A 2-hour workshop! Sunday, November 8 1-3pm (ET) $50 Join us! substack.com/@cherylpappa...

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and post one that you like I backed up my Mum's photos to my account when she died so sometimes I will come across a photo I've never seen before. Anyway, this is me kayaking at the cottage 🥹

Absolutely thrilled to have a piece in @northerngravy.bsky.social northerngravy.com/the-thorns-o...

Congratulations to all the 2026 @bridportprize.bsky.social winners. I am pretty chuffed to have made the #FlashFiction shortlist this year. Also, delighted to see fellow flashers @rachaeldunlop.com & Debra Daniel being Highly Commended!

Thank you to @fictivedream.bsky.social for publishing my apocalyptic little story! With cats

Time is running out to enter this round of BFFA. Around 4 and a half hours to go last minuters! £1000 top prize. Closes midnight GMT tonight Sunday 4th Oct. Results out end of October Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Final day to enter our 34th Award! £1460 in prizes Judge @jmgatford.bsky.social Double and triple entries reduced. Up to 300 words. Thankyou to all the last minuters! Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

The Bath Flash Fiction Award for stories up to 300 words is accepting entries until 4th October. All the details are here → https://www.bathflashfictionaward.com/ #WritingCommunity #ShortStory #AmWriting #TCS @bathflashaward.bsky.social

The Orionids meteor shower begins tonight. Around midnight UK. A good time, perhaps, to be inspired to send a last minute entry to our 34th Award. Deadline for flash entries up to 300 words, Sunday Oct 4th £1000 first prize. Results out fast bathflashfictionawardawatd.com/enter

With 4 days to go to our 34th Award deadline, the first writer to name the title of the missing anthology &what Is on the cover wins a free entry to BFFA. Reply here www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/09/bffa...

Two CNF’s by ErinBondo and @lunchontuesday.bsky.social from our online festivals last year nominated here for Best of the Net. Congratulations & best wishes to them www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/09/best...

"I know you want me to sing that here, in the translucent shell of my body, live the soft sighs of angels." Do read this beautifully lyrical marvel from @sarahillswrites.bsky.social picked by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social as the winner of the @welkinpress.bsky.social Body Prize.

One week and one day till our 34th Award ends on Sunday Oct 4th at midnight GMT. £1460 prize fund. Double and triple entries reduced. Results out by end of Oct. Judge award winning writer & teacher @jmgatford.bsky.social Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

I don't usually write about sex but @sarahillswrites.bsky.social fun workshop at @flashficfestuk.bsky.social inspired me. Excited my story found a home in the fabulous @bulbregion.bsky.social! bulbregion.com/Ophelia-in-B...

My novella-in-flash ‘William Prichard & Co’ is two years old today! To celebrate, I am giving away a copy. You can read more about the NIF on Goodreads & my website. If you would like to be in the draw, please repost & dm me. I will pick names out of the hat on Saturday 22 August. Sorry UK ONLY.

Thrilled that @megpokrass.bsky.social chose my story as an honorable mention for the Pokrass Prize at the @flashficfestuk.bsky.social, congrats to @daveswann.bsky.social and Maggie Fawcett on their gorgeous stories! 🤩

Congratulations to the winners of the festivalPokrass prize who wrote to prompt from @megpokrass.bsky.social Meg judged the prize which was announced at the festival. You can read their wonderful stories here www.flashfictionfestival.com/pokrass-priz...

Congratulations to the Winners of the When the Title of The Story Is the Story festival contest www.flashfictionfestival.com/festival-coa...

Oh the dialogue from this dad 👏 @christopherallen.bsky.social!!! "I was admitted to a clinic for depression; he had a woman play the harp. Dad, please. Get the hippie with the harp out of here. Pulling out the stops here, son. Pulling out the stops." www.literaryorphans.org/playdb/groun...

Don’t miss out on the chance to win a free copy of my NIF ‘William Prichard & Co’. I’ll be picking a name out of the hat next Saturday! UK ONLY.

So, so excited to be judging the next @bathflashaward.bsky.social (deadline 4 Oct). I want to read your flashes! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/08/q-a-...

Thank you everyone who donated prizes & bought tickets at the festival raffle. There’s a photo gallery from the festival on this oat too. Such happy times! www.flashfictionfestival.com/news/

Up to 750 words flash writers!

And I nabbed some cards by the super-talented @jeanettesheppard.bsky.social and books by @jupiterjonz.bsky.social, @victoriamelekian.bsky.social and @bsherm36.bsky.social. 🙌🏽🤩

The @flashficfestuk.bsky.social is whirling by and my brain is already overflowing with ideas & conversations. Workshops w the amazing @alisonpowell.bsky.social on writing global events, full house for @vanessageb.bsky.social word cricket, had sex (writing) w @sarahillswrites.bsky.social (cont'd)

Good times at the @flashficfestuk.bsky.social Flash 🥔s @hanakhalique.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @kateaxeford.bsky.social & @pleomorphic2.bsky.social's book MOTHER KARMA Hanging out w @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social (cont'd)

Missing everyone and wishing I’d taken more than three photos at this year’s @flashficfestuk.bsky.social. Loved catching-up with @tiptreejen.bsky.social @sarahoakeskraken32.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @fabwrites.bsky.social & meeting Ellen-Arwen Tristram. #flashfiction

@sarahillswrites.bsky.social you hot, HOT chicken! Thank you for a @flashficfestuk.bsky.social workshop SO SEXY that it fed into pretty much every other workshop, including Heidi Clark's 'Make a Zine’. 🐓🫦 #flashfiction

An extract of my contribution to the @flashficfestuk.bsky.social anthology no.8.

Ohhhh cool you bought a copy of Sumitra's book - I brought them to the festival for her 🧡 Knew she'd have fans at the @flashficfestuk.bsky.social

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Last pics @flashficfestuk.bsky.social ❤️ @hilary55.bsky.social @ekmacdonald.bsky.social @williamdavidson.bsky.social @noranadj.bsky.social @eleanor-luke.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @kateaxeford.bsky.social @jupiterjonz.bsky.social

A few @flashficfestuk.bsky.social photos

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Still buzzing from the @flashficfestuk.bsky.social weekend of creative inspiration, thought-provoking conversations and so much laughter! Thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social and all the team for such an amazing event. 🙏💙💋

Weather forecast for the festival 17 -19 July in Bristol We really don’t mind occasional drizzle and not too hot!

And here are the 3 winning novellas in flash from the 2026 Bath NIF awards back from the printers, looking gorgeous and ready to go the the flash fiction festival, two weeks today! You can buy from Amazon. Check out AdHocFiction.com for links worldwide

The Flash Fiction Anthology Vol eight and the BFFA anthology Vol 10, How to Fold a World Map back from the printers and ready to go to the festival where they’ll be launched with readings & given to contributors attending. We’re posting off the others

The 3 winners of the 2026 BFFA NIF Award now published in paperback on Amazon worldwide. Congrats to winner Victoria Melekian & runners up @joannacampbell.bsky.social & @bsherm36.bsky.social Novellas also for sale at flashfictionfestival.com www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/bffa... ...

@adhocfiction.bsky.social have published The Hilltop Hour, my new novella-in-flash, a runner-up in the 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award! Many grateful thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social and @bathflashaward.bsky.social

Mega Congrats to our 5winners in the 33rd Award chosen by @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social 1st, @anneh23.bsky.social 2nd, David Swann 3rd,Cecilia Maddison Highly commended @sarahillswrites.bsky.social Highly commended @Katehorsleywriter.Bsky.social Read their fab stories on bathflashfictionaward.com

Excited to see this in print. I have helped Jude select the stories since the first anthology many moons ago!