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Our fifth anniversary issue is now live! 5 great flash 5 gorge micros 3 scéal iontach And an interview with Lydia Davis 💚 splonk.ie/splonk-all-i...

We are open!! Our 5th anniversary issue! Send your flash & micros. Fáilte roimh obair as #Gaeilge 💚 #flashfiction #microfiction splonk.ie/submit/

Splonk opens for Issue 11 - our fifth anniversary issue! - on February 5th for 2 weeks. We can't wait to read your gorgeous flash and micros! Guidelines here: splonk.ie/submit/

Congrats to our 2023-24 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees!

'Flash is somewhere to capture those stories that are barely stories, fleeting moments that could almost be ignored...' @sadhbhdevlin from Issue Ten. splonk.ie/2023/11/24/t...

'...the bigger, looming thing, condensed. Like a shot. Sudden, loud. It felt very powerful... What frustrates me about flash is getting that emotional snag right, the essence of what makes a reader pause and let it in. It’s so hard to capture.' #Adam Trodd, Issue Ten. splonk.ie/2023/11/24/t...

Splonk Ten is here! An editors showcase featuring #adamtrodd & #sadhbhdevlin Two fab new stories. Two fab interviews. splonk.ie/splonk-all-i...

The first ever Irish language book of #flashfiction is out now from Splonk regular @gearoidinc.bsky.social with Comhar. Comhghairdeas ó chroí uainne! Read more here: splonk.ie/2023/11/23/l...

Splonk 10: We have two beautiful stories to share with you on Friday, in our new issue, an editors showcase. Check in on the 24th for gorgeous flashes & The Splonk 5 interviews from #adamtrodd & #sadhbhdevlin 💚 Splonk.ie

Our next issue - 10 - is a showcase of two of our fabulous Splonk editors AdamTrodd & Sadhbh Devlin. Watch out for Issue 10 on 24th November 💚 #splonk #splonkflash #AdamTrodd #SadhbhDevlin #flashfiction #Splonk10

Flash deadline extended for Allingham comp. 6th Oct. €300 first prize. www.allinghamfestival.com/fiction-poet...

For Best of the Net 2024, Splonk is happy to nominate stories by Rick White & Cathy Ulrich, and artwork by Janice Leagra, from Issues 8 and 9. Congrats all! www.splonk.ie @ricketywhite.bsky.social @janiceleagra.bsky.social

The 20 Sept word prompt for #mpotd (micro prompt of the day): FRAME. I'll post a prompt word/image. Write a micro using the word/inspired by the image. Use the hashtag #mpotd. Stay w/in 300 characters. *It helps if you quote post the prompt post instead of replying.* #writingprompt

Writing about Family in Creative Nonfiction with Shasta Grant, a SmokeLong webinar/peer-review/feedback event. Book now. Live webinar 9/30, with peer-review workshop following. https://www.smokelong.com/product/writing-about-family-in-creative-nonfiction-with-shasta-grant/

Anne Enright cutting through the nonsense, as usual www.breakingnews.ie/lifestyle/fo...

Afterglow is just a week away! The first of eight webinar/workshop/feedback events from SmokeLong starts September 9. Workshop with SmokeLong this fall. The summer was never enough. www.smokelong.com/afterglow-20...

On writing: 114. “But I write because I like words. I suppose if I liked stone I might carve. I like words. I like reading. I notice particular words. That sets me off.” – AS Byatt #writing

Irish writers - Fictive Dream wants your work 💚 fictivedream.com?fbclid=PAAaY...

A micro comp spotted on insta #flashfiction

Huge thanks to Shome Dasgupta for posting this on the other site: "Here are some literary journals opening up for submissions at some point in September! Genres vary—please note that some of these journals have fees & that these are all tentative dates."

Want some free writing resources for your Monday morning? I have lots of free stuff on my website, both my own and treasure troves you can dig in to from elsewhere: Resources | MattKendrick.co.uk #writers #flashfiction

Here's the 18 August image prompt for micro prompt of the day. I'll post a prompt word or image. Write a micro using the prompt word or inspired by the image. Use the hashtag #mpotd. Stay w/in 300 characters. *It helps if you repost the prompt post.* #writingprompt Photo Credit: Jean Gaumy

Our own @mariegethins.bsky.social is teaching a #flashfiction course at the Irish Writers Centre in November. Online, so everyone can join :) https://irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/playing-the-pauses-in-flash-fiction-employing-the-unsaid-with-marie-gethins-2/

Cúrsa nua do lucht na Gaeile ag an Irish Writers Centre i mBÁC. https://irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/meridian-cursa-gairid-ar-leirmheastoireacht-leabhar-sa-ghaeilge-le-alan-titley/

Read our latest issue - Issue 9 - at the link, it includes a fantastic interview with NZ-based writer Michelle Elvy. https://splonk.ie/splonk-9/

Don't miss this "Fulfilling" flash story by @fionamckay.bsky.social appearing in issue 30! #flash #author

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