BIG NEWS! @megpokrass.bsky.social & Gary Fincke are thrilled to announce that Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Diane Seuss @dseuss.bsky.social will be serving as final judge for Best Microfiction 2026! Subs re-open in Nov. Stay tuned. #FlashFiction #Microfiction #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines

Our Founding Editor is teaching a dystopian micro workshop this weekend.. Don't miss my dystopian workshop this weekend! A few spots left. megpokrass.substack.com/p/dystopian-...

It's out in the world! Available from online booksellers worldwide! Congrats to all the amazing contributors! #FlashFiction #Author #Writers #Writing #ShortStory #BlueSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritingAndBooks #Microfiction #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork

We're honored that Best Microfiction received First Runner Up in the prestigious Eric Hoffer Book Awards! 🍾 😍Congrats to Gary Fincke, Grant Faulkner, @pelekinesis.bsky.social,and the Best Microfiction 2024 authors! #FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork #BookSky

Dear 2025 Winners, you should all have received your acceptance letters and contracts today. Please check spam mail if you have not received one.

Our founding editor has a fun and free 15-word David Lynch inspired story contest going on! open.substack.com/pub/pokrassp...

Congratulations to the winners!!

Dear friends, the winners of Best Microfiction 2025 are live! A huge thanks to 2025 judge Dawn Raffel! BM 2025 will be released in the Spring! If you're on this list, expect an email and contract from us in the next 2 weeks. www.bestmicrofiction.com? #flashfiction #microfiction #writingcommunity

Best Microfiction is looking for an intern. Please let us know if someone comes to mind! We're going into the 6th year of our award winning series. www.bestmicrofiction.com #FlashFiction #Author #Writers #Writing #ShortStory #BlueSky #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork

I have an interview at The Adroit Journal about First Law of Holes: New and Selected Dzanc Books)! theadroitjournal.org/2024/12/05/a... #flashfiction #flashcollection #Writing #ShortStory #BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritingAndBooks #LiteraryMagazines

Read "Animal Planet" written by @megpokrass.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J. Barr. "He said he was feeding a mouse to Priscilla the boa constrictor in a terrarium he had built, and he invited me to come check it out." tinyurl.com/mtrcwajk

I'm over the moon that my flash "After" won the New Flash Fiction Review 2024 NEW FLASH FICTION PRIZE. @nffr.bsky.social Incredibly grateful to judge Nathan Leslie @nathan72.bsky.social, Valerie Fox, and @megpokrass.bsky.social newflashfiction.com/after-by-cla... #flash #Flashlit #Flashfiction

My new flash story, "Animal Planet", is live at the wonderful Ghost Parachute! Thank you to @brettpribble.bsky.social. ghostparachute.com/issue/decemb... #FlashFiction #Author #Writers #Writing #ShortStory #BlueSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritingAndBooks #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork

A huge honor to be nominated for a Pushcart Prize by @fracturedlit.bsky.social for my story "Horsebroken". I'm so grateful! fracturedlit.com/horsebroken/ @pushcartprize.bsky.social #FlashFiction #Author #Writers #Writing #ShortStory #BlueSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity

Made a starter pack of lit mags and presses that have been around a while and made their way to Bluesky.

Please add us to your lit mag and submission opportunities lists here on Bluesky. We have completely stopped using X now and would love help spreading the word.. 🥰 Thank you for finding us here!

Our Founding and Managing Editor Meg Pokrass is also here on Bluesky. @megpokrass.bsky.social

It’s time! Best Microfiction open for magazine editors' nominations! Now until 12/15. This year's anthology judged by @DawnRaffel. Edited by @megpokrass & Gary Fincke. Editors: Sub 5 stories (up to 400 words each). #flashfiction #microfiction tinyurl.com/5aakrphh

Here they are! Our judge @grantfaulkner’s final selections are in!Congratulations to the winners of Best Microfiction 2024! This is going to be such marvelous book of gems ❤️🍾Thank you to all the nominating editors! bestmicrofiction.com

Drumroll…. Watch this space.. Winners of Best Microfiction 2024,will be announced early this week. 🍾

Best Microfiction wants to thank the following journals for nominating stories for our anthology this year! www.bestmicrofiction.com

Magazine Editors: Last week to submit! We close on the 15th… www.bestmicrofiction.com

Over on Meg Pokrass’ teaching substack: QUIET FLASH FICTION MASTERS EVERYONE SHOULD BE READING.. First up is Nicole Rivas. Check it out. Lhttps://t.co/ZzCPdEo8AZ

Hey friends! Best Microfiction @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social is open for 2024 submissions! bestmicrofiction.com?fbclid=IwAR2..., #flashfiction, #writingcommunity

It’s time!!! We’re open for 2024 submissions! Magazine Editors , send us your top 5! @megpokrass.bsky.social. Our judge this year is @grantfaulkner! Details here: bestmicrofiction.com #flashfiction #microfiction #writingcommunity,

It’s time!!! We’re open for 2024 submissions! Magazine Editors , send us your top 5! @megpokrass.bsky.social. Our judge this year is @grantfaulkner! Details here: bestmicrofiction.com #flashfiction #microfiction #writingcommunity,

Our 2024 judge is being announced shortly! Drumroll…

We’re over the moon pleased 🌕❤️🍾to find out that Best Microfiction 2023 is being sold at the counter of The Center For Fiction’s Bookstore and Cafe! 🙂💐🎈We’d love it you picked up a copy there and posted a photo! #microfiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity centerforfiction.org/the-center/b...

Just finished reading @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social 2023 on Scribd! ✨ All the stories are so so good. ❤️‍🔥 Some of my favs were: -"El Deliveryboy" by Christine Arroyo -"Breath" by Bruce Johnson -"A Queer Girl’s Guide to Reading Fairy Tales" by Rebecca Turkewitz Thanks for the inspiration! 🌻

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