Exciting Frog week ahead: 1) We’ll be sharing our “Flash Frog by the numbers” for 2025. Even word lovers can appreciate a good stat or two!📈 2) The Blue Frog contest is in full swing! flash-frog.com/contest/ 🐸💙 3) We have a very special, exciting announcement on Tuesday… 👀

🚨The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction contest is now open!! flash-frog.com/submit/

FAVORITE STORIES OF 2025 Night is a Mouth with No Shape by @jjlofflin.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...

🚨General submissions close tomorrow night at midnight PST🚨

This is soooo good….

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Maytag Man” by Elise LeSage is now up! Art by Amber Rose Crowtree flash-frog.com/2025/12/29/m...

“It was a stupid thing to do. Even pumped up like I was by panic, I couldn’t do a half mile in three minutes wearing street shoes and a coat.” Excellent flash from @gary79.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Interview” by @gary79.bsky.social is now up! Art by Clarissa Kurtaliaj flash-frog.com/2025/12/22/i...

We are excited to announce our nominations for Best Small Fictions 2026! 🐸🎉 @sarahillswrites.bsky.social, @nadiaborn.com, @brandonmcneice.bsky.social, @tom1walsh.bsky.social, Elise LeSage

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Five Eulogies for Goldie” by Bethany Bruno is now up! Art by Ali McLafferty flash-frog.com/2025/12/15/f...

With not one but TWO Flash Frog stories included!! 👇🏼👇🏼

We are excited to announce our Pushcart nominations!🎉 @kyleisamu.bsky.social, @mizuki-yama.bsky.social, @thehagsoup.bsky.social, Annie Johnson, Sophie Castro, Amanda Aileen Fisher

'Josefina learned this from her own mother, who read stories aloud after the evening meal, from the one book they had. ' Beautiful and emotional piece

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Another Border Crossing” by Amanda Aileen Fisher is now up! Art by Ali McLafferty flash-frog.com/2025/12/08/a...

2x Frog contributor Brad Barkley has a YA novel forthcoming that looks fantastic! @bradbarkley.bsky.social Pre-order link below! 👇🏼👇🏼 regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/the-reel-lif...

2x FF contributor, Allison Field Bell has a gorgeous book coming out!!! Pre-order link below! 👇🏼👇🏼

Listing of the day! 😎🐸

Last year’s Blue Frog inspired me to write one of my favorite stories ever. Such a fun comp!

We are SO excited to announce the details for our 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize! And thrilled and honored to welcome @camilleuadams.bsky.social 💙🐸 flash-frog.com/contest/

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “The Deep End” by Mathieu Parsy is now up! Art by Clarissa Kurtaliaj flash-frog.com/2025/12/01/t...

🚨The 5th Annual Blue Frog contest details coming soon!🚨 Theme? Guest Judge? Guest Artist? All will be revealed on Tuesday!! 👀 $5 entry fee with $700 in prizes, plus signed books and original artwork!

Double issue of MicroVerse Spec Flash Roundup with Oct-Nov recs!

🚨🐸BEST MICROFICTION nominations are in! Congrats to @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social, @ezhang77.bsky.social, Amy Allen, Celia Knapp, and Andy Lopez

My latest appears today in @flashfrog.bsky.social! I've loved this journal for years and am thrilled that this story found a home there. #flashfiction #literaryfiction flash-frog.com/2025/11/24/h...

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Hydrant Fish” by @brandonmcneice.bsky.social is now up! Art by Kimmy Larson flash-frog.com/2025/11/24/h...

Interview is up over at @fracturedlit.bsky.social 💕 Thanks to Albert & @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social Shoutouts to @smokelong.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @chestnutreview.bsky.social @bridportprize.bsky.social &more fracturedlit.com/we-write-our...

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Sweat Pea” by James Keith Smith is now up! Art by Julia Breitkreutz flash-frog.com/2025/11/17/s...

Lit mags are usually known for their slow response times, but these amazing flash fiction pubs are trying to change that! Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fast-f... #writing #writingcommunity #litmags

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Peep Show” by Martha Keller is now up! Art by Sophia Eisenbart Macias flash-frog.com/2025/11/10/p...

Who needs an eerie story for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor @jjlofflin.bsky.social has a new piece published in @flashfrog.bsky.social ✨. Find it here: buff.ly/l8vKwCk

"...[T]he ghost voices sharpen, become distinct, the voices of fathers departed, the voices of mothers’ broken boyfriends." I love this story by @tomwellerstories.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2025/10/27/w...

Wow. Tom Weller has written a series of Scrap Boys flashes, incl. 'Rangers', 'Bottles', 'Hunger', but I think this one's his best.

"The castle sways more and more, and the father says they must remain diligent. No cutting corners. Each floor must be stronger than the last."

Very excited to have a story in @flashfrog.bsky.social, a journal I’ve long admired. Thank you @ericscottryon.bsky.social for the edits and commissioning such perfect artwork! I hope you give it a read

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Digging Toward the Sun” by @andrew-maynard.bsky.social is now up! Art by Franziska Hofhansel flash-frog.com/2025/11/03/d...

"Creature looks just like his dead daddy but his mama is really beautiful and that has to mean something." by @thehagsoup.bsky.social from @flashfrog.bsky.social. flash-frog.com/2025/10/20/c...

The Smart Search List of the Day is: General Literary Flash Fiction feat. @fictivedream.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

With advance praise from @kathyfish.bsky.social, we're thrilled to share that there's just 1 WEEK until the release of BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social! Preorder BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/l1yCQXL @susanschulman.bsky.social

Holy toledo!! This one is a tough gem! And just look at the art, too.

I’m very excited to share a new Scrap Boys story with y’all. Big thanks to @flashfrog.bsky.social and @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this one a home! Big thanks to Sophia Eisenbart Macias for the perfect accompanying art!

FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸 “Wrestling” by @tomwellerstories.bsky.social is now up! Art by Sophia Eisenbart Macias flash-frog.com/2025/10/27/w...

Yay !! I’m so happy and grateful that this story is out in the world thanks to the incredible @flashfrog.bsky.social !!

Looking for something a little different to read during a break. This could be it. I did and loved it.

FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸 “Creatures of the EZ-STOP” by @thehagsoup.bsky.social is now up! Art by Sandy Little flash-frog.com/2025/10/20/c...

He looks in the rearview mirror. She shifts in her seat and studies the back of the car. “They’re so beautiful when they’re sleeping.” Revisiting @shortstorytoday.bsky.social 's interview with my friend, @lmariharris.bsky.social ! AND THIS UNSETTLING GEM FROM @flashfrog.bsky.social !

“Glossy black night running down her chin, her chest, almost dripping on his hand.” Spooky goodness! Love this by @jjlofflin.bsky.social

Oof, @jjlofflin.bsky.social What a great story for spooky month in @flashfrog.bsky.social flash-frog.com

I have a little Spooky Season piece for everyone up in @flashfrog.bsky.social. Hope you enjoy. A big thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home. flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...

FLASH FROGTOBER 👻🐸 “Night is a Mouth with No Shape” by @jjlofflin.bsky.social is now up! Art by @olaal-fateh.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...

cont'd Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social Karen Crawford @karenc.bsky.social in Citron Review Jen Shepherd in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social Erin Somers @somers.bsky.social in @grantamag.bsky.social JS Apsley in @necessaryfiction.com Alice Ashe in CRAFT (2/3)