Six years of Free Flash Fiction! Read over 823 flash fiction stories in our Library... #FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction freeflashfiction.com/archive/

Huge thanks to judge Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social and Ian @freeflashfiction.bsky.social for this. Chuffed to bits to have won this competition.

Issue 23 arrives in 2 weeks. Pre-order it to be the first to read new writing from @travisshosa.bsky.social, @katetooley.bsky.social, @lmbayley.bsky.social, @josephlezza.com, @catherineweiss.bsky.social & many more brilliant writers! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/stanchion-magazine-issue-23

As Chosen by Judge Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social The Competition Thirty-Three Winning Flash Fiction: My Sister’s Second Word by Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...

The Micromemoir Marathon starts May 6 ... are you ready? 100 words about 5 minutes of your life ... 26 contests/themes to choose from. Enter one. Enter all! Enter anytime between May 6 and May 31.

As Chosen by Judge Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social FFF Competition Thirty-Three Highly Commended: Renovations by Keenan Sands keenansandswriting.co.uk #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...

Delighted that my story, Gravel, was Highly Commended by judge @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social in this fab competition. Huge thanks to Rosaleen and to Ian Rushton at @freeflashfiction.bsky.social 😍

Hey, you, our gorgeous 27-story print anthology is at a bargainous prices for May. Help the wildlife of Britain and get a copy here: mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦌🦡🦊🦉🦋 work by @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @terryholland.bsky.social @clareobrien.bsky.social @quickasaflash.bsky.social and more

As Chosen by Judge Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social FFF Competition Thirty-Three Highly Commended: Gravel by S. A. Greene @sagreene1.bsky.social #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...

Hey friends, have you used poetic forms or devices in your flash fiction? I'm writing about this now and I'd LOVE to include some more published examples. Thanks!

'Plenty of time for quiet on the other side.' Hell yeah! Fabulous tribute and call to action from @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in Righteous Rage! 'When My Dead Aunt Joins Me on the Protest March' in @epistemiclit.bsky.social 🪧

So pleased that my little story, so close to my heart, made the shortlist. Thanks to Judge @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social and to @freeflashfiction.bsky.social. Congratulations to all the other shortlisters as well. The fab thing about this comp is that all shortlisted stories get published and paid for!

As Chosen by Judge Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social FFF Competition Thirty-Three Shortlisted: The Carriers of Light by Amanda Losinski #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...

As Chosen by Judge Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social FFF Competition Thirty-Three Shortlisted: Scatterbrain by Karen Arnold X - @aroomofonesown_4 #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...

This month's #Mondettes picked by @aniking.bsky.social is on the theme of "embracing the animal as a way to bring out the human." ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis 🪴Ten fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/may-2026

As Chosen by Judge Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social FFF Competition Thirty-Three Shortlisted: Life needs a 3D printer by Helen Newdick @helennewdick.bsky.social #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...

A drum roll please... Congratulations and commiserations, FFF and Free Flash Fiction are pleased to announce... As Chosen by Judge Rosaleen Lynch  @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social The FFF Competition Thirty-Three Shortlist... #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/competition-...

Try the Paragraph Planet #writing challenge. Write a story in exactly 75 words. One gets published every day on the site (and has been since 2008). www.paragraphplanet.com/submission.php

Welkin Me Up Hope your day gets better!

Wow! This piece by @quickasaflash.bsky.social has so much to say about what we are doing to the world (& all living in it) 🪸🐟 🚣 Check out 'Iskul' in JMWW

Woo hoo!!! Wonderful to put names to all these gorgeous stories! Gems every one! Congrats to you all! 👏 👏👏

Love the beautifully spinning destruction in this piece from @nomad-sw18.bsky.social Check out: 'This is how a star explodes' in #BottleRocket 🚀

What a gloriously satisfying piece from @quickasaflash.bsky.social 🥰 Check out... 'Max is going up in the world' in @mrbullbull.bsky.social & cheer for Max (& Phoebe!) 🎉

Blinkin' Brilliant flash fiction by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social love what you did with the prompt 🔥...

Our first spotlight of the latest issue is from @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social 🦝 We loved the brevity and beauty in this prose poem, hinting at how fleeting memories can be. The child's POV adds emotional depth and a gentle understanding. Read here: trashcatlit.com/my-incomplet...

Look what's here from @trashcatlit.bsky.social 🦝 So lovely to be included in this issue with so many wonderful pieces. Thanks to @therelphian.bsky.social and @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social trashcatlit.com/my-incomplet...

'in cerulean, lapis lazuli, chartreuse, viridian, the taste of wisteria sunsets settling like Parma Violets on his tongue' The Man with a Squatter in his Belly Dreams By Matt Kendrick @centaurlit.bsky.social #beautifulwords #writingcommunity

Love this piece from the title: 'I Will Name My Daughter Rage' By Joe Pearson in @freeflashfiction.bsky.social

More teasings for the Prompted Stories pop-up 🦝 In The Foundling, Clara Cooke gives us an MC subjugated by her people, waiting for darkness In My Incomplete Collection of Miniature Weather Events, @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social uses sharp, sparse poetic prose to show us fleeting memories

Thrilled to find my title on this shortlist.😀Congratulations to my fellow shortlistees and good luck!

Meet THE GHOST WHO ROBS BANKS as he pulls his most crucial heist yet: this story by @tomwrote.bsky.social was read by Jeremiah O'Connor for #LiarsLeague Apr '26 youtu.be/w_P1EU1vnJs?... #shortstory #audiostory #flashfiction #livefiction #livereading #audiobook #audiofiction #irishstory #ghoststory

Lovely to be in such good company. Can't wait to see what's in the bin! 🦝

Paragraph Planet is always seeking your 75-word #stories. One has been published every day on the home page since 2008. Submit today www.paragraphplanet.com/submission.php

Closes tomorrow 25 April 23:59 BST! Hurry, Hurry!

Time is up! Well done if you got something in for the @freeflashfiction.bsky.social comp & good luck!

You have just one more hour until the 10pm deadline (🕙 UK time) to get those 100-300 words together & polished for the @freeflashfiction.bsky.social Competition Thirty-Three!

You have until 10pm (UK time)... that's just over 3 hours to get those 100-300 words together & polished for the @freeflashfiction.bsky.social Competition Thirty-Three! 🕙

Speaking of floods... 'The Five Stages of Ecological Grief' will be joining the 2026 #FlashFlood at around 11:20 a.m. (BST) on the 13th of June 🌨️ Thanks to the hard working @natflashfictionday.bsky.social team 🥰 #NationalFlashFictionDay #NFFD #flashfiction

You have until 10pm tonight (UK time) to get those 100-300 words together & polished for the @freeflashfiction.bsky.social Competition Thirty-Three!

FlashFlood Journal by National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social ⭐ is accepting submissions through Duosuma. #WritingCommunity

Delighted that my story 'Three Cows: Midsummer Reflections in the Up-Meadow' will join this year's flood at 12:40. Thank you Flash Flood team!

This month's #Mondettes picked by @kplumhoff.bsky.social ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Katherine made these brilliant picks 🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/april-2026

You have until 10pm tonight (UK time) to get those 100-300 words together & polished for the @freeflashfiction.bsky.social Competition Thirty-Three!

April’s Art & Flash digestif, which includes an ekphrastic writing prompt and an art-related recommendation, is here: 🔗 mailchi.mp/06f6eeb2433d... #ekphrastic #writingprompt #contemporaryart

The clock is ticking! ⏰ Just 1 day to get those 100-300 words together & polished for the @freeflashfiction.bsky.social Competition Thirty-Three!

There are two more days in our Prompted Stories submission window - get cracking! 🦝 Here's what the fabulous Gill O'Halloran @quickasaflash.bsky.social did in 2024 with the prompts: a Storage Facility, a Demon, and a Found Camera Go get inspired! trashcatlit.com/get-thee-bes...

The clock is ticking! ⏰ Just 2 days to get those 100-300 words together & polished for the @freeflashfiction.bsky.social Competition Thirty-Three!

FFF Competition Thirty-Three open until 23.4 Judge: Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social 100 to 300 words 1 W £200.00 2 HC £100.00 3 SL £80.00 and publication £4.95 per entry/story #writingcompetitions #flashfiction Read the rules! All the info... freeflashfiction.com/current-comp...

The clock is ticking! ⏰ Just 3 days to get those 100-300 words together & polished for the @freeflashfiction.bsky.social Competition Thirty-Three!

Just a few more days to submit to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Annual Writing Competition! 🎉🎉🎉