Folks in LA please be careful and refer to this guide for protest gear from Hong Kong’s 2018 anti-extradition protest, in case you need some helpful, well-tested gear suggestions against heavily armed police that are liberal with tear gas.

What a beautiful book! I'm so pleased to be in it and can't wait to read it! Thanks @judehwriter2.bsky.social @scooterwriter.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social and Ad Hoc Fiction. You're fab!

Congrats to all the winners, HMs, and everyone who participated!! 🌟 I can't wait to read the winning story. I got 8th place for my piece, The Temporary Life of Tadpoles and I got stellar feedback from the judges. Thanks NYC!!

All our seven rainbow flash fiction festival anthologies pictured in a row. From 2017 to 2024. The Violet 2024 issue is on its way, at last, to contributors 88 stories within! www.flashfictionfestival.com/flash-fiction-festival-anthology-vol-seven-posted-out-now/

I'm excited to be part of this issue! Thanks, Streetcake ❤️ Credit to @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and @amymarques.bsky.social for their inspiration at Talk Story With Melissa night.

Super pleased to have got 1st place in R2. Congrats, everyone! Good luck in the final round. As always, the competition will be fierce 🔥 🔥

Union strong! Working class solidarity!

My micro-fiction piece earned 4th place in the Globe Soup February competition. All the winning pieces can be found at: www.globesoup.net/boat

Can't wait to dig into these beauties from Ad Hoc Fiction ❤️ @shortpoemz.bsky.social @judehwriter2.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social

Mom is rallying her Facebook friends to email [email protected]. They're about to hear some wholesome-ass activities from a bunch of retired rural white ladies.

I discovered 2 things today: 1) I'm not into Hemingway 2) Blackout poetry is therapeutic. (It's my 1st attempt, be gentle with me)

✨A new short poem short film series is coming soon! ✨ Very excited to introduce a new five-part series entitled “glacier lake”. The first episode is scheduled to come out next month, but until then, please enjoy the teaser/trailer! youtu.be/WSA4tg0n3eo

Hi friends: My novel comes out in August and I need help promoting it. Would anyone like to take a copy to your favorite indie bookshop and ask if they'd consider recommending it on the Indie Next List? You can post here or private message, and thank you in advance. #SFWP

I just submitted three micros. There's still time, y'all. Go do it! You know you want to!

Congratulations to the winners of our Jan 11th online fest contest sparked off by this painting — @laurieiswriting.bsky.social @erinbondo.com @chriscottom.bsky.social & thanks to judge @scooterwriter.bsky.social Fabulous funny flash! www.flashfictionfestival.com/winners-janu...

Yay! My flash piece, The Shape of a Winner, won first prize in a Bath Flash Fiction Festival comp last month. Thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social for organizing & @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging. @flashficfestuk.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mrdmxkdf

Are you thinking about entering a flash for NFFD’s anthology but could do with some inspiration? Come and join NFFD’s Artist-in-Residence @jeanettesheppard.bsky.social in a friendly ekphrastic online workshop on 30 Jan. Details below: nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/news/

I'm super excited to announce that I've been shortlisted for the Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award 2025! All of the shortlisted stories are available online at the link below. www.scottishartstrust.org/results-story

Oh, hey. I got first place in my group for a story about frogs revolting against the monarchy (a thinly veiled dig at the working class rising up against the elites). Vive la résistance! And congrats to everyone moving on.

WestWord (@retreatwest.bsky.social) is accepting submissions for their 2025 Hermit Crab Prize! And guess what? I'm the guest judge! £6 submission (~ $7 USD) £23 with feedback (~ $29 USD) Story Max: 650 words (excluding titles) Deadline: February 23, 2025 Send me your words!

I want to find: 1) A group of writers who meet online 1 or 2 hrs per wk or fortnight; 2) Perhaps the depressed & mad writers who wilfully carve up bits of themselves as an offering to their stories; 3) Also, the witch authors, those willing to stir up demons and cast spells.

Your FLASHIEST favorites. From 1249 nominations 
for 331 Lit Mags that publish flash fiction, these were your top 10 favorite this year...
 ⬇️ Their details & how to send em’ your stuff www.chillsubs.com/lists/commun...

My 2025 writing goals: Get published by Smokelong Quarterly along with my dog. 50% achieved ❤️❤️

This is... actually a fairly reasonable takeaway from this year.

Let's see how this place goes. Feel free to comment so I can follow fellow writers and journals back!