Oozing impatience so I circled it in blue. Out with @stanchion.bsky.social in August 2026.

www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/high... Congratulations @dawnsteffler.bsky.social!

Congratulations Debra A Daniel! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/octo...

Congratulations Emily Rinkema! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/2nd-...

Congratulations Adam Brannigan! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/1st-...

Thank you to our 31st Award judge Kathryn Aldridge Morris for her excellent choices & comments. Do have a read www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/judg...

www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/31st... 1058 entries for this round. Thank you very much to everyone.

We had over 1000 entries this time and there were so many great stories to choose from. Very best wishes to everyone who didn’t make the lists for getting them published or placed elsewhere.

www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/oct-... Very late in the day but at last our Oct 2025 Longlist. Congratulations to all. And apologies for the delay

Here is the updated cover art for issue 89. The previous cover art (above) has been removed from the site out of respect for the literary journal who used it first a few weeks before our issue came out. We just became aware of this last night.

We are on GMT for this the 31st Award. So it’s 3 Hours still to the deadline l! Did you get your badge yet for the Last Minute Club so you can join the party? Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

It wouldn’t be the last minute club without Miss Piggy heaving at the door! Lots of you have joined. Thank you. 5 and a half hours to go before deadline at midnight GMT today! Send in your up to 300 word flashfictions. £1k top prize. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Fallen massive dahlia flower makes a fancy hat to help our founder @judehwriter2.bsky.social celebrate the final few exciting hours of our 31st award judged by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social Deadline midnight gmt today 5th Oct £1460 prize fund. Anthology Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

iCYMI-Prose Garden Reading-0ctober 4, 2025 youtu.be/n56Fo5EYTak?...

The Last Minute Club for our 31st, £1460 prize fund award is open! Here’s our pink and green LMC badge. You should be getting one if you enter today. Deadline midnight today, Sunday 5th Oct. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

The Last Minute Club is open tomorrow 5th Oct, the final day of our 31st Award.All entrants tomorrow get a LMC badge. Can you guess the colour this time? A few samples of previous ones below. Winner gets a free entry to the award. Reply here. Results tomorrow Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Lots happening in Oct— last weekend to enter 31st Award. Closes this Sun, 5th Oct. £1460 in prizes. 300 words max.Results out by end of Oct. Our 9th yearly Novella in Flash Award ends Oct 31st. £500 in prizes plus publication. Results out Jan 2026. Bathflashfictionaward.com

Just a few days left to enter the third Award of 2025!

Just putting this out there and tip-toeing away for a stiff drink! ShortList: Weatherglass Books Novella Prize Yr 2 open.substack.com/pub/weatherg...

Well I leapt out of my comfort zone to read aloud (1st time!) during a Flash Fiction evening in Bath at the weekend. I shared my story 'Bloody Mildred' which was SL and published last year. A lovely evening with such talented writers. Thank you @judehwriter2.bsky.social for the invite 😊

Whooooo! huge congratulations @jupiterjonz.bsky.social 💐🎉💫🍾🥳👏👏👏

Thanks so much to everyone who came to read flash fiction at St James Wine Vaults Bath. Many of the wonderful stories read were published in different @bathflashaward.bsky.social anthologies & @flashficfestuk.bsky.social anthologies

Wonderful evening of readings organised by @judehwriter2.bsky.social Great to see familiar faces @scooterwriter.bsky.social @jupiterjonz.bsky.social @flemwrites.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social And meet new ones Marie Day, Abi Williams, Caner Akin & Letty Butler

This weekend & one more till our 31st Award ends on Sun 5th Oct. Up to 300 word #flashfiction Results by end Oct. £1460 in prizes + publication offer in our 10th anniversary anthology for all 50 longlisted Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

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Open the Door to Flash! Just in case you are in or near Bath, U.K, I’m hosting a Free evening of #flashfiction readings on Sat, 27th Sept. 18 writers reading flash + snacks, raffle + book sales. Fun! St James Wine Vaults 7.30 pm till 10.00 www.judehiggins.com/blog/

"I still very much and thoroughly consider myself a fiction writer. But sometimes something of life presents itself directly for writing, and that was this." Our first featured author of Issue 89 is Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social. Read her interview here: www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

One and a half weeks to go till our 31st award closes. £1460 in prizes Last chance this year to stand a chance of being in our 10th anniversary anthology. All 50 longlisted writers offered publication bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Cheers @ianrankin1.bsky.social

2 weeks till the deadline of the 31st Award on Oct 5th. £1460 in prizes. Want to give an up to 300 word story a go? Try out Jude’s prompt in the post www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/09/two-...

Your three-week-to-go deadline reminder for our 31st Award. Closes 5th Oct. £1k top prize. Some tips in the post. The picture of the 4 leaf clover here, is for luck. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/09/the-...

Managed to get my story in and accepted. Many thanks to Jude @judehwriter2.bsky.social and Diane @scooterwriter.bsky.social There’s still time to submit if you haven’t sent anything yet!

I painted this bookmark & decided to keep it for myself, then realised it was the ideal match for @sudhab.bsky.social's 'Nose Ornaments' @adhocfiction.bsky.social. The irony is I didn't need a bookmark; I read this gem in one sitting. I loved all 3 narrators, 82 pages of perfection. #art #AmReading

I updated my website judehiggins.com after 4 years of it languishing ! Now includes details of my books ‘Clearly Defined Clouds’ & ‘The Chemist’s House’ plus info on all my projects — @bathflashaward.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social & Ad Hoc Fiction

Did you come to the in-person #flashfiction festival in July. Subs for the red issue, 1st of the new rainbow series of festival anthologies close 14th Sept! Stories selected by @judehwriter2.bsky.social & @scooterwriter.bsky.social

Full review of The Blue of You coming soon from the lovely Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social. In the meanwhile, how could I resist sharing this quote? It's far, far too generous, but as a huge fan of CK, I'm not going to turn it down! @northodoxpress.bsky.social

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Not far to go! Just over 3 weeks till our 31st Award ends on Sun Oct 5th. For #flashfictions of up to 300 words. £1460 in prizes. judge @kazbarwrites.bsky.social All 50 longlisted offered publication in our 10th anniversary anthology. Results out by end Oct. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

After raising £4k for fuel poverty charities from the print anthology, the FUEL flash ebook—with 12 bonus flash stories—is on its way! That’s 87 brilliant, surprising prizewinning flash stories by writers worldwide, exploding the myth that there's a formula for a “winning” story. www.fuelflash.net

Thank you so much to @smokelong.bsky.social reviews editor @erinvachon.bsky.social and reviewer Emily Webber for this thoughtful review of my novella-in-flash, The Lives of the Dead (available from @adhocfiction.bsky.social and also Amazon) ❤️

Thrilled to get this far, but hoping like crazy my piece gets through to shortlist...one of my favourite journals!

Some #FlashMonster 2025 inspiration for you. Here's our 2021 contest winner, "Gabriel" by Jo Withers. 2025 contest (themolotovcocktail.com/flash-monste...) deadline is October 15th so get cracking! themolotovcocktail.com/about/archiv...

Yay!!!!

@sfreligh.bsky.social s excellent review of Cold Toast, a stunning debut collection by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social , offers some thought-provoking words for anyone considering publishing a collection. A must read⬇️⬇️⬇️

Yaay!! A fun accolade and brilliant way to discover indie authors- each week vote for one of 4 book covers grouped by a theme!

3 workshops a day on the online Fest days. By @carrieetter.bsky.social @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social @lunchontuesday.bsky.social David Swann, Emily Devane, Heidi Clark, ShelleyRoches Jacques, Christopher Allen, Farhana Kalique + contest, readings. £35 a day.£90 for 3 days flashfictionfestival.com

This Friday, 9/12/25. Please note new start time: 7pm est. please register here for zoom link. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...