Have a read of these stories! Such interesting interpretations of the writing challenge and beautifully written!

Have a read of these stories! Such interesting interpretations of the writing challenge and beautifully written!

A big thank you to everyone who entered our 32nd Award. Going a little quiet for awhile. But all results out by end of February

Just 2 and a half hours till our 32nd award closes! £1460 in prizes.Madly dancing and singing at the Last Minute club! Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Got mine in with a whole TWO HOURS to spare! 😆🤩

For those working out the right ending, beginning or middle of their story for our 32nd award here’s a picture i just took, in between rain clouds, of the full Snow Moon to inspire! bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Tick tock I'm still figuring out my ending. AGGGGH. Gonna be another 11.59er 😅

Six hours till our 32nd Award ends & there’s the usual crazy party going on at The Last Minute Club! £1460 in prizes — results out fast —by the end of Feb Bathflashfictionawardaward.com

Amazingly vivid rainbow outside. And 7 hours till the 32nd award ends today1st Feb at midnight GMT Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

It’s Inbolc,the full Snow Moon & the last day of our 32nd Award. Have you entered and got a Last Minute Club badge? You can share it here. Still over eight hours to enter Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Hello last minuters (we know who we are) - once you’ve zinged your entry off to @bathflashaward.bsky.social today, you’ve still got 2 whole weeks to send something for this year’s @natflashfictionday.bsky.social micro comp and/or anthology (Theme BRIDGES, max 500 words). Oodles of time #FlashFiction

LitPig has his trotters crossed for my entry, subbed this morning, for the 32nd (!) Award @bathflashaward.bsky.social. Good luck to all 🐷💕📚

Thanks everyone who guessed the Last Minute Club badge yesterday! @anneh23.bsky.social won with a near perfect guess of burgundy & baby pink! See badge below. So she’ll be offered a BFFA anthology as a prize!

1st Feb. It’s the final day to enter our 1st Award this year. £1460 in prizes. The Last Minute Club is officially open! And here is the badge you should receive if you are a last minute entrant to the 32nd Award

Still time to guess the colour of the Last minute badge today & win an anthology. And still time to enter a story of up to 300 words before the deadline of our 32nd Award tomorrow 1st Feb at midnight GMT Bathflashfictionaward.com:enter

Purple and white. Gotta be!

Anyone wanting to guess the Last Min Club badge colour(s) l? it will only take you a minute & you could win an anthology. You don’t have to have entered

Today and tomorrow to enter our first £1460 prize fund award of 2026. Today’s the day you can guess the colour of The Last Minute Club badge which entrants tomorrow receive. Reply here with guesses & read all about it in Jude’s post www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/01/everybody-loves-a-badge/

Have a look at all the BFFA anthology covers since 2017. The 10th anniversary 2025 anthology Is a little late but will be out soon. Pictured here the 2024 cover picture Inspired by a story by @theliterarypig.bsky.social www.bathflashfictionaward.com/news/

Not long to go until the deadline for our 32nd Award. Closes 1st Feb. £1000 first prize. Judge award winning writer, editor, tutor & co-director of @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Ingrid Jendzrejewski Anthology. Results out by end Feb Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Lovely to see our microfiction judge & artist-in-residence @joannacampbell.bsky.social win the BSSA local prize!

Bath short story award (BSSA) is open for entries up to 2200 words. So you stay very short for BFFA or go longer or enter both. There’s a post below about the local author BSSA prize & @joannacampbell.bsky.social who won it last year www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2026/01/26/b...

One week until the deadline of our 34th Award on 1st Feb. Judge, writerl, editor & acclaimed writing tutor @lunchontuesday.bsky.social co-director of @natflashfictionday.bsky.social. £1460 in prizes. Results out fast Anthology. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Can you half a 600 worder you wrote and reveal more about your story? Read Jude’s post below with quotes from ‘Going Short’ by Nancy Stohlman. Our Award deadline is Feb 1st. Still time. £1000 top prize. Anthology. Results end of Feb. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/01/goin...

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. "Kate is convinced of this; convinces herself." – from @fionamckay.bsky.social 's stellar NIF The Lives of the Dead 🙌

👀 Something interesting this way comes!! @theprideroars.bsky.social

If you missed our interviews with anthology editor Sharon Telfer @sharontelfer.bsky.social & micro judge Joanna Campbell @joannacampbell.bsky.social you can read below. Diane will be interviewing another micro judge on Monday: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

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Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

Two weeks until our 32nd Award closes on Sunday Feb 1st. Judge Ingrid Jendrzejewski. @lunchontuesday.bsky.social Up to 300 words Double & triple entries discounted £1460 prize fund Results out end of Feb Anthology publication offer god 50 longlisted Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Big thanks to Ingrid Jendzrejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social who has agreed to be our judge this time to replace John Brantingham who unexpectedly can’t do it. Read our interview with her. Great answers! https: www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/judges/

Just 3 weeks till our 32nd Award closes on Feb 1st. £1460 in prizes. 300 words max & shorter pieces welcome. Results out end of Feb. Anthology. bathflashfictionaward.com

Very pleased to have this one out in the world – 'Fish Girl Summer' is my first published CNF! Thanks @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging and @judehwriter2.bsky.social for the great prompt! And definitely go read @lunchontuesday.bsky.social's winning piece, a breathtaking breathless paragraph 💜

What a wonderful way to start the year! Thank you so, so much, and congratulations to Erin & Alexis -- it's an honour to appear alongside you! :)

More thanks to @lettybutler.bsky.social @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social @itssonoemi.bsky.social for reading fantastic stories & @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging the ‘slow prose’ festival contest from @judehwriter2.bsky.social’s prompts. We’relooking out for your entries!

Thank you to everyone who came to the 2nd Great Festival Flash Off online day yesterday. And thanks also to @christopherallen.bsky.social @devaneemily.bsky.social & @shelleyr-j.bsky.social for their brilliant workshops & readings & @sudhab.bsky.social for the yoga flashfictionfestival.com

Thinking about doing SmokeLong's March Micro Marathon? Did you know that you can book at a discount until January 12th? It's still a great price after Jan 12th, but every little helps. Come write with us. We are definitely not a cult. Our mother had us checked. www.smokelong.com/the-march-mi...

Wee bit late with this, but I just wanted to express my undying gratitude to the competitions and publications that accepted, published and/or long- and short-listed my work in 2025: @welkinprize.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social 1/2

How did that come around so fast? Just 4 weeks until our 32nd Award closes on Feb 1st. £1400 in prizes. Anthology publication offer for all 50 longlisted. Results out end of Feb. Are you raring to go? Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Our microfiction judges @daveswann.bsky.social @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @devaneemily.bsky.social & @joannacampbell.bsky.social are looking forward to reading your micros (up to a 100 words, no theme). Cash prizes & publication 😊Comp closes 15 Feb: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

For fans of @sarahillswrites.bsky.social, do NOT miss "Say Their Names" in @lindzmcleod.bsky.social's #Writing craft book An Honour and a Privilege. Sara and Lindz wrote an EXQUISITE flash fiction piece and then talked about the whys and hows in a craft essay. #WritingCommunity #FlashLit

Beyond thrilled to have my first narrative poem (!!!) in the world and pinching myself that it's up this fantastic new issue from @smokelong.bsky.social. Huge congratulations to my issue mates. I love your stories so much! 🌟🌟🌟 www.smokelong.com/stories/worm/

Am very excited to share that my new historical novella-in-flash ‘Bereft of Reason’ will be published by V.Press in 2026!

Here’s a photo of todays Supermoon rising at sunset — Wolf Moon and a link to my historical flash of the same name, published in FlashBack fiction in 2019 and subsequently In my collection Clearly Defined Clouds flashbackfiction.com/index.php/20...

Winning CNF flashes from the 29th Nov online festival comp are now posted on the website. Congratulations to 1st prize @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, and runners up @erinbondo.com & Alexis Somerville Thank you to judge @scooterwriter.bsky.social & all entrants www.flashfictionfestival.com/news/

In 2025, I submitted 73 times and got 8 acceptances, made the @bathflashaward.bsky.social longlist, the @bridportprize.bsky.social flash shortlist, and had a story nominated for Best Small Fictions and Best of the Net (thanks again @delgeo14.bsky.social!) (cont)

Pre-orders for my @stanchion.bsky.social collection are open & I am SO EXCITED 👇👇👇

Thank you to everyone who has subbed so far to our anthology on the theme of BRIDGES! Our editors @sharontelfer.bsky.social & @karjon.bsky.social are busy reading away! You have till 15 Feb to submit your flash. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

2025 was a year of flash firsts that I am pretty darn proud of 🥹💜: first published flash (@flashficfestuk.bsky.social), first longlist (@welkinprize.bsky.social), first shortlist + placement + pushcart nom (@bathflashaward.bsky.social), and first time reading at an event (@walklistencreate.org).

I find myself on this shortlist, and am so thrilled. I'm cheering hard for everyone on this list! Huge CONGRATULATIONS to all of you!