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-...

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

This was WONDERFUL Fiona. ❤️ I‘m just about to start Lives of the Dead which I‘m looking forward to immensely. @fionamckay.bsky.social

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) ❤️

Picked your story yet? Just over 4 weeks to go. Closes, Midnight GMT 5 October 2025 Winners: Announced by 1 Nov Judge @kazbarwrites.bsky.social £1460 prize fund. 50 authors offered anthology publication, with all published authors getting a free print copy. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

I've just finished it and absolutely LOVED it! A very worthy winner!

Jus finished @debdanthewriter.bsky.social In the Dark Eyes of the Rabbit - winner of @bathflashaward.bsky.social Novella-in Flash award. Wonderful voice. Broke my heart quietly.

An insightful review of a brilliant book by someone who KNOWS. Delighted to be teaching two pieces from #ColdToast to a class in Costa Rica. This review is great prep. @kazbarwrites.bsky.social is 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

An absolute dream to see my book in the Arnolfini Bookshop!!!

Just reread @sfreligh.bsky.social's 'Hereafter' and if Pattylee doesn't deserve a sequel, then I don't know a character who does!

Stunned and mightily honoured that Cold Toast has been selected as Book of the Month by the Republic of Consciousness Prize in partnership with Queen Mary University London!! 🥂 It's winging its way to their subscribers today!

The new block of The NIFTY Book Club is open for sign ups! 📚 Sept '25 - Jan '26 📚 Sundays 10-11.30am OR Mondays 19.30-21.00 BST/GMT 📚 Live author Q&As 📚 Worksheets in advance, meetings on zoom 📚 Full details in link below #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity www.laurabesley.com/nifty-book-c...

Copies of ‘William Prichard & Co’ are also available from my website: dianesimmons.co.uk

I'm absolutely thrilled to have placed 3rd in the #LeicesterWrites #shortstory prize! Congratulations the other winners 🎉 Huge thanks to the readers, judges & @farhanashaikh.bsky.social for all their hard work. #amwriting #writingcommunity leicesterwrites.co.uk/2025/08/26/2...

If you're a low-income writer and these aren't affordable to you, I have free spots available for each workshop through a lottery system: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... There is also pay-what-you can pricing, so if you're keen to take part, please choose the option that's right for you

You can buy from our bookshop or from Amazon. Love this novella by @debdanthewriter.bsky.social!

Do you have lift off? Last day today, 10th Aug, for earlybird entries for our £1460 prize fund award. 1 entry £7.50 2 entries £12. Buy now save PayPal receipt. Send by Oct 5th judge @kazbarwrites.bsky.social Results end Oct. Anthology publication for 50 longlisted. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Bath Novella In flash 2026 Award open for entries till Oct 31st. All 2025 Nifs up for sale on Amazon as well as ad hoc fiction www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/08/nove...

Q and A with Alison Powell first prize winner in our June Award jFind out how she wrote the story & get a writing prompt too! . https: www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/08/q-a-with-alison-powell1st-prize-winner-30th-award/

Really enjoyed another fabulous @flashficfestuk.bsky.social with wonderful workshops, lovely people and fun karaoke sessions. Was grat to hear my novella in flash is on track with its sense of wonder, and was a super accessible weekend. Till next time!

Well that's a wrap for @flashficfestuk.bsky.social ! Amazing workshops w @kathyfish.bsky.social on The sound of #flashfiction & @hanakhalique.bsky.social on #Hybrids Forgot to bring my phone today, so many peeps I didn't get pics with, but here's @tiptreejen.bsky.social belting it out last night 🎶

Day 2 of @flashficfestuk.bsky.social - Art & Flash @stillsquirrel.bsky.social Emotional resonance @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social Kick ass micros w @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @mariegethins.bsky.social @sharontelfer.bsky.social Lost & found @devaneemily.bsky.social

Big thanks to everyone who joined me for my Lost & Found session at this year's #flashficfest. Pictured: some of your creepy friends... I loved hearing your own lost & found stories. Do keep sharing them with me. Many thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social for inviting me 🙏.

I'm back from @flashficfestuk.bsky.social, again impressed by how different it is each year. Maybe fewer braided pieces and hermit crabs? Here's what the karaokers missed in the quiet room

I'm still buzzing from the amazingness that is @flashficfestuk.bsky.social & in the mood for reading lots of flash! As a judge for Clevedon LitFest's 2025 Flash Fiction Award, I'm sharing some story prompts. You can enter the competition & discover prompts 1 to 4 here: www.clevedonlitfest.org.uk

Back with this guy after ace w/e at @flashficfestuk.bsky.social Learnt so much and met such lovely people-thank you all. Great to meet @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social and @christopherallen.bsky.social not on Zoom! Regret that autistic brain said no go karaoke after tough week, but next year, next year…

So lovely to see old friends and new at this year's @flashficfestuk.bsky.social! Thank you so much again to Jude, Diane and co. (won't tag you all in case that's a bit overwhelming!). So happy to be invited back as a presenter, loved all the workshops I attended and all the chats/fun in between 💙

✍️ Excellent and varied workshops from @shelleyr-j.bsky.social, @sagreene1.bsky.social, @hanakhalique.bsky.social, @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social, @judehwriter2.bsky.social and Damian Dressick. Thank you!

3/5 inspiring workshops: @kathyfish.bsky.social, @kazbarwrites.bsky.social, @vanessageb.bsky.social, David Swann, @susmitab.bsky.social, @karjon.bsky.social, Nancy Stohlman, @hanakhalique.bsky.social...

5/5 special shout-out to Amigas @fionamckay.bsky.social, @sagreene1.bsky.social, @writershq.bsky.social crew @therelphian.bsky.social, @sarahkat.bsky.social, @sarahoakeskraken32.bsky.social AND @nomad-sw18.bsky.social - my first-time karaoke partner (loved it, thanks so much 🎤❤️ )

Congratulations to the Pokrass Prize winners-/ 1st prize @eleanor-luke.bsky.social & runners up @rachaeldunlop.com & Tim Collyer & thanks to @megpokrass.bsky.social for setting the prompt & judging l. Read here! www.flashfictionfestival.com/pokrass-priz...

THANkYOU to everyone who came to the 7th in-person Flash Fiction Festival. Happy times! We’ve completed the first rainbow series of anthologies & are starting a second rainbow this year! I’d love all your photos here & will post a festival gallery on the website soon flashfictionfestival.com

"This is a glance for confirmation that yes, she has found her vertical." Stunning anaphora piece from Alison Powell, winner of the recent round of @bathflashaward.bsky.social - the way this shifts from sentence to sentence, so much hidden here: www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/alis...

"The dog’s been gone ten winters, bone-vanished, creek-gnawed, myth by now" Beautiful, lyrical writing from Joseph Randolph in @bathflashaward.bsky.social - so much rich creativity and rhythmical intent at the level of words www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/jose...

"We busy ourselves to the harbour, turned out neat and ready for hymns and hallelujahs and ‘He is risen’" A stunner from @sharontelfer.bsky.social in @bathflashaward.bsky.social - brilliant evocation of place and voice: www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/shar...

"We chewed as quietly as possible, not daring to break the silence" Love the cohesion to theme in this piece from @csquareh.bsky.social in @bathflashaward.bsky.social - and the strong emotional pull www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/chri...

‘This is finding balance. This is an obstacle in the way. This is a glance for confirmation that yes, she has found her vertical.’ I keep going back to this winning flash from Alison Powell in @bathflashaward.bsky.social - such clever interweaving 🚨 www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/alis...

West Country garden cousins of @theliterarypig.bsky.social Woodpigeons. Back in the early spring before they got their book cover & title The Constancy of Woodpigeons (Tracy’s story)

Now open for pre-orders! I loved this book!! Don't miss this inventive and moving novella-in-flash written by @fionamckay.bsky.social.😍🌟 @adhocfiction.bsky.social, @bathflashaward.bsky.social

Highly illuminating interview with @kazbarwrites.bsky.social - the next judge for the Bath Flash Fiction Award...

Our new judge for the 31st award is Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social, multi award winning writer from the U.K. Read our interview with her here. Entries open shortly and we close in early Oct. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/jud...

Pre-Order Alert!! OMG 🤩 Here it is!! The cover of my new NiF, The Lives of the Dead 😍 Thanks to Jane Ryan for the cover art! And thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social and all at @adhocfiction.bsky.social (Coming to Amazon soon for those outside UK)

Congratulations to the Winners of the 30th @bathflashaward.bsky.social -Many thanks and gratitude to judge Marie Gethins and @judehwriter2.bsky.social for "Awakening" 🙏🥰

I was honoured to provide a blurb for this wonderful novella-in-flash @fionamckay.bsky.social . Don't delay - order it straight away!

So pleased to share my new novella in flash out for pre-order with AdHocFiction. 3 women’s lives intertwine can unscrupulous adoption agency.

Spin of the Triangle by Stephanie Carty @stephaniecarty.bsky.social runner-up in our 2025 novella in flash award is now up for preorder at AdHocFiction.com at a 25% discount until publication day on July 6th Another wonderful read! Launched at flashfictionfestival.com

The Lives of the Dead by Fiona McKay @fionmckay.bsky.social runner-up in our 2025 novella in flash award is now up for preorder at AdHocFiction.com at a 25% discount until publication day on July 6th A wonderful read! Launched at flashfictionfestival.com

'This is working to tackle the issues. This is transitional. This is a special force. This is our daughter standing unaided.' This is phenomenal #FlashFiction: 'The City of Los Angeles is on Tactical Alert' | Alison Powell 🥇 @bathflashaward.bsky.social www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/alis...

Thrilled to be in this group of amazing stories - the winner is just extraordinary: don't miss it. Thanks to judge @mariegethins.bsky.social & to Jude & all at @bathflashaward.bsky.social. Something about this special comp gets me writing when nothing else can. #FlashFiction