We are very excited to reveal our guest editor & theme for our 2026 anthology! Submissions open on 1 Dec & close on 15 Feb 2026. Our microfiction comp judges will be announced next week! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/an...

32nd Award is open now. Judge writer and educator John Brantingham. Early bird discounts open till mid Dec. Closes Feb 1st. £1460 in prizes. Anthology. Results end of Feb. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Wonderful stories - what a treat to read them - congratulations all.

Still a couple of spots available for this if you're keen. Should be a brilliant event. @claudiamonpere.bsky.social is amazing and has so much wisdom. And @dawnsteffler.bsky.social shows what she can do with emotions in her wonderful @bathflashaward.bsky.social winning story. Not to be missed!

@emilyrinkema.bsky.social never ceases to amaze with her bold, human-centered storytelling 👏

Many congratulations to our winners! 5 brilliant stories selected by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social 1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social 3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Two things today, 31st Oct. Our 9th annual Novella in Flash Award closes at midnight & the results of the 31st single flash award will be announced later this am. Stay tuned! Bathfladhgictionaward.com

Thank you Editor @melissacuisine.bsky.social and reading team at @rfpress.bsky.social for publishing my tale. I first started subbing it 3 years ago, when it was more explicitly about teen girls and eating disorders. It's gone through many permutations since! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-gir...

Hurrah! Made the shortlist, among some very intriguing titles. Thank you readers at Bath FF awards 😊 Congrats to all who made it and commiserations to those who didn't. Next time 💪🏼

Short list, here I am! Congrats to all fellow listers.

www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/31st... Hot on the heels of the Longlist here’s the shortlist of 20 as selected by judge @kazbarwrites.bsky.social for our 31st Award. Congratulations to all!

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.

Apologies for the rollercoaster results ride this round with announcements so close together. The results will be out tomorrow. So stay tuned!

www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/31st... Hot on the heels of the Longlist here’s the shortlist of 20 as selected by judge @kazbarwrites.bsky.social for our 31st Award. Congratulations to all!

Oooh, just seen. One of my submissions is on the longlist, the one I least expected! A morale booster. Congratulations to everyone.

Hurrah, delighted to see my title here, after many a rejection recently 🎉. Thanks @bathflashaward.bsky.social

Delighted to see my story on this list, thank you!

Yes, indeed! I have a title here. Thanks to the readers. Thanks to Bath Flash Fiction Award for brightening a dreary, rainy day.

The Longlist is out, as chosen by the readers... Congratulations everyone!! An incredible selection! 🔥🔥🔥

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

Thank you to everyone from around the world who entered our 31st Award. We appreciate your support. Results announced on bathflashfictionaward.com by the end of Oct & email sent to subscribers

Two hours for tweaking! So busy at the club. Running out of badges now — closes Midnight GMT. Thanks for entering. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

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

Got my piece in to the @bathflashaward.bsky.social with a whole two hours to spare!! 😆✨

waaahh couldn't resist 🫠🙃 @bathflashaward.bsky.social

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

Well. it would be rude not to ...

We’d love for you to share your badges if you have received one. They’re lining up fast down The Last Minute Club now!

11 and a half hours till our 31st Award ends! At midnight GMT today Sunday 5th Oct. Still time if you are so inclined 300 words max. £1460 prize fund bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Nobody actually guessed either of the colours for the last minute club badge yesterday so I did a draw of those who played the game and drew out @summerwriter.bsky.social Who gets a free entry or a BFFA anthology

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

Fabulous review of this fabulous collection by @mynachang.bsky.social !

Absolutely thrilled to have been Highly Commended in one of my favourite literary journals!! Huge thanks to the judge Tim MacGabhann, and to @the-big-quiet.bsky.social & @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social for reading and commenting on first drafts 😍

Congratulations to the winning & Highly Commended authors of or Creative Non-Fiction competition chosen by judge Tim MacGabhann! Their work will be published in Issue 4. Thanks to all who entered @writing.ie @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

My story projected onto the Fremantle Port Authority building at Fremantle Harbour as part of the inaugural Totally Lit Festival. So proud! Loved seeing all the micros projected into beautiful Walyalup for this gorgeous celebration of storytelling

Want to up your POV game? Uncover the mysteries of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and use of multiple POVs to deepen your reader experience. Come join my 4-week online course in November through @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/flas...

Whooo! I've read Cold Toast by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social and it truly is phenomenal! Can't wait to read the review, and also the review of The Missing Girl.

Guess the colours to win a prize!

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

Ebook bonus stories from @sfreligh.bsky.social, @jaimegill.bsky.social, @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social, @sagreene1.bsky.social @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @maureenmcely.bsky.social & comps @mindsshinebright.bsky.social, @welkinprize.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social!

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!

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