There are 7 slots for workshops on Sat and Sun at the festival with a choice of four or five in each. Here are two of them. The fab @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social & Alison Powell We’ll be sharing more workshops soon & thanks to festival team member @sarahillswrites.bsky.social for creating the pic

The 2026 Bath Short Story Award is open to entries till 27th April.Short stories up to 2200 words. Want to listen to extracts from winning & listed stories from 2025 Award? Come to a celebratory reading this Wednes 25th March at 7.30 pm London time Contact for zoom link via bathshortstoryaward.org

Late but we’re. open for entries again today.the Vernal Equinox! Deadline 7th June. £1460 in prizes. Up to 300 words. Anthology publication offer for 50 longlisted. Judge, award winning UK based writer & teacher @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social Earlybird entries till April 12th Bathflashfictionaward.com

Congratulations to the winner @bsherm36.bsky.social & the runners up Rosaleen Lynch & Emma Williams of the February online festival writing challenge. Read their brilliant & colourful stories selected by judge @scooterwriter.bsky.social www.flashfictionfestival.com/news/

Are you one of the awesome writers selected for the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Anthology on the theme of bridges?Come to the festival and meet fellow contributors and have a chance to read. About 11 of you from USA & U.K. already coming Flashfictionfestival.com

We’ve heard just 4 places on this now!

Want to come to this year’s Flash Fiction Festival? Just 11 single bnb rooms left if you want to stay at the college. Though there is camping too! Hope you can com. Book at flashfictionfestival.com

Big congratulations to all our Five winners selected by Ingrid Jenzrejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social The are: @shelleyr-j.bsky.social @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social Fiona Lynch @lettybutler.bsky.social @rcurzon.bsky.social Read the brilliant stories at bathflashfictionaward.com

Round up from our 32nd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/32nd...

Do read Ingrid’s @lunchontuesday.bsky.social https:// really interesting report on winners & special mentions too in our 32nd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/judges-report-32nd-award/

Congratulations Shelley Roche Jacques ! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/1st-...

Congratulations Sarp Sozdinler www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/win...

Congratulations Letty Butler! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/3rd-...

Congratulations to Rachel Curzon! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/32nd...

Congratulations To Fiona Lynch! Highly commended www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/32nd...

Stay Tuned! Coming in about an hour, the results of our 32nd Award judged by Ingrid Jendzrejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social

So thrilled with this lovely news! Very grateful to @bathflashaward.bsky.social and sending huge congratulations to everyone!

Congratulations to the 3 Winners of our 2026 novella in flash award! 1st prize Victoria Melekian, runners up @bsherm36.bsky.social & @joannacampbell.bsky.social & highly commended @fionajanemack.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social & Bill Merklee www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/win...

OoooOoohhh still on the list 👀 Things are getting spicy now 🥵

Me discovering my story is on the BFFA shortlist

My little story is hanging on but I'm honestly just thrilled to be in the anthology.

Wonderful stories on the February 2026 Longlist . Many have now accepted publication for the 2026 BFFA anthology. Thank you to all authors and to everyone who entered our February 2026 Award.

Congratulations to the rwenty one authors listed on the February shortlist selected by our judge Ingrid Jendzrejewski, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/febr...

So delighted to be longlisted for the @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🎉

Eek, after 2 years of non-list, my title is on the list! Happy dance and good luck everyone.

Well, well, well, looks like Old Rickety’s still got it! Always a please to make the BFF list! 🥳

Tickled pink to be on this list 😊😊

It's been a while but I'm on the longlist and delighted to be.

Congratulations to the 50 writers selected for our 32nd Award longlist and thank you to everyone who entered. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/long...

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!