Thanks, @thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social for publishing my haiku in this beautiful issue and for such thoughtful commentary! ❄️🌼

So in a completely terrifying and vulnerable shift from my normal flash, I wrote a very personal essay, up at Herstry today. Hope it resonates. herstryblg.com/true/2026/3/...

But my favorite pictures from Venice is not cats but this combination that I think of as “missed connections.”

“The Bridport Prize is an open door… people take notice.” Writer and former judge Toby Litt on the momentum, reputation and impact of the Bridport Prize. #BridportPrize #WritingPrize #WritersLife #CreativeWriting

I'm behind on this, but the winners of the National Grammar Day Poetry Contest last week were all great. If you're looking for a quick, delightful diversion, check them out! aceseditors.org/news/2026/20...

We're halfway through our Mini Bin sub call - so today's Preloved Stories spotlight is very relevant 🦝 Guest reader Madeleine said of @charlylou.bsky.social's microfiction: "I’m impressed with what this has packed into a tiny word count." Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/listening-to...

In the latest tsuri-doro edited by Tony Pupello: ice dawn a road salting truck spins new stars #haiku #micropoetry Read more here: tsuridoro.org

More haiku news: I received an honourable mention in the ACES: The Society for Editing’s Grammar Day contest. (I had fun making up this one!) aceseditors.org/news/2026/20...

Thanks to The Haiku Foundation for publishing my animal haiku in this list of gems.

Loved reading this poem by my dad in the winter issue of Prudence Dispatch. prudencedispatch.com

“Felix is eight years old, and I have no idea how to keep him safe in this world. When a child’s gravity inverts the family has two choices…” Wow, this story is bursting with imagination and beauty.

These are lovely! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/l...

Up on 02 Haiku Literary Magazine today. bit.ly/3OOuarY

It's release day for Tiny Vessels! Thank you so much to Rita Bullwinkel for this amazing introduction! mastersreview.com/tiny-vessels...

"The children bear the world lightly." @belindarowe.bsky.social in @centaurlit.bsky.social centaurlit.com/grizzly-bear...

My first time in a Top 10/advancing to Round 2! My silly, video-game walkthrough-style story was inspired by a childhood of ‘90s PC games. So thanks, Hugo! Ha. IYKYK

The people have SPOKEN!!! And the winners of the people's prize are @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social and J.M.C. Kane. Congratulations!!! Links to their brilliant micros below 👇

A stunning, cinematic micro to end this wonderful series. Congrats to Yara Zgheib — and everyone published here. And thanks @mattkendrick.bsky.social for giving us these sharp gems to return to and learn from. 💎 Such a gift.

What a lovely surprise to see my story as a finalist! Congrats to flash winner J.P. Bellipanni — and to everyone who placed. @newmillwritings.bsky.social

In case you missed it, our latest issue is now available—a perfect reason to curl up with a cup of tea. 💫🌸☕ We’d love it if you shared! ❣️🙏 #microfiction #shortpoetry #micropoetry #haiku #drabbles #dribbles #readersofbsky #writersofbsky #amreading #lattebreak www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...

First pub of 2026: this piece on 50-Word Stories (bite-sized fiction indeed).

Kevin’s annual “yeah, no” snow trek. 🐈 ❄️

Excited to dig into this CanLit flash fiction collection I received for Christmas. 🇨🇦 📖 And just spotted @smokelong.bsky.social workshop mate @dawnwriter.bsky.social in the list of contributors.

Can you write a #christmas story in 75 words? Submit today! #writingcommunity #amwriting www.paragraphplanet.com/submission.php

"After your work Christmas Party" by @AdeleGallogly.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #amwriting

Thanks @paragraphplanet.bsky.social for publishing my tiny slice of microfiction today. www.paragraphplanet.com

A lovely, encouraging, compassionate post by Matt Kendrick, who has accomplished SO much and given SO much this past year. I'm truly blown away by his generosity. Read this and consider subscribing to his wonderful newsletter. 💙

Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read: milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...

Post a photo no one has seen but you.

🚨🚨A flashy giveaway from @smokelong.bsky.social 🚨🚨

"The Missing Dish" by @adelegallogly.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #amwriting

Another tiny tale up today at @paragraphplanet.bsky.social paragraphplanet.com

Our Mystic & Magic section is waiting for more stories and poems. (Psst: I have a soft spot for mermaids. 🧜‍♀️💫🐬) Dive in for a bit of inspiration: www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... #microfiction #poetry #magic #speculativefiction #writersofbsky #fantasy #shortfiction #fantasyhaiku #submissions

Paragraph Planet, the #writing website, has been publishing one story on its home page every day since 2008. That's [*quick calculation*]......LOTS of stories. Submit today! paragraphplanet.com/submission.php

Have you read any of the tiny fiction at 50 Word Stories? Begin with my newest from last week! fiftywordstories.com/2025/10/28/r...

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“In the grief truck” by @megpokrass.bsky.social is today’s 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #amwriting #writingcommunity

My mum has won the 2025 Bridport poetry award and £5000 in prize money for her poem Bird Child. So pleased for her and super proud. She's in Bridport today with MrsGrow to collect her award. bridportprize.org.uk/results

Absolutely thrilled to have a flash fiction story Highly Commended by judge @tobylitt.bsky.social for the Bridport Prize @bridportprize.bsky.social. Excited for the anthology, and I’ll share a more about my story then. Congrats, everyone! Also, thanks to my @smokelong.bsky.social workshop mates!

More soundtracks with sheet music included please! Such a gift to have this with the Sorry, Baby record.

This city critter scrambled up for a tree pose as I walked by.

I have been in two of these challenges so far and really enjoyed the experience. I have yet to make it to the final round, but I came away with feedback & ideas to carry forward. I'm excited about this next one! nycmidnight.com/250

Thrilled to be published in the wonderful @fictivedream.bsky.social -- such an honor. Thank you for reading! (This is fiction but based on an actual event when I worked at a department store years ago) bsky.app/profile/fict...

Congrats, @vicsizemore.bsky.social!

Thanks @thehooletsnook.bsky.social for publishing my 100-word story in this lovely new issue! And thanks @smokelong.bsky.social workshop for the prompt and group feedback that shaped this micro.

These “hint fiction” prompt contests are so fun. Thanks again, @megpokrass.bsky.social! #microfiction

A treat to be featured on 50-Word-Stories, a site I love to read daily. fiftywordstories.com/2025/08/27/a...

I know Falkor’s more dog than cat, but sometimes I swear Kevin’s giving me that luck dragon stare.

Grasping for the last joys of summer and feeling like my son grabbing at these bubbles in a sunny forest weeks ago.

Today's tag is my superb grad school alumni friend @vicsizemore.bsky.social, writer of clear-eyed and engrossing works of fiction & non-fiction. He's great company for workshops & conferences, up for talking writing + life and sharing a good laugh. His most recent book is a novel, God of River Mud.