The winning stories by @mackmckenna.bsky.social @words-outwest.bsky.social & @bsherm36.bsky.social from our 10th Jan online GFFO day are now posted. Congratulations! And thank you to all who entered www.flashfictionfestival.com/winners-janu...

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

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!

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

Guess the colour of new Last Minute Club badge & win a prize!

I wrote this for @flashficfestuk.bsky.social 2024 in memory of night shift in the ED. Eternally grateful to @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for pubbing this, and also that I don’t have to do night shift ever again. (IDK why it’s labelled adult content there’s a CW for self harm, maybe that’s why)

Thanks for inviting me to run 'Lost & Found' again! I really enjoyed the other workshops, and the picture prompts were wonderful, Jude.

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/

A wonderful day! the workshops were amazing - thank you 😍😍😍

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

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

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! :)

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 💜

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/

My very first Pushcart Prize nomination (!!) for my 3rd place BFFA flash "Eloise Writes as the World Burns"

Ready for the New Year, we have announced the 2026 NIF award shortlist.,Congrats to all the authors. Final results out end Jan. The longlist was also full of excellent novellas. Best wishes for all of them & to everyone who entered. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/news/

Absolutely stoked to have my Highly Commended CNF 'The Ewe and the Lamb' included in this stellar Arts Council funded journal!

Congratulations to all 27 writers on our 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award longlist. And thank you to everyone who entered. So many good and inventive novellas were submitted. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/12/novella-in-flash-2026-longlist/

I’ve decided to hang up my hat at NFFD as I move in a new creative direction, visually. Its been a privilege and such a wonderful experience. Thank you to Diane, Ingrid and Tino for asking me to be a part of the the team and to everyone who said lovely things about my work over the years. X

Many thanks to School Reading List for placing our book on the fiction shortlist with lots of awesome titles. @reenamakwana.bsky.social Great time to buy with @theemmapress.bsky.social sale too. #kidlit #childrensficrion

Thank you so much to @scooterwriter.bsky.social and @lunchontuesday.bsky.social for this incredible honour. I hope to uphold the amazing legacy left by brilliant artist @jeanettesheppard.bsky.social whose work has graced the covers of seven anthology covers for @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social

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

We are very excited to announce that Joanna Campbell @joannacampbell.bsky.social is our new artist-in-residence! She has been a huge supporter of NFFD for many years & we’re thrilled to have her as part of the team! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

The long list for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 is here! Congratulations and thank you to all who entered. The judging has been and continues to be extremely tough. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Brilliant @flashficfestuk.bsky.social day today w/ generative workshops from @hanakhalique.bsky.social, @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social & @lunchontuesday.bsky.social! Lots of drafts & ideas born out of this one. Thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social for organising & everyone who read/presented/shared 😊

Thrilled to have a new #flashfiction up on #SoFloPoJo Gratitude to Ed @francinewitte.bsky.social and thanks to @kathyfish.bsky.social for original prompt from @flashficfestuk.bsky.social this year Yeehaw! www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-39-nov...

This Sunday and next Monday I'm delivering my workshop on Writing Prose Poetry Series and Sequences online. Spaces only £25, with a couple low-income spots available at each session. Previously delivered for @flashficfestuk.bsky.social and @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social with great results! Pls share!

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Thrilled to be featuring your marvellous flash, Kate. It's Beautifully rendered and I thank you for having sent it our way ‪@katehollingswrites.bsky.social‬ @susmitab.bsky.social b.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social ‪

I love this piece by Kate Hollingsworth in @fictivedream.bsky.social - conceived in my The Female Gothic workshop at @flashficfestuk.bsky.social festival this year. fictivedream.com/2025/10/12/b...

I witnessed the birth of this flash at @flashficfestuk.bsky.social in @fionamckay.bsky.social 's excellent workshop and look at it now - beautiful! Congrats Rosaleen!

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

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

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

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!

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

I’ll be at the October one - early start for me, so might slip into the back of the class late, but looking forward to it!

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

Wonderful evening of readings organised by @judehwriter2.bsky.social Great to see familiar faces @scooterwriter.bsky.social @jupiterjonz.bsky.social @flemwrites.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social And meet new ones Marie Day, Abi Williams, Caner Akin & Letty Butler

Are your stories in full flower yet? One week to go till the deadline for our 31st Award on Sun Oct 5th.. £1000 first prize. Up to 300 word #flashfiction. Results out fast. Anthology publication offer for 50 longlisted. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Busy compiling the 1st of the new rainbow series of festival anthologies. Thanks to all who came to the July in-person fest & subbed stories. Another opportunity to be published if you come to our online festival days. There’s a mini contest with publication as prize Flashfictionfestival.com

This weekend & one more till our 31st Award ends on Sun 5th Oct. Up to 300 word #flashfiction Results by end Oct. £1460 in prizes + publication offer in our 10th anniversary anthology for all 50 longlisted Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter