Today would have been Paul Spragg’s 50th birthday. In his memory, @bigfinish.bsky.social audio competition winner #DoctorWho Short Trips “The Wednesday That Wasn’t” by Luke Hollands is FREE, along with the studio script, original entry, behind-the-scenes interviews, and music suite. bgfn.sh/st25

I’ll be listing a last minute collection of necklaces made using Victorian & Edwardian lockets, an acorn chatelaine thimble holder, charms & writing slope/tea caddy keys in my Etsy shop 8.30 this evening. Pieces will be sent special delivery tomorrow within UK if the item is a 🎄gift 🗝️ Pls repost, ty

Our early bird discounts close today. 1 entry £7.50. 2 entries £12.00. Buy now via PayPal. Save receipt & send stories up to 300 words by 1st Feb. £1460 in prizes. Results out end of Feb. Anthology. Bathflashfictionaward.com

Check it out!! Hodder & Stoughton have an open submission window for all fiction genres. Get in quick. Details in link. Please share :)

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

Submissions open tomorrow to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of bridges) & to our micro fiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme). You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

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...

Just added to my Etsy shop: 🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars 🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers) 🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos 💐tiny posy mental health kits Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

NFFD will open our MicroFiction Comp ((up to 100 words) & subs to our new anthology (theme to be announced) on 1 Dec. More details coming soon!

Many congratulations to you all!

Things are happening in NFFD land! We’ve got our anthology guest editor & our 4 microfiction comp judges lined up & we’ve decided on a theme for our next anthology!Watch this space!

You’ll be able to enrol on my early ‘26 courses from this evening & buy spaces as gifts 👇🏼

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

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

My new small museums for mental health w'shop is on Sat 4 Oct Recent compelling research shows that collecting & arranging collections neatly alleviates anxiety & lifts mood. Includes: 🌿2 hr zoom-we'll make & photograph small museums 🗝️30% off my Etsy shop: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/smal...

Hurry, hurry!

Managed to get my story in and accepted. Many thanks to Jude @judehwriter2.bsky.social and Diane @scooterwriter.bsky.social There’s still time to submit if you haven’t sent anything yet!

My Etsy shop's now open for my 5 sets of greetings cards:spring,summer,autumn,nature/botanical collections & tiny posies.I post to the US now too I create each of my photos using recent neuroscientific research-looking at them shifts your brain away from fight or flight: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

New pots available now! www.roseschmits.com

These👇🏼180-125 yo Victorian ink bottles are still available as posy-making kits in my Etsy shop. Each kit is designed to improve mental health & includes a booklet about the neuroscience with how-tos,a dried flowers posy (see photo),stationery extras & a hand-printed box: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

My Victorian ink bottle posy kits are now in my shop👇 Some have sold which is fantastic but maybe due to financial climate not as many as usual. I know it's cringey to ask for support but I'm trying to get back on my feet after being v unwell-a RT would help so much x🌿 www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

My Victorian ink bottle posy kits are now in in my Etsy shop. They include: ✒️an antique ink bottle - you can choose your design 💐a tiny posy of dried flowers 🧠a booklet on the neuroscience of how this kit can improve mental health & how to create tiny posies 📔 extras www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

ICYMI! PLEASE REPOST! Poets! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26! Poetry Editor Betsy Aoki can't wait to read your poems!!! buff.ly/9AyStcb

Looking forward to this tonight!

Hoping to read more of this beauty from @jankaneen1.bsky.social today!

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Kit Fraser. #NewYorkerCartoons Sign up for our humor newsletter to get the Daily Cartoon right in your inbox: nyer.cm/E61jxkj

Congratulations to everyone on the longlist. Look forward to reading your stories in the next anthology 📖👏👏

Delighted to be part of this year’s FlashFlood while in Bath celebrating #nffd2025 in person.

Less than forty-eight hours to go to National Flash Fiction Day. FlashFlood will be posting a story every five or ten minutes. For more details of this, the write-in and our anthology launch, watch out for our road map of what’s happening. Booking closes tomorrow for our launch in Bath!

NFFD is on 14 June! We are run by volunteers and receive no external funding. Please consider supporting us by pre-ordering a copy of our latest anthology. On Kindle & from our bookshop: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/bo...

⭐Calling cisgender women!⭐ I'm so proud of this open statement from #NotInMyName speaking up for our trans siblings. Far too often, the only women’s voices we hear seem intent on stoking the flames. Sign & share to build the inclusive world we actually want to live in. www.change.org/p/not-in-our...

Ooh, it’s just under 3 weeks till NFFD. Why not celebrate by joining us at our FREE event in Bath? We have workshops, a panel & readings. And then there’s the option of afterwards heading out for refreshment & chat. Free tickets & info here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ev...

Last few hrs to get 15% off my June w'shops with LEAFYFLASH15: Botanical illustration & mental health workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota... Bird illustration & mental health workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bird... from a molecular cell biologist obsessed with science-based hacks to lift mood🌿

For the evening crowd:

If you enjoy flash, why not attend our FREE event on 14/6 in Bath? Workshops by Ingrid Jendrzejewski & Susmita Bhattacharya. Panel with Karen Jones, Kathryn Aldridge-Morris, Jude Higgins & Diane Simmons & anthology launch with loads of fab readers. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ev...

An update on countries FlashFlood has accepted flash from this year so far: UK, Netherlands, Italy, Canada, South Africa, UAE, France, Australia, India, New Zealand, Spain, Bangladesh, Greece, Germany, Ireland, US, Japan, The Channel Islands, Switzerland & Hong Kong. Can we add any more today?

Delighted that I’m in the flood this year after a dry spell. And if you haven’t sent anything in yet, there’s still time.

FlashFlood is now open for submissions until Saturday 26 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Previously published accepted (2022 & earlier). Debut writer spots. Free to enter. For more details see here: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...

Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮 So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇

Today, NFFD’s Diane Simmons will be chatting to BBC Radio Bristol’s @adamcrowther.bsky.social about our flash event in Bath on 14 June. From 7 pm Adam will be playing flash by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social @cherylmarkosky.bsky.social & @judehwriter2.bsky.social

Book for 2025 Festival, Bristol UK, 18-20 July! 14 places with accommodation left, participants from UK US, Ireland, Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Cyprus, India. 14 places with accommodation left. Also camping. Workshops, readings, contest, raffle, bar FUN flashfictionfestival.com

On 16 April NFFD’s @scooterwriter.bsky.social will be chatting to BBC Radio Bristol’s Adam Crowther about our celebration of flash in Bath on 14 June & he will be playing flashes from our anthology guest editor & 2 of our panellists. As a taster, tomorrow, he will be playing a flash by Diane.

We have loads of fabulous writers reading their stories from the 2025 anthology, as well as workshops by @susmitab.bsky.social & @lunchontuesday.bsky.social AND a writing panel with @kazbarwrites.bsky.social @judehwriter2.bsky.social @karjon.bsky.social & @scooterwriter.bsky.social AND it’s FREE!

Tickets to the launch of our anthology & day of workshops will be available next week on Wednesday 26 March. It’s a free event held in Bath, UK on NFFD (Saturday 14 June). Watch this space.

Two big events happening early tomorrow 28th Feb— the results of our 29th Award,judged by @sfreligh.bsky.social & the @flashficfestuk.bsky.social taking place in Bristol 18-20 July, is opening for bookings! Stay tuned…

#curae - It matters. It REALLY matters. Shining a light changes lives and makes community - no not me; the brilliant people who enter do all that - and it is the ONLY national initiative for unpaid carers in this area. It’s also unfunded by Arts organisations. Still. Two weeks left to enter! 💙📚

Can highly recommend this online retreat - it really works to get things done!

Who can resist entering when you can get one of these badges?