The Disarming Carpenter by Stan Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social #FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/the-...

Remarkable that more than 50 writers from across Europe have already booked to join us in Madrid this September. This means almost half sold in under a week of sales.

See some of y’all soooooooon!!!!

Got my preorder in ⚡⚡

Hello AWPers - Here’s my schedule - Thurs @smokelong.bsky.social editors reading 6-8 Old Major - Friday book signing of I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES @autumnhouse.org #1165 11-12 - Friday Dan Wickett memorial for Dzanc 7-9 William Fell Inn 🐻🩷

OKD is open for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: buff.ly/chQ4jpz Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.

Yes, everything's fake, but my happiness at seeing @splitlipthemag.bsky.social on this cool list is FOR REAL! 😁 Thanks so much @chillsubs.bsky.social for doing all you do to support our literary community! 💫

new new (last b4 our mini AWP break!): "My Friend," by Julia Gilmour: wigleaf.com

We are pleased to announce the shortlist for our Microfiction Competition. If you are on the list, please feel free to celebrate on social media, but don’t reveal your title! Thank you to everyone who entered! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

Don't miss your favorite Sundress staff members this week at AWP! You can also come see us at T732 for free koozies and book deals!

Will we see you at #AWP26 in Baltimore!? We're bringing our pockets, hugs, stickers, pins, and more to T518. <3 Maryland or bust! Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

Hey there! Do you see how things are in this Sky of skies? Were you expecting the worm moon to get mean with its eclipse? Absurd! What the worm moon likes best is pathways, tunnels, puzzles made into other puzzles. #65 features new works by 21 high authors, just look-see! gonelawn.net

Kelly Luce talks about Electric Literature's The Commuter in The Village. Not a Villager? You can join today. It's free. smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/intro-...

Flash Fiction £1,000 first prize. Up to 250 words. No minimum. Selected writers published in our anthology. Open to writers worldwide. What can you say in 250 words? Enter now → bridportprize.org.uk #BridportPrize #FlashFiction #WritingCompetition #WritersCommunity #AmWriting

I made a Canva. See you in Baltimore!✨

Just two more sleeps until the Mini Bin opens for your microfictions 🦝 trashcatlit.com/microfiction...

Our Trash Family Gallery has some new additions. Check out our Preloved Stories contributors - their words are coming tomorrow! trashcatlit.com/trash-family...

There's still time to get your subs in theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...

Join me for this #WritingWorkshop and elevate your prose, making every single word count. #LitFic #FictionWriting #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p960/t...

Early bird tickets sold out in less than a week, so buy yours soon!

The current submission window for 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲, and 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 will close February 12th. ✍

@ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social signing at the @mooncitypress.bsky.social booth at the @awpwriter.org Book Fair, Thursday, March 5, 2026, Booth #775!

Don't miss this prize-winning story by @quickasaflash.bsky.social Hauntingly weaves together nature and romance. "But I didn’t want a wife, or a husband. I wanted to dive in, arrow-split the waves at 60 mph, gorge myself on different men and women..." westword.substack.com/p/love-in-th...

@kimmagowan.bsky.social signing her new @mooncitypress.bsky.social book at the @awpwriter.org Book Fair on Friday, March 6, 10-11:30 a.m., Booth #775!

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free General Flash Fiction feat. @flashfrog.bsky.social @doesithavepockets.bsky.social @mgliterary.bsky.social @trashlightpress.bsky.social @thequasarreview.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

ICYMI we're open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction and looking forward to reading your words #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

We're open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction and looking forward to reading your words #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

Meet the SmokeLong Eds! Thursday March 5, 6-8pm, Old Major, free entry. Come early to get your drinks in and hang out. Can't wait to catch up. ❤️ #AWP

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.

Preorder alert! Snag your copy of @joelhans.com's The Bedtime Emptying of Our World, winner of @mooncitypress.bsky.social's 2024 Moon City Short Fiction Award! www.uapress.com/product/bedt...

Here's a cool new @jmwwjournal.bsky.social interview with @kimmagowan.bsky.social by Curtis Smith with lots of mentions of Kim's new @mooncitypress.bsky.social book, The Last Day, due out next month! jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/s...

Let us hear you roar. One week left to enter. Three pieces will be published. One writer will be invited to join our pride. theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...

The end of a very wet, grey February here in bin-land will also mark the beginning of our March Mini Bin special sub call. Microfictions is what we want - any genre - 50 to 175 words. Get informed here: trashcatlit.com/microfiction...

Congratulations to contributor Rachel Reeher—whose SmokeLong story, "Lobster", is beloved of many—on her upcoming short story collection, Queen of Bats, available for pre-order now in this gorgeous limited edition, hand-crafted linocut version: www.susqupress.com

Hey here's all our essential AWP info. Come out and find us!

I’ll be around at AWP this year & hope to see you there! I’ll be at the Thirty West table signing my book, Turmeric & Sugar: Stories, Friday 1:30-2:30pm at Booth 724. I’ll be reading on Saturday at 5pm at Picket Brewing Company for the 804 Lit Salon

Who's bringing some fresh writing to me at AWP on March 4th? Pitch me, hand me your work irl (put your name and email on it, please) and read it for the crowd, if you'd like! I'll be making Issue 23 this summer from your paper submissions! Register for freeee: Stanchionzine.com/awp

SUBMISSION CALL! submissions are open for (s)crawl magazine's fall 2026 issue (issue no. 02) see submission guidelines and submit your work on our website: scrawlmag.com #horrorlitmag #litmag #diversehorror #horrorfiction #horrorwriters

weekly talk story about @fracturedlit.bsky.social's contest... www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

new new: THREE MICROS, by Elena Zhang: wigleaf.com @ezhang77.bsky.social

AHP was thrilled to host Lauren D. Woods in Pittsburgh! Lauren read alongside her AHP pressmate, Sherrie Flick, visited the Senior Seminar in Fiction at the University of Pittsburgh, led a generative workshop at the AHP office, and read with CAPA creative writing students! 💖

Not long left to submit your 300-word gems to Fish Flash Fiction Prize. I'm judging and I'm reading ALL the entries, so you know I'll see your story. Deadline Feb 28, send your word-shapes even if you think they might be "too weird" or "not flash enough"! fishpublishing.com/competition/...

Yay!!!!

AWP is just around the corner! CHARM made this AWESOME resource for navigating Baltimore 🙌 buff.ly/oWoSqAlPlease RSVP and we'll see you there: buff.ly/TKKuArg%F0%9...

We are so excited to share our new AWP MERCH! ✨ 📚 The Library Kids' Club is inspired by our very own staff member Daniel Garcia. 💕🙌 buff.ly/9G7kYSV

Our first teases for the upcoming Preloved Stories issue 🦝 Ashlee gives us a darkly funny beach wedding with a lurking, uninvited guest... @christinaltudor.bsky.social approaches a mother and daughter bond in a surreal and mesmerising way... ISSUE LAUNCHES 28th FEB

We're reading for the 2026 SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction. Prize pot: $4700. Be sure to read the previous years' issues before you enter. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

An offsite, a big booth, author signings, specials, giveaways & from-scratch home-baked treats. I've got a lot going on for my first AWP. Come say hi, buy a book or three, get 'em signed & fuel up for a long three days of book fair fun. Oh and I'll have my cat book there, too!

Yes, the rumors are true: we're hosting an AWP offsite with @marchxness.bsky.social in Baltimore at @greedyreads.bsky.social! Friday, March 6th from 6:30-8pm, come on up to Greedy Reads Remington for readings from Hayden, Aubrey, Jillian, Shanda, Raquel, Katie, Sejal, and Ander!

An Update from Electric Lit: Halimah Marcus will step down from Electric Literature this June after 16 years of leadership. Read her letter to the community here: buff.ly/7PqY0Yh