Subs to NFFD’s anthology (up to 500 words) on the theme of BRIDGES & entries to our micro comp (up to 100 words, no theme) close a week today (15 Feb). Cash prizes for micro comp & 2 authors from our anthology will receive prizes too! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

That green sludge looks bloody disgusting!

8 days to go! Paper Sisters preorders will be arriving from today! Get your copy of one of the most anticipated historical fiction books in the UK this year now! share.google/hVhcthIR8E2V...

“For a city known for its anything-goes ethos, for its embrace of letting your freak flag fly, the list of activities one could not legally do in San Francisco was remarkable.” Had fun learning about strange city rules for this. No parking in your own driveway? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

Mary and the Rabbit Dream was mentioned in a personal essay on medical misogyny on Substack. It spurred, not fiction, but some thoughts and remembered historical facts. Link below (and link to the essay as well in my text). open.substack.com/pub/noemikis...

Tired of journals that ask for poems about your garden and then ghost you? This one wants the bin, the syringe, the protest chant. This one’s built with spit. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #PoetsOfBluesky #WednesdayWIPs #Poetry #SubmissionWindow

So, this! I am, of course, delighted but also slightly speechless 😊 open.substack.com/pub/weatherg...

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/

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

Are you ready for a shortlist? Here we are then... 🤩 My TOP TWENTY picks for the Welkin Writing Prize 2026. Each of these is a marvel and a gem, and they'll be coming your way one by one over the next three weeks: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

This is the brilliant winning flash of @newwritersuk.bsky.social Historical Flash Fiction comp 🧡🧡🧡 Congratulations! newwriters.org.uk/wp-content/u...

'Pa's madder than a boiled owl ...' Bloody gorgeous!

Ooh, how lovely - thank you Laura!

Another lovely idea from @mattkendrick.bsky.social - and yes, the writing community over here in the sky feels a bit 'loose'. I'd like to tag in a trio of remarkable sarahs @sfreligh.bsky.social @sarahoakeskraken32.bsky.social and @sarahillswrites.bsky.social And yeah, I'm late to the party!

Gorgeous!

WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE SEA MONSTERS OF LOVE by @philiphoare.bsky.social has been named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2025 by @newyorker.com! Take a look at the amazing list below:

Have you had a look at the brilliant Ravenglass by Carolyn Kirby yet? Following a gender fluid character making their way in 1700s Whitehaven, this emotional and beautifully written globe trotting adventure is available with 25% off this Christmas! share.google/AvrhJUHaVtFa...

A UK female spitfire pilot, 1944, known as a ferry pilot, delivering newly manufactured aircrafts from the factory to airfields #WomensArt

My new serialized novella, The Pigeons of Magstræde, an alternate historical story about a lonely soul in 1780's Copenhagen is currently being published on my Substack. New parts are posted daily. Below link to the first part and a quote from the part posted today. open.substack.com/pub/nomikiss...

Shocking Pink (1980's) feminist zine by a collective of young women in London, predating riot grrrl era #womensart

Our August Digging in the Dirt #ecopoetry masterclass with @mklitfest.bsky.social raised £800 for Give Peat A Chance. A special ebook of the #poems it inspired is now available for £2 (all profits to Give Peat A Chance). #poetrysky www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...

Today is #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay so why not pick up a copy of the FUEL anthology of prizewinning flash fictions - it's a great read and profits go to four #fuelpoverty charities, including @nea.org.uk. The brand new ebook has 75+12 bonus stories = 87 flash stories! Buy here: www.fuelflash.net

Ebook includes brilliant flash fictions by @maureenmcely.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, @jaimegill.bsky.social, @sarahhilary.bsky.social, @kitdewaal.com, @jmgatford.bsky.social, @daraelerath.bsky.social and @zephyrax.bsky.social!

'By the Fireside' by contemporary printmaker Ann Tout #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

This is wonderful!

And tonight, don't miss an online treat from the SYP with our brilliant scifi author Valeriya Salt and her reality bending WW2 novel Dive Beyond Eternity! Details below! thesyp.org.uk/events/syp-n...

Always a pleasure to be published by TrashCat! 😘

Thank you so much dearest TrashCat for the nomination. Good luck to all the nominees - I hope at least one of us gets one over the line for our wonderful publisher!

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Absolutely delighted to be published by the mighty Underbelly!

The Woggle of Witches, Adrienne Adams, 1971.

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Want to up your POV game? Uncover the mysteries of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and use of multiple POVs to deepen your reader experience. Come join my 4-week online course in November through @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/flas...

Here are universal links to my two new collections, the novella I wrote with @matgost.bsky.social which is currently only £6.50!, and the cracking anthology from @trashcatlit.bsky.social 🦝 mybook.to/SickInkColle... mybook.to/OneForSorrow... mybook.to/WatcherNovella mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

Well. it would be rude not to ...

How fabulous is this?!

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

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

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 cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa... Libraries are SO important. We need to save them.

Just putting this out there and tip-toeing away for a stiff drink! ShortList: Weatherglass Books Novella Prize Yr 2 open.substack.com/pub/weatherg...

Thanks for the kooky prompts @trashcatlit.bsky.social

This one a feat and a treat in short shortness @jupiterjonz.bsky.social

"People say we live in an unequal society; some are born well-lit, others are living like moles." Fabulous work from @jupiterjonz.bsky.social

Hurry, hurry!

Thanks, Mairead - glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks, Matt - glad you enjoyed it!

This is bloody gorgeous! All those gawping men - she knows they're there, but she's just not even glancing. Eye contact can be so dangerous.