We are open! Send us your bold, weird, wonderful words. Wordcount - 500 max, we love 100 word stories Deadline - 15 April No previous pubs Sim subs are fine Read past issues & award noms to get a sense of what we like. Be brave! Submission Guidelines | NFFR share.google/iEJhTIUa1xIR...

"Chang’s prose lets us float on the idea, and for a moment, breathe the world in and dream. Sometimes—maybe—it’s enough to touch the possibility of something more." This review from Claudine Lit left me teary-eyed. Huge thanks to @claudineliterary.bsky.social ❤️ Off to read the rest of the issue!

It's sign-up time! If you'd like to start SmokeLong Fitness in April, we are inviting all new members to join the workshop on March 25th to do some onboarding. Come write with us! Monthly subscriptions are possible until the end of March, then again in August. www.smokelong.com/smokelong-fi...

Hard to beat the first line by Nadia Born in @nffr.bsky.social "The claw machine now offers babies for prizes. limited-edition grow-in-water ones that you can take home." The claw machine by Nadia Born | New Flash Fiction Review share.google/1EMYxD70CKnB...

Delighted to see Train Man by @patiencemackarness.bsky.social from our last issue featured in @mattkendrick.bsky.social's #Mondettes newsletter. This month it was @mizuki-yama.bsky.social selecting the stories. Do subscribe for great flash, insights from top writers & a few writing prompts.

"On Monday a large stone crashes through the window. It is wrapped in an abusive letter. Eva doesn’t know what to do. She worries. Is it a neighbour? Young people? Old people?" An unexpected event goes in an unexpected direction in this story by Rob Walton. newflashfiction.com/rock-paper-s...

"I do understand the way my loving husband labels the bell jars, even though I can see through the glass what they are filled-with—salt, sugar, biscuits, and flour." Charming story about togetherness in grief and hope by @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social in Issue 40. newflashfiction.com/about-the-lo...

"Yai is praying. She recites a prayer book where the verses are laid out in large print, ancient Sanskrit language. Yai disagrees with the Oncology team and says that the chanting will make Apinya recover." Don't miss Bamboo Canes by Tarmo Rajasaari in Issue 40. newflashfiction.com/bamboo-canes...

"Who still looks out from a moving carriage on tea plantations, holy rivers, red-dust fields and red-haze sunsets, not yet believing in your future." Beautiful sweep through a life, nostalgia for India & all the what ifs, by @patiencemackarness.bsky.social newflashfiction.com/train-man-by...

"She tells him, real silk shimmers, warms in the hand. A shadow of cloud darkens the room’s margins, where earlier they’d cast-off their clothes." Bamboo Silk by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social deftly weaves in place, uses white space so well, doesn't waste a word. newflashfiction.com/bamboo-silk-...

"I heard the laughter of his drunk-at-noon buddies, and watched that cowboy, watched him straddle a turtle, the largest of those who’d flippered across the sand to drowse in the sun..." Great energy & rage in this story by Tess Kelly newflashfiction.com/rodeo-my-way...

“Beached means sick. Or hunted. Or lost. It means you drifted too far from home and couldn’t find the tide again." A powerful tale from @rachelmhollis.bsky.social in Issue 40. newflashfiction.com/beached-by-r...

"My family friend’s dog tugs on my white frilled cotton dress—saves me from falling down the stairs. I am four years old. My mom says that it didn’t happen." Effective use of fragments, mythology and an unverifiable past in this story by Sherry Duggal. newflashfiction.com/vishnus-nave...

"The night the sirens came, my mother was labeling leftovers. She used blue painter’s tape and a black marker that bled through plastic. Rice-Monday. Chicken-Tuesday." Brilliant use of external events and pauses in Exit Wounds by Bethany Bruno. newflashfiction.com/exit-wounds-...

"the claw machine now offers babies for prizes. limited-edition grow-in-water ones that you can take home." Read The Claw Machine by @nadiaborn.com in Issue 40 of #NFFR. Wonderfully weird, beautifully written. newflashfiction.com/the-claw-mac...

It's here 🎉 Welcome to Issue 40, with brilliant stories from: @nadiaborn.com, Bethany Bruno, Sherry Duggal, @rachelmhollis.bsky.social Tess Kelly, @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social @patiencemackarness.bsky.social @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social Tarmo Rajasaari & Rob Walton newflashfiction.com/issue-40/

Excited to share this interview with Managing Editor Valerie Fox & @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social, who judged our 2025 prize. He talks about his collab book w photographer Gail Butensky, and how aseries of linked short-shorts emerged once he began writing... newflashfiction.com/on-collabora...

Thank you to all the wonderful writers who have trusted us with your work. We are reading through the subs and will be in touch.

Send us your bold, imaginative, weird, wonderful stories - we are here for them. Just a reminder: 500 words max Free to enter We read anonymously Deadline 15 Jan newflashfiction.com/submit/

Join us in celebrating the two NFFR stories by @jackmmorris.bsky.social and @writesofkathryn.bsky.social chosen for Best Microfiction 2026! Links to their stories here: newflashfiction.com/ernst-is-com... newflashfiction.com/a-few-words-... Thanks to the editors @dseuss.bsky.social, Meg & Gary!

And we're open! Send us your bold, imaginative, weird, wonderful stories - we are here for them. Just a reminder: 500 words max Free to enter We read anonymously Deadline 15 Jan

The long hallways of my arms, where sometimes, I swear I can feel their footsteps, where I look down and expect to see the skin rise up, something pushing against me from the inside." Brilliant unforgettable winning [email protected] @nffr.bsky.social newflashfiction.com/body-as-a-si...

We will be open for submissions 1 to 15 Jan. For inspiration, read our winning stories from last issue by @karaoakleaf.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @belindarowe.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social @theodora.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social newflashfiction.com/issue-39/

“I asked Dad once, What goes on in Olive’s head? He said, Believe whatever thing seems nicest.” leigh ann ruggiero’s “iron shoes” in @nffr.bsky.social 🤍 newflashfiction.com/iron-shoes/

Thanks to all the writers who entered our 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize. We have enjoyed reading your work and are assembling a longlist to send to our judge for this competition, @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social. Best of luck! newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

Still open for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize - deadline 15 Oct so 2 weeks to polish and shine! Loving the entries so far 😍 500 words Winner $250 Two runners-up $100 each Entry fee $10 We read anonymously Check out the interview with judge @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social and good luck!

Delighted to announce our nominations for Best of the Net - @jackmmorris.bsky.social for "Ernst is coming home" and @kateaxeford.bsky.social for "The truths behind a pumpkin dare, Northern Alberta, 3rd July, 1991" Best of the Net 2025 #BOTN #flashfiction newflashfiction.com/and-the-best...

Writers - enter the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize! Max 500 words Fee $10 Closes 15 Oct Judge: @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social "The ability to evoke. The ability to use the shadings of words, the nuances of language. The mot juste... You have to stick the landing.” newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

Writers - enter the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize! Max 500 words Fee $10 Closes 15 Oct Judge: @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social "The ability to evoke. The ability to use the shadings of words, the nuances of language. The mot juste... You have to stick the landing.” newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

New Flash Fiction Review Prize @nffr.bsky.social (Fiction; pays) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting

We're opening subs for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize on 15 Sept! Read what judge Graham Faulkner wants: "Capturing the decisive moment with arresting detail. Writing to the questions, not the answers. The ability to create a mood, an intimacy, a connection." newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

Love this new flash fiction piece from Andrew Graham Martin! newflashfiction.com/dorothy-by-a...

"Although he was nothing like the Leaders of Men, he’d changed in many ways and she no longer spoke to him with candour or humour." I really love how @sagreene1.bsky.social put this brilliant story together! In the always wonderful @nffr.bsky.social 💙💙💙

"You are at a concert. The man with the razor-honey voice knows your fire. He’s been singing about it for decades." Wow! This extraordinary piece of writing by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social 💙💙💙 newflashfiction.com/i-know-somed...

"The lesson is this—your fire will reduce everything to blackest soot, and you will be left alone. So, you give the boy a feather-light, tinkling laugh, and watch his world turn black." This story by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social is so beautiful and wonderfully alive.

"[This story is based on] the aftermath of my father-in-law’s death. Though the rituals were performed for thirteen days, the tenth day was very emotional. That was when we said a final good-bye to the departed soul. That night my mother-in-law was made to sleep alone." Vijayalakshmi Sridhar #NFFR

"I have a very strange brain that associates everything back to numbers. Numbers are immensely soothing to me as a person who grew up with a bewildering sensory, emotional and interpersonal world. Numbers never trip you up, they never do anything unexpected." @pleomorphic2.bsky.social #NFFR

"A few months ago my toddler pointed to her closet and told us there were ghosts in there. When you’re a new parent, you spend an inordinate amount of time trying to decode your child's statements. With this story, I tried my best to cast this fleeting moment in plaster." Andrew Martin #NFFR

Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes. newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...

"For flash fiction, there’s a messy, resonant moment that usually comes to mind as inspiration. With such a tight word count, the tension has to be created from the first sentence, sustained through the slice of story, and end with an ambiguity that isn’t too frustrating." Elana Lavine #NFFR

"In the US there have been attempts to censor everything, including the weather, and I was looking at the website for NOAA, one of the federal agencies under attack, and came across a list of meteorological terms, and that gave me the shape for the final story." @writesofkathryn.bsky.social #NFFR

"Despite my difficulty with numbers, I find them comforting. My first son was born early and had to gain weight to catch up. Recently, I found the log of times I’d fed him and how much he’d had. The numbers would just float away if I didn’t write them down immediately." Rebecca Klassen #NFFR

"The origin of 'Lights out at Ten' is a documentary about long-term mental health patients. While some were fully institutionalised, others talked reflectively about their old lives and seemed to be holding on to a sense of self. I thought that was an interesting headspace." Neil James #NFFR

"Writing is a form of resistance. It might not feel like what you’re writing is important in the face of all that’s happening in the world, but always remember there’s a reason fascists burn and ban books. Words are powerful." @sagreene1.bsky.social #NFFR

"Writing is engagement with the things and people that anxiety yearns for you to turn away from. I’m the last person to give advice about writing, but to write during anxious times is, paraphrasing Didion, to tell the stories we need in order to live." @mitchellgauvin.bsky.social #NFFR

"If your cup is feeling empty, find something that fuels your creative soul. Read everything you can get your hands on. Spend time with people you love. Writing will always be there waiting for you when you’re ready to come back to it." Great advice from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social #NFFR

Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes. newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...

Thanks to the editors at @nffr.bsky.social for publishing my weather story, thanks to @louellalester.bsky.social for the cloud photo, and thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for sharing it! 💙

‘…because we were just friends, good friends who made out sometimes on Thursdays after happy hour when I was too buzzed to drive.’ Gorgeous details in this new flash from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social 🥃 newflashfiction.com/thursdays-sm...

‘…his heart was as heavy as his scrotum…’ This new story from @sagreene1.bsky.social is, quite literally, the bollocks. Read it in the 10th anniversary issue of @nffr.bsky.social! 🪡 newflashfiction.com/the-tenth-te...