Congratulations to all the writers and journals represented here, both the top 50 and the longlist. Such a fantastic variety of stunning work! 🎉🎉🎉

Aww, this is such lovely news!! All the thanks to judge @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social for commending my story. Huge congrats to the winners (for their fabulous flashes—wow!), & congratulations to everyone on the SL & LL; I'm so proud to be in the next anthology with you. 🎉❤️ @bathflashaward.bsky.social

Just now catching up with all the beauties that didn't come in on my reading shifts. Congrats to everyone who paddled along in 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 — Reading for FlashFlood the past 6 years has been an honor & I will miss it. Do read for a journal if you can; it grows your craft & keeps the community afloat.❤️🙏

Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy! The anthology is only £2.99 on kindle. Every penny allows us to carry on doing what we are doing. All NFFD folk work for free.

I honestly don't know what to say. I've written so little this year and didn't for one second imagine my story might move on to the SL. I'm in a state of thrilled disbelief, so now I'm going to go hide under my desk. 😂 Very excited to be in the anthology, and with so many writers I deeply admire. 🙏❤️

Thank you to the @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social team and judges @taniahershman.bsky.social & Tim Saunders for giving my micro a place on the short list 🙏

It's always worth trying a contest you love, and I'm super thrilled to see one of my entries made it onto the long list @bathflashaward.bsky.social. Sending hugs to those whose stories didn't make it this time, and congrats & good luck to those who did. 🎉🤞❤️

What an encouraging response we've had—the biggest ever! 🙏❤️ Although we are a small but mighty team, it's going to take a few more days to respond to all the submissions. And thanks to our newest editor @alimcg.bsky.social for jumping into the fray w/us this year. ❤️ @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

Happy National Flash Fiction Day! Thanks to eds @karjon.bsky.social and @sharontelfer.bsky.social for including my story in this year's @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology. Such an honor to share space with these stunning stories. Plus gorgeous cover art by @joannacampbell.bsky.social. 🙏❤️

Happy Publication Day @scooterwriter.bsky.social. You've done it again. 'Bereft of Reason' is such a page-turner. 🎉🎉🎉

Psst. We now have two rooms available! — Come join us for a fantastic weekend of everything #FlashFiction. ⚡❤️

Last Day to join the flood! ❤️

We’re three days in! You have till Saturday 23:59 BST to submit!!

My favorite weekend of the year!! 😍 @flashficfestuk.bsky.social

FlashFlood is open! We’d love to receive your subs 😊 Flashes up to 300 words, pre 2023 prev published considered, reserved spots for debut writers. You have until 23:59 on 25 April: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...

It's always an honor to read your stories! Can't wait to see what you send us this year! ❤️❤️❤️

FlashFlood opens tomorrow (19 April). Flashes up to 300 words. This year’s editors are: @lunchontuesday.bsky.social @coffeeandpaneer.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social @kazbarwrites.bsky.social @scooterwriter.bsky.social @judiwalsh.bsky.social & Cassandra Parkin

I love this collection so much! And such a beautiful cover! Congratulations @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

Such heartbreaking news. She will be very missed. 💔

⚡Breaking news!⚡ Three more rooms have just become available at the @flashficfestuk.bsky.social in Bristol this summer. Choose from a double bedroom, a bunk bedroom, or 3 singles—perfect for sharing with friends! See our website and booking form for more details! ❤️

Are you one of the awesome writers selected for the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Anthology on the theme of bridges?Come to the festival and meet fellow contributors and have a chance to read. About 11 of you from USA & U.K. already coming Flashfictionfestival.com

This one is selling out quickly this year! Just a couple of places remaining. @flashficfestuk.bsky.social

My favorite weekend of the year!! ⚡❤️ Only *ONE* room remaining now, but plenty of camping spots! Come join us! @flashficfestuk.bsky.social

Wow, this is crazy!! Thanks for reading my stories, friends. And huge congrats to @kyleisamu.bsky.social whose story is so fantastically good! And thanks again to @flashfrog.bsky.social for saying yes to two of my stories in 2025. 🙏❤️

Thank you so much @flashfrog.bsky.social for championing this story in so many ways. I appreciate you so much!! 🙏❤️ And huge congratulations to everyone on this list. Your stories are all phenomenal! 🌟🌟🌟

Beyond thrilled to have my first narrative poem (!!!) in the world and pinching myself that it's up this fantastic new issue from @smokelong.bsky.social. Huge congratulations to my issue mates. I love your stories so much! 🌟🌟🌟 www.smokelong.com/stories/worm/

Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/

Issue 90 cover reveal! Out on Monday. Including the winners of the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 🏆

I spent a year of my life writing collaborative fiction with eleven incredible writers; each story is followed by a collaborative deep-dive into the craft of our stories/work and the techniques we used, as well as what worked and what didn't. If you write, this book is a GOLDMINE. Get yours now.

Yay! What a beautiful book!! I'm so honored to have been part of this project (thank you @lindzmcleod.bsky.social 🙏❤️). And all the props to @stanchion.bsky.social for supporting and publishing. Now available for pre-order! Go grab your copy!!🌟

I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers. "Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."

What a great theme and editing team this year!!! @natflashfictionday.bsky.social 😍 #FlashFiction

We’re excited to announce that next year’s National Flash Fiction Day will be Saturday 13 June.

“It’s weird, isn’t it?” she says. “Squaring who you are with who you might have been…” Love this gem of a story from @h0lc0mb.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social. So good! 🌟🌟🌟

🐸 General subs are open!🐸 flash-frog.com/submit/

“Gil and I watch TV like we’re each just a brain in a jar, sitting side by side. Except instead of brains we’re hearts. And by hearts, I mean sex organs.” Amazing new work from @sarahillswrites.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social - a perfect match

Love love love this collection too (and, well, anything @sarahillswrites.bsky.social writes)!

I love Gillian's video reviews! Thoughtful and kind ❤️ Sara's book is indeed filled with gorgeous, poignant flash! Also, the cover sings! Cheers for the artist! @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @adhocfiction.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social

When a reviewer truly gets what you're trying to do with your work... what a gift! ❤️🙏 A million thanks, @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social. I feel so seen, I am crying. And I cannot wait to buy your collection in 2026. 🎉

"Here, it’s always November. Wet earth on her back, arms pinned, his tongue that tastes of smoked fish." Oof. Absolutely incredible gem from @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @centaurlit.bsky.social. I feel this one in my bones. 🔥🔥🔥

I cannot wait for this one!! Love everything @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social writes. 🔥🔥🔥

One of my favorite stories in one of my favorite places, I feel lucky I got to read an earlier draft. This is 🔥 “Like in the movies, we sit on the hood of the car, propped against the bug-crusted windscreen, watching for fire in the sky, waiting for something to warm between us.”

I read this the other day and am still thinking about it. Sara is really the best at flash fiction. Read this and learn how it's done:

I mean. @sarahillswrites.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social. She’s so amazing 🤩 “we fuck on the sofa like we’re trying to make something, turn straw into gold, or power the grid single-handedly.”

Just reread this. @sarahillswrites.bsky.social is such a master at the flash form. If you haven't already read this story, check it out. And cheers to @flashfrog.bsky.social for continuing to bring the best stories to us!

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‘I remember cancer is a constellation, so I squint at the stars some more, but all I see is a mess of white dots, blinking and unblinking…’ I love all the recurring elements and motifs in this story and how they all work together so perfectly. Sara Hills does it again!! 🤩

A new Sara Hills story makes today a great day!!!

A stunner from @sarahillswrites.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2025/07/28/t...

I say, Yeah, but cancer, because that’s all I can think to add. Then I remember cancer is a constellation, so I squint at the stars some more, but all I see is a mess of white dots, blinking and unblinking. Gorgeous @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2025/07/28/t...