I have a new story up @wigleaf.bsky.social! I hope you check it out (and check out the postcard too!!)!
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New on our mainpage: “Let’s Go Holoholo,” by Melissa Llanes Brownlee: wigleaf.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:01 PM
I have a new story up @wigleaf.bsky.social! I hope you check it out (and check out the postcard too!!)!
#flashfiction
#flashlit
#flashfiction
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I'm over the moon that my flash "After" won the New Flash Fiction Review 2024 NEW FLASH FICTION PRIZE. @nffr.bsky.social Incredibly grateful to judge Nathan Leslie @nathan72.bsky.social, Valerie Fox, and @megpokrass.bsky.social
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After by Claudia Monpere | Issue #35
and after and after and nothing changes, just the names of the children. This one drew birds wearing hats. That one had an orange juice popsicle for an imaginary friend.
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December 1, 2024 at 9:36 PM
I'm over the moon that my flash "After" won the New Flash Fiction Review 2024 NEW FLASH FICTION PRIZE. @nffr.bsky.social Incredibly grateful to judge Nathan Leslie @nathan72.bsky.social, Valerie Fox, and @megpokrass.bsky.social
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#flash #Flashlit #Flashfiction
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DREAM LITMAG REALIZED! This is the VERY exciting acceptance I got in November, I've been sending my work in to @fracturedlit.bsky.social for FIVE YEARS! This piece starts, "You are a billionaire’s new, about-to-turn-19 wife..."
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#FlashFiction #FlashLit
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The Billionaires Are Having a Party | Fractured
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January 5, 2026 at 4:02 PM
DREAM LITMAG REALIZED! This is the VERY exciting acceptance I got in November, I've been sending my work in to @fracturedlit.bsky.social for FIVE YEARS! This piece starts, "You are a billionaire’s new, about-to-turn-19 wife..."
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#FlashFiction #FlashLit
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#FlashFiction #FlashLit
Thrilled to see one of my stories on this list! Congratulations to everyone on the longlist! @smokelong.bsky.social #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #writing
We couldn't be more thrilled to share our long list for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Congratulations to the writers of these 42 micros--out of 1,170. You are all stars.
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
November 20, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Thrilled to see one of my stories on this list! Congratulations to everyone on the longlist! @smokelong.bsky.social #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #writing
Thrilled to see “The Wives” on this listed! Thank you Milk Candy Review for nominating it and thank you @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social 🥰
Thanks also @smokelong.bsky.social where the story began in a workshop!
#flash #flashfiction #microfiction #litmag #FlashLit
Thanks also @smokelong.bsky.social where the story began in a workshop!
#flash #flashfiction #microfiction #litmag #FlashLit
Dear friends, the winners of Best Microfiction 2025 are live! A huge thanks to 2025 judge Dawn Raffel! BM 2025 will be released in the Spring! If you're on this list, expect an email and contract from us in the next 2 weeks. www.bestmicrofiction.com? #flashfiction #microfiction #writingcommunity
Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
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January 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Thrilled to see “The Wives” on this listed! Thank you Milk Candy Review for nominating it and thank you @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social 🥰
Thanks also @smokelong.bsky.social where the story began in a workshop!
#flash #flashfiction #microfiction #litmag #FlashLit
Thanks also @smokelong.bsky.social where the story began in a workshop!
#flash #flashfiction #microfiction #litmag #FlashLit
So honoured and couldn’t be happier to join the fantastic team @smokelong.bsky.social ! One of the top lit mags out there❤️
Can’t wait to read your work—send us your best!!
#flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory #writing #writers #litmag
Can’t wait to read your work—send us your best!!
#flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory #writing #writers #litmag
We are excited to welcome @dawnwriter.bsky.social Dawn Miller to the SmokeLong team as a submissions editor! www.smokelong.com/masthead/
Masthead - SmokeLong Quarterly
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May 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
So honoured and couldn’t be happier to join the fantastic team @smokelong.bsky.social ! One of the top lit mags out there❤️
Can’t wait to read your work—send us your best!!
#flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory #writing #writers #litmag
Can’t wait to read your work—send us your best!!
#flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory #writing #writers #litmag
Thrilled to have a story selected for the Wigleaf Top 50! Thank you to the whole @wigleaf.bsky.social team and especially to guest editor @andrewporter01.bsky.social 🥰 Huge thanks to @thesunlightpress.bsky.social ❤️ where my story first appeared! #flashlit #flash #shortstories
Clang the bells!
The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List
and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈
Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social.
Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading.
And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷
The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List
and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈
Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social.
Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading.
And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
www.wigleaf.com
June 29, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Thrilled to have a story selected for the Wigleaf Top 50! Thank you to the whole @wigleaf.bsky.social team and especially to guest editor @andrewporter01.bsky.social 🥰 Huge thanks to @thesunlightpress.bsky.social ❤️ where my story first appeared! #flashlit #flash #shortstories
Delighted to see my story hanging on!! Thrilled to be shortlisted for @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🎉Congratulations to all on the list! #flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #shortstory #writing
Huge congratulations to the 20 authors shortlisted for our 29th Award! Winners announced by the end of this month. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/02/short-list-february-2025-award/#more-34440
Short List, February 2025 Award
Huge congratulations to the twenty authors who have made our 29th Award short listAuthor names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share you are on the short list, please do not identif…
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February 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Delighted to see my story hanging on!! Thrilled to be shortlisted for @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🎉Congratulations to all on the list! #flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #shortstory #writing
Thrilled to see my wee story placed 3rd! Huge congratulations to @sfreligh.bsky.social on the win!!
Congratulations to all on the list—such sharp micros!
Thank you to the judges ❤️❤️❤️
#flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #microfiction #writing
Congratulations to all on the list—such sharp micros!
Thank you to the judges ❤️❤️❤️
#flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #microfiction #writing
We’re thrilled to announce the results of our 2025 Microfiction Competition. Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to everyone who entered. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/news/
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March 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Thrilled to see my wee story placed 3rd! Huge congratulations to @sfreligh.bsky.social on the win!!
Congratulations to all on the list—such sharp micros!
Thank you to the judges ❤️❤️❤️
#flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #microfiction #writing
Congratulations to all on the list—such sharp micros!
Thank you to the judges ❤️❤️❤️
#flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #microfiction #writing
Thrilled to spy my wee story on this list!! Congratulations to everyone!!🎉
#flash #flashfiction #writing #FlashLit #microfiction
#flash #flashfiction #writing #FlashLit #microfiction
We are excited to announce the shortlist for this year’s Micro Fiction Competition! Thank you to everyone who entered and congratulations to everyone on the shortlist: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
March 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Thrilled to spy my wee story on this list!! Congratulations to everyone!!🎉
#flash #flashfiction #writing #FlashLit #microfiction
#flash #flashfiction #writing #FlashLit #microfiction
New micro inspired by this Hopper painting!
"Look, I know I shouldn’t be looking, but the city heat has me out on the streets..."
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"Look, I know I shouldn’t be looking, but the city heat has me out on the streets..."
yourimpossiblevoice.com/city-night-b...
#flashlit #flashfiction #microfiction
November 8, 2024 at 8:35 PM
New micro inspired by this Hopper painting!
"Look, I know I shouldn’t be looking, but the city heat has me out on the streets..."
yourimpossiblevoice.com/city-night-b...
#flashlit #flashfiction #microfiction
"Look, I know I shouldn’t be looking, but the city heat has me out on the streets..."
yourimpossiblevoice.com/city-night-b...
#flashlit #flashfiction #microfiction
Delighted and honoured to have my story “Mother of Pearl” nominated for best small fictions 2024! Huge thanks to @theforge.bsky.social ❤️ Congratulations to all nominees! #flash #FlashLit #flashfiction #writing #shortstories
Congratulations and best of luck to our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2024! You can read them all at www.forgelitmag.com.
@paigekaptuch.bsky.social @willmusgrove.bsky.social @abhisheksg.bsky.social @arthurmandal.bsky.social @dawnwriter.bsky.social
@paigekaptuch.bsky.social @willmusgrove.bsky.social @abhisheksg.bsky.social @arthurmandal.bsky.social @dawnwriter.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Delighted and honoured to have my story “Mother of Pearl” nominated for best small fictions 2024! Huge thanks to @theforge.bsky.social ❤️ Congratulations to all nominees! #flash #FlashLit #flashfiction #writing #shortstories
Thrilled to spy my wee story on this list! @welkinprize.bsky.social Congratulations to all on the longlist!
#flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #writing #micro
#flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #writing #micro
Drum roll! 🥁🥁🥁
Announcing the longlist for the #WelkinMini 2025: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
If you're on the list, please celebrate wildly (but don't reveal the title of your piece).
If you didn't make it this year, commiserations. Many amazing pieces missed out.
Announcing the longlist for the #WelkinMini 2025: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
If you're on the list, please celebrate wildly (but don't reveal the title of your piece).
If you didn't make it this year, commiserations. Many amazing pieces missed out.
Welkin News | MattKendrick.co.uk
A writing prize open to all forms of narrative prose, be that flash fiction, short-short, vignette, haibun, hermit crab, prose poem or work that sits outside such labels.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Thrilled to spy my wee story on this list! @welkinprize.bsky.social Congratulations to all on the longlist!
#flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #writing #micro
#flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #writing #micro
What a thrill to see my story on The Smokey shortlist!! 🥰 Congratulations to all on the shortlist and longlist! #flash #flashfiction #shortstory #flashlit #writing #writer
Announcing the outrageously good shortlist for The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2025, aka The Smokey. Please feel free to celebrate but please do not identify your story as judging is still in progress. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction — The Shortlist - SmokeLong Quarterly
Thank you to everyone who has sent work to The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction, or as we affectionately call it The Smokey. Our team of 14 judges from seven countries around this troubled ...
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May 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
What a thrill to see my story on The Smokey shortlist!! 🥰 Congratulations to all on the shortlist and longlist! #flash #flashfiction #shortstory #flashlit #writing #writer
Absolutely thrilled, honoured, and grateful to receive a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts 🇨🇦to research and create a short story/flash fiction collection!! I can’t wait to get started!! #shortstory #flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #writing #Canada ❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦
March 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Absolutely thrilled, honoured, and grateful to receive a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts 🇨🇦to research and create a short story/flash fiction collection!! I can’t wait to get started!! #shortstory #flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #writing #Canada ❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦
Thrilled to have a story included!! 🥰Thank you @kjones.bsky.social and @cherylmarkosky.bsky.social ! #flash #flashfiction ##FlashLit #shortstory #writing
We’re excited to announce the line up for this year’s anthology on the theme of SEASONS, along with the winners of our two Editors’ Choice Awards. Congratulations to everyone on the list & many thanks to everyone who submitted: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
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March 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Thrilled to have a story included!! 🥰Thank you @kjones.bsky.social and @cherylmarkosky.bsky.social ! #flash #flashfiction ##FlashLit #shortstory #writing
Delighted to be nominated along with @writesofkathryn.bsky.social ! Thank you @thesunlightpress.bsky.social for this honour❤️ #flashlit #flash #flashfiction #shortstories
October 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Delighted to be nominated along with @writesofkathryn.bsky.social ! Thank you @thesunlightpress.bsky.social for this honour❤️ #flashlit #flash #flashfiction #shortstories
Delighted to see my story hanging on! Congratulations to everyone on the shortlist!! @smokelong.bsky.social #flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #Shortstory ##litmag #writing #microfiction
**Announcing the shortlist of the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (#TheMikey)** www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
November 29, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Delighted to see my story hanging on! Congratulations to everyone on the shortlist!! @smokelong.bsky.social #flash #flashfiction #FlashLit #Shortstory ##litmag #writing #microfiction
Dawn sandwich at AWP
2025 with @dawnsteffler.bsky.social
@smokelong.bsky.social @christopherallen.bsky.social @helenrye.bsky.social @sherrieflick.bsky.social
#AWP2025 #flash #flashfiction #writing #flashlit
2025 with @dawnsteffler.bsky.social
@smokelong.bsky.social @christopherallen.bsky.social @helenrye.bsky.social @sherrieflick.bsky.social
#AWP2025 #flash #flashfiction #writing #flashlit
March 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
November 17, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Thrilled to see my story on the list! Congratulations to everyone on the longlist! #flash #FlashLit #flashfiction #shortstory #writing #litmag
Every year we offer free entry to our Workshop Prize for narratives started in a SmokeLong workshop and subsequently published anywhere. The prize is $500. The standard of work is wild. Today we have the long list for this year: www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon... 🎉⭐
The SmokeLong Workshop Prize – Long List - SmokeLong Quarterly
Since we began leading workshops in 2019, we have had thousands of workshop participants who’ve produced more than ten thousand drafts. We began collecting information on publications in 2023, and now...
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December 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Thrilled to see my story on the list! Congratulations to everyone on the longlist! #flash #FlashLit #flashfiction #shortstory #writing #litmag
Sometimes you just instinctively know to keep out of other people's business ...
My #SliceOfLife #flashfiction: "Trouble in store"
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#microfiction #VSS365 #FlashLit
My #SliceOfLife #flashfiction: "Trouble in store"
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#microfiction #VSS365 #FlashLit
Trouble in store
Sometimes it's best stay out of other people's affairs: "Trouble in store" is a slice-of-life short story written by Russ Cavanagh.
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October 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Sometimes you just instinctively know to keep out of other people's business ...
My #SliceOfLife #flashfiction: "Trouble in store"
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#microfiction #VSS365 #FlashLit
My #SliceOfLife #flashfiction: "Trouble in store"
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#microfiction #VSS365 #FlashLit
Thrilled to spy my story started in @smokelong.bsky.social workshop on this list! Congratulations to all on the longlist!
#flash #FlashLit #flashfiction #writing #reading #litmag
#flash #FlashLit #flashfiction #writing #reading #litmag
Congratulations to all 50 writers who have been selected for our 29th award longlist.https://www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/02/february-2025-long-list/
February 2025 Long List
Congratulations to all the authors who have made our Award long list and huge thanks to all who entered.Author names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share that you are on the long l…
www.bathflashfictionaward.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Thrilled to spy my story started in @smokelong.bsky.social workshop on this list! Congratulations to all on the longlist!
#flash #FlashLit #flashfiction #writing #reading #litmag
#flash #FlashLit #flashfiction #writing #reading #litmag
Thrilled to win Second Prize in @thesunlightpress.bsky.social Flash Fiction Contest! Thank you to the readers and judge @kelliborges2.bsky.social for this honour!❤️ #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #litmag #shortstory #writing
Our judge Kelli Borges shares her insights on all the winning stories. Find out our 2025 Flash Fiction Contest second and third place winners.
Special thanks to Kelli and our readers, Susan Pohlman and Elizabeth Spencer!
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Special thanks to Kelli and our readers, Susan Pohlman and Elizabeth Spencer!
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November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Thrilled to win Second Prize in @thesunlightpress.bsky.social Flash Fiction Contest! Thank you to the readers and judge @kelliborges2.bsky.social for this honour!❤️ #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #litmag #shortstory #writing
Thrilled to see my title on @smokelong.bsky.social The Smokey Long List! Congratulations to all on the list!! #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory
Please help us celebrate the Long List for the 2025 SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction (The Smokey)! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction – The Long List - SmokeLong Quarterly
Our 14 judges have been hard at work over the last few days—and the last few months—narrowing down the field in our now-annual competition, The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction (The Smokey)...
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May 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thrilled to see my title on @smokelong.bsky.social The Smokey Long List! Congratulations to all on the list!! #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory