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I have some copies of "In the Dark" I can sign and send to you (if you don't like dealing with the Zon!). Let me know where you are and I can let you know the price including postage. Thanks for your support. #InTheDark #book #psychological #literary

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It's a week since Issue 3 came and we're now working on Issue 4. Send us your best short stories and flash NOW!

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Thanks for the shout out!

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More details on #flashfiction events coming up soon in the South West in this post! Inc the Flash Fiction Festival we sponsor 18-20 July & @natflashfictionday.bsky.social event 14 June All welcome whether familiar with or new to flash www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/05/late...

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THREE weeks till our 30th Award ends on June 8th. £1k top prize. Double & triple entries reduced. Judge @mariegethins.bsky.social Results end of June. Anthology And here’s the cover of our delayed 2024 anthology again. Out soon Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

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We very happy to reveal the cover of the much-delayed BFFA 2024 anthology, which will be published in a few weeks. We’ve taken the title ‘The Constancy of Woodpigeons’ from a beautiful story by Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social Thank you to all contributors for your patience

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Is @smokelong.bsky.social on your radar? It’s the final day of their #flashfiction award, today Sat 10th May. Also @christopherallen.bsky.social & @helenrye.bsky.social are doing awesome things at the festival in July flashfictionfestival.com

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What? Only 5 weeks until our30th Award ends? On Sun June 8th Up to 300 word #flashfiction £1460 in prizes. Results out end of June. Anthology. In the meantime, here are some inspiration bluebells in Oakfrith Wood, Wiltshire Flashfictionfestival.com

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Are you curious about #flashfiction? We have some ONE day passes available now if you want to give it a go. Workshops, panels, readings, bookshop, bar & an international crowd. Fun & Friendly. Book at Flashfictionfestival.com

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Excited and honoured to be judging the next round of @bathflashaward.bsky.social Here’s what I’ll be looking for www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/jud...

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Well this is pretty darn cool, Eloise takes 3rd place for the Bath Flash Fiction Award! 😍 I wrote the first draft the day after staying up until 5am-ish UK time watching the US election results roll in, so big shout out to existential dread for inspiring this one 🙌😅 Congrats to the other winners!!

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Very excited to be judging this prestigious prize. Hope you’re busy polishing! Anxious to see those last minute badges popping up but l love those organised flashers too 🥰

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The tulips will have ended, but roses will be blooming — in Just over 6 weeks when our 30th Award ends, Sun 8th June. 300 words max. #flashfiction. Judge, writer & editor, @mariegethins.bsky.social £1460 in prizes. Results by end June. Anthology. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

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Going to be on BBC Cambridgeshire tomorrow night about 6 ish reading a flash fiction from my @bathflashaward.bsky.social winning novella-in-flash A Learning Curve You can tune in on the app here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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My fastest brain/page/submit/publication offer/ ever! Wrote my story, ‘Cheesecake’ on Saturday , accepted by @natflashfictionday.bsky.social #FlashFlood early this morning. Thankyou editors! Made my Easter weekend. It is a little bit funny…

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In each time slot at the #flashfiction festival there are 4 or 5 workshops or panels to choose from. This year,we’re welcoming back award winning writers & excellent teachers @noranadj.bsky.social & @devaneemily.bsky.social

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Festival Director @judehwriter2.bsky.social & @natflashfictionday.bsky.social co-director @lunchontuesday.bsky.social are each running workshops to inspire new stories at the festival 18-20 July in Bristol

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Our festival package allows you to attend 7 workshops/panels during the weekend out of a choice of over 30. Here’s a panel chaired by @sharontelfer.bsky.social with @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @mariegethins.bsky.social & @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social on writing the 100 word micro

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All our seven rainbow flash fiction festival anthologies pictured in a row. From 2017 to 2024. The Violet 2024 issue is on its way, at last, to contributors 88 stories within! www.flashfictionfestival.com/flash-fiction-festival-anthology-vol-seven-posted-out-now/

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Yay! Can’t wait for this one.

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Festival numbers update! We have many returners & so far 20 new to the festival! Thanks everyone for booking. 9 places with accommodation left. Plus 10 others. Kathy Fish prefestival workshop now sold out. For Easter we are showcasing some of the fab workshops on offer! Flashfictionfestival.com

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We have panels too at the festival. Here’s one on Novellas in Flash chaired by Michael Loveday with @davidswann1.bsky.social & @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social & @laurabesley.bsky.social

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There’s also a reading event Hosted by @scooterwriter.bsky.social & @lunchontuesday.bsky.social for flash fiction writers featured in this year’s @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & a creative visualisation session to inspire you with @karjon.bsky.social

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Just arrived!l Our much delayed anthology from the 2024 Festival. Contains 88 stories from presenters & participants. Last in the rainbow series. Posted out to contributors this week & for sale soon. Come to our 2025 festival, 18-20 July, for another chance to be published! flashfictionfestival.com

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Please join us for my next 'Creative thinking & Writing' online workshop 26/04 2-4pm GMT (9-11 EST) @londonlitlab.bsky.social for writers, poets, teachers who are feeling stuck/want to reignite creative fires. There'll be mindmaps, Dada Merz, impro and more... www.londonlitlab.co.uk/course/writi...

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Here's what I'll be teaching this summer at the Flash Fiction Festival in Bristol, England, along with incredible workshops from flash masters from around the world. Please join us! 💙

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Book for 2025 Festival, Bristol UK, 18-20 July! 14 places with accommodation left, participants from UK US, Ireland, Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Cyprus, India. 14 places with accommodation left. Also camping. Workshops, readings, contest, raffle, bar FUN flashfictionfestival.com

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So grateful to the wonderful @flashfrog.bsky.social for featuring my micro 'Gorilla gorilla gorilla' today and @mooninabucket.bsky.social for the fantastic artwork!🙏❤️ Thanks also to @smokelong.bsky.social for inspiring this one with a fitness sprint challenge a couple of years ago. ❤️

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Brilliant new @sarahillswrites.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2025/04/07/g...

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Here’s another story by our Feb 1st prize winner. Sara read this story at one of reading events in Bath last year. Many levels, including funny!

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Don’t be disturbed like the robin whose nest I found in a plant pot— but today, 6th April is the last day to buy Earlybird discounted entries gor 40th Award. Buy now save PayPal receipt and sub before deadline Sun 8th June. £1460 prize fund. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

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We’re thrilled that Sara will be one of the readers at our event in Bath on 14 June. FREE tickets are available here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

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Thanks to @bathflashaward.bsky.social and @judehwriter2.bsky.social for asking such great questions about some of the things I love: punctuation, challenging workshop prompts, deadlines, and the Flash Fiction Festival. 🙏❤️⚡

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Interview with @sarahillswrites.bsky.social She tells us, among other things, how her 1st prize winning story selected by judge @sfreligh.bsky.social came into being in a smokelong.bsky.social intensive www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/04/interview-with-sara-hills-1st-prize-winner-february-2025/

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I’m excited about the new catering & hope you will be too— we can have hot pies and mash at the festival Sat night with mushy peas…

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March 31st — Final day to enter a story of 2200 words or less to Bath Short Story 2025 Award! £1750 in prizes. Judges literary agents Lucy Luck and Liv Bignold from C & W Literary Agency Bathshortstoryaward.org

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Our 30th £1460 prize fund Award is now open for entries! Judge, award winning writer, editor & teacher, @mariegethins.bsky.social Find out about her writing & excellent tips for flash in our interview with her www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/03/q-a-...

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Latest festival news! We have bookings in from writers living in U.K., Ireland, US, France,Switzerland, India, Dubai! Come & join the international crowd in Bristol U.K. 18-20 July! For a weekend entirely devoted to flash fiction! Flashfictionfestival.com

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FREE Flash event!! Excited to be taking part in a panel on this day celebrating the anthology launch and all things flash! Join us! ⚡⚡

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Spring Equinox & also World Sparrow Day. Our early bird discounts end on April 6th. Buy now, save PayPal receipt & enter by June 8th.£1460 in prizes. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

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Our 30th £1460 prize fund Award is now open for entries! Judge, award winning writer, editor & teacher, @mariegethins.bsky.social Find out about her writing & excellent tips for flash in our interview with her www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/03/q-a-...

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This is going to be epic, @kazbarwrites.bsky.social 🤩

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