The start of our 2022 Anthology and Microfiction Competition submission windows is just around the corner, so we thought we'd introduce you to this year's editor and let you in on the 2022 theme.
We are delighted to announce that the 2022 National Flash Fiction Day anthology will be edited by NFFD's Karen Jones and Guest Editor Chris Drew.
The theme of this year's National Flash Fiction Day Anthology is FREEDOM.
What do you think of when you think of freedom? Freedom from, freedom to do, freedom to be?
Does your mind go to prisons and zoos or to protest marches and politics or to leaving the office on a Friday, packing a bag and heading off on holiday? Or is it simply freedom of thought? Or is it George Michael belting out that classic? But maybe you have a very different view of freedom; go on, surprise us!
Feel free to interpret FREEDOM however you wish, in 500 words or fewer, and submit your stories by 15 February 2022.
We'll be opening submissions on 1 December 2021, at which time you'll be able to read our full anthology submission guidelines here or on Duosuma.
We're looking forward to reading your work!
2022 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology Editors
Anthology Submissions are open from 1 December 2020 to 15 February 2022.
Karen Jones is a flash and short story writer from Glasgow, Scotland. Her flashes have been nominated for Best of the Net, Best Micro Fiction and The Pushcart Prize, and her story Small Mercies was included in Best Small Fictions 2019 and BIFFY50 2019. In 2021 she won first prize in the Cambridge Flash Fiction Prize, Flash 500, Reflex Fiction and Retreat West Monthly Micro and was shortlisted for To Hull and Back, Bath Flash Fiction, Bath Short Story Award and longlisted for Fractured Lit Flash Fiction Prize. Her work has been published in numerous anthologies and magazines. Her novella-in-flash, When It’s Not Called Making Love is published by Ad Hoc Fiction. She is Special Features Editor at New Flash Fiction Review.
Christopher M Drew is a writer from Yorkshire. He started submitting flash fiction in 2015 and since then has been published widely in online journals and print anthologies. He has won second prize in the Bath Flash Fiction (2016), Reflex Fiction (2018), and Forge Literary Flash Fiction (2019) competitions. His SmokeLong Quarterly story Alligator was selected for Best British and Irish Flash Fiction 2019, and When we were young, originally published in trampset, was selected for Best Microfiction 2021. He has been nominated for Best Small Fictions and Best of the Net, and was one of the founding editors of the historical flash fiction journal FlashBack Fiction. You can connect with Chris on Twitter (@cmdrew81), or through his website (https://chrisdrew81.wixsite.