National Flash Fiction Day is OPEN for submissions for our annual Anthology and Microfiction Competition!
It’s that time again! The night may be getting longer and the weather might be getting colder, but we’re already busy preparing for the UK’s fifteenth annual National Flash Fiction Day which we’ll be celebrating on 13 June 2026.
We’ve opened submissions to both our Anthology and Microfiction Competition projects and will be reading submissions from now until 15 February 2026. We are open to work from anyone and everyone, all around the world.
For the 2026 Anthology, we’re looking for flash up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES. Your work will be read by editors Karen Jones and Sharon Telfer. Selected work will be published in our 2026 print/ebook anthology and be considered for our Editors’ Choice Awards which come with a £50 prize. You can read our submission details here.
For our Microfiction Competition, we’re looking for flash of up to 100 words. There is no theme. Your work will be read by judges Joanna Campbell, Debra A. Daniel, Emily Devane, and David Swann. Winners and runners-up will receive cash prizes and be published online and in our print/ebook anthology. Full submission details can be found here.
Our Anthology and Microfiction Competition teams look forward to reading your work!