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Welcome to the fifth in our series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day Anthology editors and Microfiction Competition judges! This week, Diane Simmons chats with Nod Ghosh, this year’s Guest Editor of the 2021 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology, about her most recent collection, the writing of novellas in flash, and the … Read more
Welcome to the fourth in our series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day Anthology editors and Microfiction Competition judges. This week, Diane Simmons chats with Sharon Telfer, one of this year’s judges for the 2021 NFFD Microfiction Competition, about historical fiction, favourite authors, and her starting point as a flash fiction writer, … Read more
Welcome to the third in our series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day Anthology editors and Microfiction Competition judges! This week, Diane Simmons chats with K.M. Elkes, one of this year’s judges for the 2021 NFFD Microfiction Competition, about writing, walking, teaching, and the process of editing a collection…. Diane: National Flash … Read more
Welcome to the second in our series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day Anthology editors and Microfiction Competition judges! This week, Diane Simmons chats with Rachael Dunlop, one of this year’s judges for the 2021 NFFD Microfiction Competition, about writing, resilience, social media, and what she’d love to see amongst the competition … Read more
Happy New Year from all of us at National Flash Fiction Day! This year’s National Flash Fiction Day will be celebrated on Saturday, 26 June 2021 when we’ll be marking our tenth anniversary with an online celebration of all things flash. We hope you’ll join us then, but to start the year off right, we’ve … Read more
Welcome to the first in a series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day Anthology editors and Microfiction Competition judges! This week, Diane Simmons chats with one of this year’s anthology editors, National Flash Fiction Day’s own Santino Prinzi, about his latest collection, his history with National Flash Fiction Day, and what he … Read more
National Flash Fiction Day is gearing up to celebrate its tenth anniversary, and we’re ringing in the new year with brand new artwork by our Artist in Residence, Jeanette Sheppard. Here, Jeanette gives us a glimpse into her artistic process and the inspiration behind her latest work for National Flash Fiction Day…. Before I begin … Read more
Congratulations to our 2020 Pushcart Prize and Best Small Fictions nominees, and best of luck to all these flashes in the next round of these selection processes. You can purchase copies of the 2020 NFFD Anthology containing these fantastic pieces and more at our Bookshop. Pushcart Prize 2020 ‘Peter Rabbity’ by Clementine E. Burnley ‘The … Read more
National Flash Fiction Day is celebrating its 10th Anniversary on Saturday, 26 June 2021! To mark the occasion, we’ve upped the prizes for our annual Microfiction Competition and have a brand new theme for our next anthology…and submissions are now open for both! 2021 NFFD Microfiction Competition We have a brand new team of judges … Read more
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