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It is with great pleasure that we announce the winning and highly commended stories of this year’s National Flash Fiction Day micro fiction competition! These ten stories have now been published on our website and will be published in the forthcoming 2019 National Flash Fiction Day anthology, due to be published in June. Congratulations to … Read more
507 incredible little micro fictions were submitted to this year’s National Flash Fiction Day Micro Fiction Competition. 507 stunning little micro fictions found their way into the hands of our micro competition judges Angela Readman, Diane Simmons, Kevlin Henney, and Judy Darley. 507 powerful little micro fictions have been whittled down to a shortlist of … Read more
We’re currently open for submissions for our anthology and micro fiction competition! To celebrate, we’ve conducted a series of interviews with our anthology editors and competition judges. This week, we conclude with an interview from our artist-in-residence, Jeanette Sheppard! Diane Simmons speaks to Jeanette about flash fiction, sketching, and where she draws inspiration from… Diane: As well as being … Read more
Welcome to the sixth in a series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day anthology editors and micro fiction competition judges! This week, Santino Prinzi is in conversation with micro fiction competition judge, Kevlin Henney, who discusses clichés, live performances, and editing tips… Santino: Kevlin, you’ve read, written, and judged many micros in your time. … Read more
We would like to start by thanking everyone who has donated to National Flash Fiction Day. This has enabled us to be able to offer free entry to authors who may not otherwise be able to submit. It makes a real difference, so thank you. We have a number of free entries for our Micro … Read more
Welcome to the fifth in a series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day anthology editors and micro fiction competition judges! This week, Diane Simmons chats with one of this year’s micro fiction competition judges, Judy Darley, about her forthcoming collection and what she’s looking for when judging our micro competition… Diane: Your collection, … Read more
Welcome to the fourth in a series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day anthology editors and micro fiction competition judges! This week, Diane Simmons squeezes out secrets from one of this year’s anthology editors, Santino Prinzi… Diane: The theme for this year’s NFFD anthology is ‘Doors’. Is there anything in particular you are … Read more
Welcome to the third in a series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day anthology editors and micro fiction competition judges! This week, Santino Prinzi speaks with Diane Simmons about judging this year’s micro fiction competition, and the release of her debut flash fiction collection… Santino: Your debut flash fiction collection Finding a Way will be … Read more
Welcome to the second in a series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day anthology editors and micro fiction competition judges! This week, Santino Prinzi is in conversation with micro fiction competition judge and Costa Short Story Award winning author, Angela Readman. They talk about Angela’s recently published debut novel, and Angela offers tips … Read more
Welcome to the first in a series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day anthology editors and micro fiction competition judges! This week, Diane Simmons talks with one of this year’s anthology editors, Joanna Campbell, about her writing routine, her favourite book, and how she’s hoping writers will respond to this year’s anthology … Read more