Save the Date: 12 June 2027 will be the next National Flash Fiction Day!
My parents were astonished when I was born with a tail. My mother respected the narrative it held; she refused to let the doctors remove it. My father shrugged. He never bowed to day-to-day decisions. When I was eight, I asked my mother, ‘Why don’t my friends have tails?’She said people are afraid of difference. … Read more
When Calum asked for volunteers for a writing project last year, I put myself forward, not knowing exactly what was involved. When I found out it was to be an editor for a flash fiction journal in the run-up to the first National Flash Fiction Day, my initial reaction was I’m not qualified. Then I … Read more
‘It was like being at war, I suppose,’ the Professor said. He relaxed deeper into his red leather armchair and sipped his brandy in the candlelight. His wife raised an eyebrow and stuck the poker into the remains of the fire before retrieving her cup of tea. ‘Not battles. Not soldiers in the trenches. That’s … Read more
Most of the time writing flash-fiction is exactly unlike writing anything else. The immediacy of the form bypasses the rational and the words come, not from careful planning or deliberation, but from somewhere more connected to a moment, a single frame in the movie that plays outside our windows. This instant of creation comes from … Read more
We now have only just over a week to go until this year’s National Flash-Fiction Day. Can you feel the excitement in the air? We can almost taste it…Once more, we are running the FlashFlood journal and submissions are now open over at http://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.co.uk/.We also have events listed on our website that you can get involved … Read more
National Flash Fiction Day 2013 – Submissions Blind Poetics, Illicit Ink, Inky Fingers and Writers’ Bloc have come together to celebrate the UK’s second National Flash Fiction Day. The Scottish event will take place on Saturday 22nd June 2013 in Edinburgh. You could be part of the lineup. What is flash fiction? Flash fiction is simply … Read more
We received nearly 450 entries for our competition this year, and the standard was amazingly high. Choosing just 10 winners was incredibly difficult, but the judges managed it in the end.So, without any further fanfare, the winners – and their stories – are…First Prize: ‘A Handful’ by Tim StevensonSecond Prize: ‘Spinning’ by Oliver BartonThird Prize: ‘X’ by Amy MackeldenHighly Commended:‘Lost For Words’ by Andrea … Read more
Hello everyone, Well, our crowd-sourced fundraising experiment ended yesterday and, while we didn’t hit out target, we’re still really pleased and grateful to everyone who helped out by either donating directly or simply spreading the word and helping others with spare cash to find us. Our specific thanks need to go to our sponsors who … Read more
Hello all,Pleased to announce that we now have our longlist for the Micro-Fiction competition. The judges are whittling it down to the winners and so I don’t want to reveal who wrote which story, but here is a list of the authors who made it to the top. Congratulations to them all!Oliver BartonAlan BeardJoanna CampbellStephen … Read more
Dear All, Hello and welcome to the first bulletin of 2013. We are now getting underway for another great National Flash-Fiction Day to be held, this year, on 22nd June. The website at http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/ has now had a lick of paint and we have put up details of the first event of the year, a return of … Read more