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Give yourself permission to play: an interview with Sara Hills

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Welcome to the first of our series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day Anthology Editors and Microfiction Competition Judges! Submissions for the Anthology and Microfiction Competition are open until 15 February 2024 and this interview series will resume in the new year. This week, Diane Simmons chats with Sara Hills, this year’s … Read more

Write freely enough to capture the essence of your story: an Interview with Joanna Campbell

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Welcome to the sixth and last in our series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day Anthology editors and Microfiction Competition judges! Submissions for the Anthology and Microfiction Competition are open from 1 December 2021 to 15 February 2022. This week, Diane Simmons chats with Joanna Campbell, one of this year’s judges for … Read more

Cut, change, revise. Get it down quickly, then make it better slowly: an Interview with Damhnait Monaghan

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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! Submissions for the Anthology and Microfiction Competition are open from 1 December 2021 to 15 February 2022. This week, Diane Simmons chats with Damhnait Monaghan, one of this year’s judges for the 2022 … Read more

Tell your own story: an Interview with Chris Drew

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Welcome to the fourth in our series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day Anthology editors and Microfiction Competition judges! Submissions for the Anthology and Microfiction Competition are open from 1 December 2021 to 15 February 2022. This week, Diane Simmons chats with Chris Drew, one of this year’s editors for the 2022 … Read more

Aim to surprise yourself: an Interview with Tracy Fells

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Welcome to the next in our series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day Anthology editors and Microfiction Competition judges! Submissions for the Anthology and Microfiction Competition are open from 1 December 2021 to 15 February 2022. This week, Diane Simmons chats with Tracy Fells, one of this year’s judges for the 2022 … Read more

Honest work that shines through every narrative layer: an Interview with Christopher Allen

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Welcome to the second in our series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day Anthology editors and Microfiction Competition judges! Submissions for the Anthology and Microfiction Competition are open from 1 December 2021 to 15 February 2022. This week, Diane Simmons chats with Christopher Allen, one of this year’s judges for the 2022 … Read more

Draw the reader in, make them believe, make them feel: an Interview with Karen Jones

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Welcome to the first in our series of interviews with this year’s National Flash Fiction Day Anthology editors and Microfiction Competition judges! Submissions for the Anthology and Microfiction Competition are open from 1 December 2021 to 15 February 2022. This week, Diane Simmons chats with Karen Jones, one of this year’s editors for the 2022 … Read more

Clichés that just fill the space don’t spark joy, so bin them: An Interview with Kevlin Henney

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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