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First place in 20+ comps, incl: 3-Minute Arts, Allingham, Bangor Lit Mag, Cranked Anvil, Free Flash Fiction, Hysteria, New Writers, NFFDNZ, On The Premises, Pokrass Prompts, Retreat West, Shooter Lit, SWLF, The Phare, WestWord.

Chris Cottom

A-wooooooo! @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social is such a cool mag and I’m stoked to be here. Big thanks for their help to the wordsmiths of Group 18 on this year's March Micro Madness at @smokelong.bsky.social

Delighted to see this one out there, thanks to @everydayfiction.bsky.social. Also thanks to @raecowie.bsky.social for her help with it.

So thrilled to be in this dream journal. Thank you so much to the awesome MFA students at Temple University for that all-important editorial suggestion (reader, I made the change).

Welkin me up!

Bravo, Jaime

Thank you very much, Jaime, and for your input on this one. While discretion prevents me from revealing which single word you helped with, I can assure you it was significant, and probably the one that swung it with the judges. I shall buy you a cup of tea next time I’m in Cambodia (date TBA).

‘and every sin with you will feel like resistance’. Absolutely stunning one-sentence story by the peerless @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social in @freeflashfiction.bsky.social.

So thrilled to appear in this dream journal, thank you wonderful editor-people @nffr.bsky.social. Thank you also to the Group 10 word wizards in March Micro Madness @smokelong.bsky.social for their help with this piece.‬

Hi Kathy. I was introduced to the pantoum by the wonderful @sfreligh.bsky.social and was delighted to have my piece 'Pantoum for the Planet' published in Paperboats Zine. paperboats.org/2025/04/09/p...

Gobsmacked! Mega thanks to @newwritersuk.bsky.social & all those who helped me with this one, incl @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, @jaimegill.bsky.social, @jrfenn.bsky.social, @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, @finnegag.bsky.social, @yalanchang.bsky.social & @norami.bsky.social.

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Chris Cottom

"At long past bedtime, Mum digs a hole in the border, snips her veil confetti-tiny, entombs the scraps near the bones of our bunnies." Family dynamics, a one-legged Barbie and My Little Pony at play in this wonderful #flash from @chriscottom.bsky.social newflashfiction.com/when-dad-mov...

New online issue is out today!

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New Flash Fiction Review (ekphrastic subs open 15 July)

Barrelhouse

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What’s new, fabulous and green all over? Issue 10, featuring @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social @kerstenak.bsky.social @chriscottom.bsky.social @judydarley.bsky.social @kdawn999.bsky.social @katherine-glee.bsky.social @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social ...and @megpokrass.bsky.social Enjoy! thewoolfx.com

After school I find Mum frying meaty quarter-pounders, like I’ve never told her it’s ozone-irresponsible to fill the world with methane-making cows.

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Pantoum for the Planet – paperboats

The Woolf (Official)

We lay the table under the apple tree, whoop as Mum glides towards us like a bride. We lift her veil, kiss away her tears, insist she’s a gazillion times more gorgeous.

newflashfiction.com

When Dad Moves in with Auntie Carly It’s Time for Votive Offerings by Chris Cottom | Issue #41

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Hey friends, have you used poetic forms or devices in your flash fiction? I'm writing about this now and I'd LOVE to include some more published examples. Thanks!

For the record I think I maybe made a suggestion on one single word and I'm not even sure about that, but I would like to claim the 20 per cent of the credit this post suggests. Amazing work @chriscottom.bsky.social - this is one of your finest, and your finest is very very fine indeed.

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Kathy Fish

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I'm 99.9% sure this isn't an April's Fool given they contacted me a week ago. I'M SO INSANELY EXCITED. I compiled a collection of my 20th century gay histories into a chapbook (mini-book if you don't know) and the lovely @purpleinkpress.bsky.social have made it a finalist for their Cat's Eye Prize.

Read JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE • by Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social -- Literary -- #ChrisCottom #CorporatePolicy #megacorporations #OfficeLife https://everydayfiction.com/?p=24205

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As Chosen by Judge Kerri McCourt... The FFF Competition Thirty-Two Winning Flash Fiction!!.. Penance Plaid by Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social 52quotes.blogspot.com freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...

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New online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social guest-edited by MFA students at Temple University. The Aftermath!

Jaime Gill

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Big congratulations to the winners of the New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2026. Full results here: newwriters.org.uk/flash-result... 1st place: Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social 2nd place: Jay McKenzie 3rd place: Teodora Vamvu Thank you to everyone who entered! #flashfiction

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Every Day Fiction

We asked writers to imagine what comes next. What’s the story after the story? Or the sequel no one asked for? How do we keep going, or revive ourselves, in the new normal?

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Online Issue: The Aftermath — Barrelhouse

24 hours left to get your name in the hat for anyone who wants to come to one of the Welkin workshops for free. Check out the 6 workshops here. Hopefully plenty to whet your appetites: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-workshops

Free Flash Fiction

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Mike Ingram

New Writers

Matt Kendrick

Sometimes we howl.

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The Woolf

I do not have the memory that is in the photo, I do not feel the ribboned flowers pinned by mother to my head; white for pure, white for clean, white for the confirmation I do not want, and I do not s...

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Competition Thirty-Two Winning Flash Fiction: Penance Plaid – Free Flash Fiction