Thoroughly delighted to be shortlisted for the Mairtin Crawford short story award this year. Thanks so much to the judges and award organisers.
Thrilled to be caught in the net of the Fish Flash contest! Many thanks to @taniahershman.bsky.social for seeing something in my piece, out of so many.
Writing words can make you a good writer. Deleting words is what makes you a great writer.
Many thanks to Eastwood Writers for making me feel very welcome and for their enthusiastic participation in my flash fiction workshop. Love to spread the word about short form fiction.
Congratulations to everyone on the list! Lovely to see some familiar names: fishpublishing.com/2026/04/18/f... @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social @jackmorris.bsky.social @catherineogston.bsky.social
We’re thrilled to introduce the title & cover of our 2026 anthology which is now available to pre-order from our bookshop. The cover is by our artist-in-residence @joannacampbell.bsky.social & the title is taken from a flash from @rachaeldunlop.com www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
This year I am delighted to be the Scriever for the Federation of Writers (Scotland). A huge honour to be asked and to help promote prose writing.
My copy of Mudlarking has arrived. Thank you so much @natflashfictionday.bsky.social, delighted to be in the microfiction selection.
Send your flash pieces to the lovely folk at @fossewaywriters.bsky.social . Theme is 'The Bell'.
Winners Short-list Long-list From all of us at Fish, thank you for sharing your flash stories with us. The range, originality, and quality of the work made this year’s selection especially rewarding...
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I'll pick a couple of winners on Sunday 31st May at midday BST.
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writing code can make you a good programmer . deleting code is what makes you a great programmer
