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February 2026 short list Congratulations to all the authors who have made our Award short list Judging is still underway so while it is fine to share that you are on the short list, we do ask that you do not identify yours…

Congratulations to the rwenty one authors listed on the February shortlist selected by our judge Ingrid Jendzrejewski, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/febr...

23.02.2026 07:41 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 7
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1st Feb. It’s the final day to enter our 1st Award this year. Β£1460 in prizes. The Last Minute Club is officially open! And here is the badge you should receive if you are a last minute entrant to the 32nd Award

01.02.2026 06:32 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Coming off hiatus very briefly to sub something! 😜

25.01.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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February 2025 Long List Congratulations to all the authors who have made our Award long list and huge thanks to all who entered.Author names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share that you are on the long l…

Congratulations to all 50 writers who have been selected for our 29th award longlist.https://www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/02/february-2025-long-list/

18.02.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 20

Yes, it’s one of the 3 I have in the Anthology. Thanks for posting! πŸ’«

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Sundial Magazine - The Making of 'Madam Geneva' The Making of 'Madam Geneva' Words by Christine Collinson Art by Yaleeza Patchett

"Always a penny and it worked the same. Scorched your throat, filled your belly, lightened your head. An elixir for escape; who wouldn’t want it."

Atmospheric #historicalfiction from @collinson26.bsky.social in @sundialmagazine.bsky.social

sites.google.com/view/sundial...

27.01.2025 12:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Welkin News | MattKendrick.co.uk A writing prize open to all forms of narrative prose, be that flash fiction, short-short, vignette, haibun, hermit crab, prose poem or work that sits outside such labels.

Drum roll! πŸ₯πŸ₯πŸ₯

Announcing the longlist for the #WelkinMini 2025: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

If you're on the list, please celebrate wildly (but don't reveal the title of your piece).

If you didn't make it this year, commiserations. Many amazing pieces missed out.

08.01.2025 10:37 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 29
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Novella in Flash Award 2025 Short List Congratulations to all the authors who have made the 2025 Novella-in-Flash Award Short List.(Final results in late January, 2025).Author names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share …

Congratulation to all the authors shortlisted for our 2025 NIF Award. 12 this time. There were excellent novellas to choose from on the longlist and we hope everyone finds publication. Thanks also to everyone who entered. Final results end of
Jan. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/01/nove...

05.01.2025 10:50 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8
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Sundial Magazine - Someone Else's Wound Someone Else's Wound by Christine Collinson

I’m still here (just not often πŸ˜ƒ) - link to my latest work ⬇️

β€œI touch his arm, sense latent ripples. The tension is not draining as easily as the blood."

Read "Someone Else's Wound", the new #histfic #flash about scuttling gangs by @collinson26.bsky.social

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02.01.2025 13:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"I touch his arm, sense latent ripples. The tension is not draining as easily as the blood."

Read "Someone Else's Wound", the new #histfic #flash about scuttling gangs by @collinson26.bsky.social

sites.google.com/view/sundial...

02.01.2025 00:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Novella-in-Flash Longlist, 2025 Congratulations to all the authors who have made our Award long list for the 2025 Award (Final results in January, 2025) and huge thanks to all who entered.Author names are yet to be announced, so …

Congratulations to all the writers longlisted for our 2025 NIF Award. & thanks to all who entered. Short list out early Jan. winners late Jan www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2024/12/nove...

18.12.2024 17:41 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 7

Such a shame, if so (I’ll have lost quite a few) πŸ₯Ί

02.12.2024 15:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Welkin Mini The Welkin Mini is a biennial competition to celebrate micro fiction and creative non-fiction up to 100 words. Like the main Welkin Prize, it is free to enter and aims to be a welcoming space for all writers.

Entries are officially...

OPEN!!!

All details and entry form here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

Good luck!

01.12.2024 09:12 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 12
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kermit the frog from sesame street is dancing and saying yay !!! ALT: kermit the frog from sesame street is dancing and saying yay !!!

Our Microfiction comp opens on 1 Dec and we're delighted to announce this year's judges: @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @uksherka.bsky.social @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social @sudhab.bsky.social For more info on the comp & our judges pls click on the link: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/news/

24.11.2024 13:16 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 11
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National Flash Fiction Day Save the Date: we're celebrating the next National Flash Fiction Day on 14 June 2025!

We're excited to announce that the theme for our next anthology is SEASONS. We're thrilled to welcome Cheryl Markosky @cherylmarkosky.bsky.social as guest editor. Cheryl will be joining Karen Jones in reading the submissions. You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/news/

22.11.2024 11:19 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 15
hand-drawn art of downtown London in 1960s. All black and white except for red double-decker bus.

hand-drawn art of downtown London in 1960s. All black and white except for red double-decker bus.

β€œAm I going to stay here with you until the baby comes?”

"It’s not going to be born. Tomorrow, we’re going to the clinic in Harley Street and the doctor is going to scrape it out of you."

Read "Terminus", #shortstory and #art by @hilary55.bsky.social
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17.11.2024 19:25 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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We’ll be opening submissions to our anthology & micro comp on 1 December. All our anthologies (apart from last year’s) are on sale for Β£5 plus p&p. Why not have a peek at flashes we’ve published in previous years?

20.11.2024 13:05 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Bath Novel Awards trophies and the Bath Assembly Rooms

Bath Novel Awards trophies and the Bath Assembly Rooms

βœ’οΈUpcoming submissions opening and closing dates
🌟2024 Bath Children's Novel Award (πŸ“šMG, YA, CB, PBT) closes 30 Nov
🌟2025 Bath Novel Award (πŸ“šA, YA) opens 1 Dec (2024) thru 31 May (2025)
πŸ—ΊοΈOpen to emerging writers everywhere
πŸ‘Sponsored entries always available
bathnovelaward.co.uk
#writersky #booksky

17.11.2024 20:46 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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It’s not long now till we announce our theme for this year’s anthology. Watch this space !!.

18.11.2024 11:56 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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0ur 29th Award closes 2nd Feb. Β£1460 in prizes. Anthology. Up to 300 words. Earlybird discounts end 15th Dec. Buy now via PayPal,save receipts & enter by deadline. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

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Only one month left to submit to #flashfictionfebruary. WC 200-850w. Deadline 15th December. Please follow the link for our guidelines #microfiction #flashfiction #callforsubissions. Thank you to all who have submitted so far fictivedream.com/guidelines-2/

18.11.2024 12:44 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Absolutely delighted to be longlisted in this contest! πŸ’ƒ

18.11.2024 13:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have you had a scroll through our first prize winners on the website? 28 of them now. @sharontelfer.bsky.social & William Davidson have won twice! And @kazbarwrites.bsky.social was our October 2024 winner. All stunning #flashfictions
Bathflashfictionaward.com/winners

18.11.2024 08:59 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So pleased to find you! πŸ‘€

16.11.2024 09:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sundial Magazine

Sundial Magazine is here! Check out our online literary magazine. We exclusively publish historical fiction. I'm the editor, Ashley, and I am going to begin using Bluesky more. sites.google.com/view/sundial...

15.11.2024 11:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Cheese and Pineapple Hedgehog A Flash Fiction by Christine Collinson

My latest flash piece was shortlisted in WestWord’s Past Times Prize 🀩

Hoping some folk here will check it out!
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westword.substack.com/p/a-cheese-a...

12.11.2024 09:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Cheese and Pineapple Hedgehog A Flash Fiction by Christine Collinson

My latest flash piece was shortlisted in WestWord’s Past Times Prize 🀩

Hoping some folk here will check it out!
πŸ§€πŸπŸ¦”πŸπŸ§€

westword.substack.com/p/a-cheese-a...

12.11.2024 09:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m here too, if anyone is looking to connect!

I may be around more if the other place becomes even more of a ghost town πŸ«₯

07.11.2024 10:01 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m here too, if anyone is looking to connect!

I may be around more if the other place becomes even more of a ghost town πŸ«₯

07.11.2024 10:01 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Working on mine! ✍️

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