Love this, Liz! Congrats.
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Flash fiction writer in π¨π¦ | Highly Commended Bridport Prize and Finalist for New Millennium Writings 2025 | Stories in FlashFlood, Paragraph Planet, 50-Word Stories, Writersβ Hour, The Hooletβs Nook, and elsewhere. linktr.ee/adelegallogly
Love this, Liz! Congrats.
I'm behind on this, but the winners of the National Grammar Day Poetry Contest last week were all great. If you're looking for a quick, delightful diversion, check them out!
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We're halfway through our Mini Bin sub call - so today's Preloved Stories spotlight is very relevant π¦
Guest reader Madeleine said of @charlylou.bsky.social's microfiction: "Iβm impressed with what this has packed into a tiny word count."
Read and listen here:
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In the latest tsuri-doro edited by Tony Pupello:
ice dawn
a road salting truck
spins new stars
#haiku #micropoetry
Read more here: tsuridoro.org
More haiku news: I received an honourable mention in the ACES: The Society for Editingβs Grammar Day contest. (I had fun making up this one!) aceseditors.org/news/2026/20...
(And thankfully Kevin doesnβt need glucose tests anymore!)
Thanks to The Haiku Foundation for publishing my animal haiku in this list of gems.
β€οΈ He has only recently started writing poetry regularly again and sending it out, and Iβm so glad.
Loved reading this poem by my dad in the winter issue of Prudence Dispatch. prudencedispatch.com
βFelix is eight years old, and I have no idea how to keep him safe in this world. When a childβs gravity inverts the family has two choicesβ¦β
Wow, this story is bursting with imagination and beauty.
Thanks so much,Timothy! Super new to writing haiku and learning so much from others (I fell into it through microfiction and Iβm also fascinated by hybrid forms like haibun).
Up on 02 Haiku Literary Magazine today. bit.ly/3OOuarY
It's release day for Tiny Vessels! Thank you so much to Rita Bullwinkel for this amazing introduction!
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Thank you! π
Just gorgeous, @belindarowe.bsky.social!
"The children bear the world lightly."
@belindarowe.bsky.social in @centaurlit.bsky.social centaurlit.com/grizzly-bear...
My first time in a Top 10/advancing to Round 2! My silly, video-game walkthrough-style story was inspired by a childhood of β90s PC games. So thanks, Hugo! Ha. IYKYK
The people have SPOKEN!!!
And the winners of the people's prize are @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social and J.M.C. Kane.
Congratulations!!!
Links to their brilliant micros below π
Hmmβ¦Blue and yellow? π
A stunning, cinematic micro to end this wonderful series. Congrats to Yara Zgheib β and everyone published here. And thanks @mattkendrick.bsky.social for giving us these sharp gems to return to and learn from. π Such a gift.
What a lovely surprise to see my story as a finalist! Congrats to flash winner J.P. Bellipanni β and to everyone who placed. @newmillwritings.bsky.social
I was *just* thinking about this song! And remembering seeing Silverchair in Toronto β my first concert.
Love this one too, Timothy. Such a vivid, energetic slice of youthβa micro on the move! (An aside, but Iβm also primed to enjoy even casual mentions of Bono and Toronto β first saw U2 in TO in college days. πΆοΈ)
In case you missed it, our latest issue is now availableβa perfect reason to curl up with a cup of tea. π«πΈβ
Weβd love it if you shared! β£οΈπ
#microfiction #shortpoetry #micropoetry #haiku #drabbles #dribbles #readersofbsky #writersofbsky #amreading #lattebreak
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Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you!
thanks so much, Belinda!
First pub of 2026: this piece on 50-Word Stories (bite-sized fiction indeed).
Kevinβs annual βyeah, noβ snow trek. π βοΈ