@bathflashaward.bsky.social
3 times a year Flash Fiction Award. £1460 prize fund. Anthology. Founded in 2015. 31st Award results out now. 32nd Award open. Judge Writer Editor and writing tutor Ingrid Jendzrejewski. Closes Feb 1st 2026
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Just 2 and a half hours till our 32nd award closes! £1460 in prizes.Madly dancing and singing at the Last Minute club! Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Just 2 and a half hours till our 32nd award closes! £1460 in prizes.Madly dancing and singing at the Last Minute club! Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
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February 1, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Just 2 and a half hours till our 32nd award closes! £1460 in prizes.Madly dancing and singing at the Last Minute club! Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
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Got mine in with a whole TWO HOURS to spare! 😆🤩
Six hours till our 32nd Award ends & there’s the usual crazy party going on at The Last Minute Club! £1460 in prizes — results out fast —by the end of Feb
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Bathflashfictionawardaward.com
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February 1, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Got mine in with a whole TWO HOURS to spare! 😆🤩
For those working out the right ending, beginning or middle of their story for our 32nd award here’s a picture i just took, in between rain clouds, of the full Snow Moon to inspire! bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
February 1, 2026 at 7:07 PM
For those working out the right ending, beginning or middle of their story for our 32nd award here’s a picture i just took, in between rain clouds, of the full Snow Moon to inspire! bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
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Tick tock I'm still figuring out my ending. AGGGGH. Gonna be another 11.59er 😅
Six hours till our 32nd Award ends & there’s the usual crazy party going on at The Last Minute Club! £1460 in prizes — results out fast —by the end of Feb
Bathflashfictionawardaward.com
Bathflashfictionawardaward.com
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February 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Tick tock I'm still figuring out my ending. AGGGGH. Gonna be another 11.59er 😅
Six hours till our 32nd Award ends & there’s the usual crazy party going on at The Last Minute Club! £1460 in prizes — results out fast —by the end of Feb
Bathflashfictionawardaward.com
Bathflashfictionawardaward.com
a group of stuffed animals are standing next to each other in a cave with their mouths open .
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February 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Six hours till our 32nd Award ends & there’s the usual crazy party going on at The Last Minute Club! £1460 in prizes — results out fast —by the end of Feb
Bathflashfictionawardaward.com
Bathflashfictionawardaward.com
Amazingly vivid rainbow outside. And 7 hours till the 32nd award ends today1st Feb at midnight GMT
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
February 1, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Amazingly vivid rainbow outside. And 7 hours till the 32nd award ends today1st Feb at midnight GMT
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
It’s Inbolc,the full Snow Moon & the last day of our 32nd Award. Have you entered and got a Last Minute Club badge? You can share it here. Still over eight hours to enter
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
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February 1, 2026 at 3:41 PM
It’s Inbolc,the full Snow Moon & the last day of our 32nd Award. Have you entered and got a Last Minute Club badge? You can share it here. Still over eight hours to enter
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
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Hello last minuters (we know who we are) - once you’ve zinged your entry off to @bathflashaward.bsky.social today, you’ve still got 2 whole weeks to send something for this year’s @natflashfictionday.bsky.social micro comp and/or anthology (Theme BRIDGES, max 500 words). Oodles of time #FlashFiction
1st Feb. It’s the final day to enter our 1st Award this year. £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
February 1, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Hello last minuters (we know who we are) - once you’ve zinged your entry off to @bathflashaward.bsky.social today, you’ve still got 2 whole weeks to send something for this year’s @natflashfictionday.bsky.social micro comp and/or anthology (Theme BRIDGES, max 500 words). Oodles of time #FlashFiction
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LitPig has his trotters crossed for my entry, subbed this morning, for the 32nd (!) Award @bathflashaward.bsky.social. Good luck to all 🐷💕📚
1st Feb. It’s the final day to enter our 1st Award this year. £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
February 1, 2026 at 10:43 AM
LitPig has his trotters crossed for my entry, subbed this morning, for the 32nd (!) Award @bathflashaward.bsky.social. Good luck to all 🐷💕📚
Thanks everyone who guessed the Last Minute Club badge yesterday! @anneh23.bsky.social won with a near perfect guess of burgundy & baby pink! See badge below. So she’ll be offered a BFFA anthology as a prize!
February 1, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Thanks everyone who guessed the Last Minute Club badge yesterday! @anneh23.bsky.social won with a near perfect guess of burgundy & baby pink! See badge below. So she’ll be offered a BFFA anthology as a prize!
1st Feb. It’s the final day to enter our 1st Award this year. £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
February 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
1st Feb. It’s the final day to enter our 1st Award this year. £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
Still time to guess the colour of the Last minute badge today & win an anthology. And still time to enter a story of up to 300 words before the deadline of our 32nd Award tomorrow 1st Feb at midnight GMT
Bathflashfictionaward.com:enter
Bathflashfictionaward.com:enter
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January 31, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Still time to guess the colour of the Last minute badge today & win an anthology. And still time to enter a story of up to 300 words before the deadline of our 32nd Award tomorrow 1st Feb at midnight GMT
Bathflashfictionaward.com:enter
Bathflashfictionaward.com:enter
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Purple and white. Gotta be!
January 31, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Purple and white. Gotta be!
Anyone wanting to guess the Last Min Club badge colour(s) l? it will only take you a minute & you could win an anthology. You don’t have to have entered
Today and tomorrow to enter our first £1460 prize fund award of 2026. Today’s the day you can guess the colour of The Last Minute Club badge which entrants tomorrow receive. Reply here with guesses & read all about it in Jude’s post www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/01/everybody-loves-a-badge/
Everybody loves a badge
It’s the final day of our 32nd £1460 prize fund Award tomorrow, Sunday 1st February at midnight GMT. In case you didn’t know, we issue Last Minute Club badges to everyone entering on th…
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January 31, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Anyone wanting to guess the Last Min Club badge colour(s) l? it will only take you a minute & you could win an anthology. You don’t have to have entered
Today and tomorrow to enter our first £1460 prize fund award of 2026. Today’s the day you can guess the colour of The Last Minute Club badge which entrants tomorrow receive. Reply here with guesses & read all about it in Jude’s post www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/01/everybody-loves-a-badge/
Everybody loves a badge
It’s the final day of our 32nd £1460 prize fund Award tomorrow, Sunday 1st February at midnight GMT. In case you didn’t know, we issue Last Minute Club badges to everyone entering on th…
www.bathflashfictionaward.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Today and tomorrow to enter our first £1460 prize fund award of 2026. Today’s the day you can guess the colour of The Last Minute Club badge which entrants tomorrow receive. Reply here with guesses & read all about it in Jude’s post www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/01/everybody-loves-a-badge/
Have a look at all the BFFA anthology covers since 2017. The 10th anniversary 2025 anthology Is a little late but will be out soon. Pictured here the 2024 cover picture Inspired by a story by @theliterarypig.bsky.social www.bathflashfictionaward.com/news/
January 29, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Have a look at all the BFFA anthology covers since 2017. The 10th anniversary 2025 anthology Is a little late but will be out soon. Pictured here the 2024 cover picture Inspired by a story by @theliterarypig.bsky.social www.bathflashfictionaward.com/news/
Not long to go until the deadline for our 32nd Award. Closes 1st Feb. £1000 first prize. Judge award winning writer, editor, tutor & co-director of @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Ingrid Jendzrejewski
Anthology. Results out by end Feb
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Anthology. Results out by end Feb
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
January 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Not long to go until the deadline for our 32nd Award. Closes 1st Feb. £1000 first prize. Judge award winning writer, editor, tutor & co-director of @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Ingrid Jendzrejewski
Anthology. Results out by end Feb
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Anthology. Results out by end Feb
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
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Lovely to see our microfiction judge & artist-in-residence @joannacampbell.bsky.social win the BSSA local prize!
Bath short story award (BSSA) is open for entries up to 2200 words. So you stay very short for BFFA or go longer or enter both. There’s a post below about the local author BSSA prize &
@joannacampbell.bsky.social who won it last year
www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2026/01/26/b...
@joannacampbell.bsky.social who won it last year
www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2026/01/26/b...
BSSA Local Prize
The 2026 Bath Short Story Award is open for entries now and closes on 27th April. We have five different prizes and one of them is the local prize. For several years, Mr B’s Emporium of Books…
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January 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Lovely to see our microfiction judge & artist-in-residence @joannacampbell.bsky.social win the BSSA local prize!
Bath short story award (BSSA) is open for entries up to 2200 words. So you stay very short for BFFA or go longer or enter both. There’s a post below about the local author BSSA prize &
@joannacampbell.bsky.social who won it last year
www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2026/01/26/b...
@joannacampbell.bsky.social who won it last year
www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2026/01/26/b...
BSSA Local Prize
The 2026 Bath Short Story Award is open for entries now and closes on 27th April. We have five different prizes and one of them is the local prize. For several years, Mr B’s Emporium of Books…
www.bathshortstoryaward.org
January 26, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Bath short story award (BSSA) is open for entries up to 2200 words. So you stay very short for BFFA or go longer or enter both. There’s a post below about the local author BSSA prize &
@joannacampbell.bsky.social who won it last year
www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2026/01/26/b...
@joannacampbell.bsky.social who won it last year
www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2026/01/26/b...
One week until the deadline of our 34th Award on 1st Feb. Judge, writerl, editor & acclaimed writing tutor @lunchontuesday.bsky.social co-director of @natflashfictionday.bsky.social. £1460 in prizes. Results out fast
Anthology. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Anthology. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
January 25, 2026 at 9:52 PM
One week until the deadline of our 34th Award on 1st Feb. Judge, writerl, editor & acclaimed writing tutor @lunchontuesday.bsky.social co-director of @natflashfictionday.bsky.social. £1460 in prizes. Results out fast
Anthology. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Anthology. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Can you half a 600 worder you wrote and reveal more about your story? Read Jude’s post below with quotes from ‘Going Short’ by Nancy Stohlman. Our Award deadline is Feb 1st. Still time. £1000 top prize. Anthology. Results end of Feb.
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www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/01/goin...
January 23, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Can you half a 600 worder you wrote and reveal more about your story? Read Jude’s post below with quotes from ‘Going Short’ by Nancy Stohlman. Our Award deadline is Feb 1st. Still time. £1000 top prize. Anthology. Results end of Feb.
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/01/goin...
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/01/goin...
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Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"Kate is convinced of this; convinces herself." – from @fionamckay.bsky.social 's stellar NIF The Lives of the Dead 🙌
"Kate is convinced of this; convinces herself." – from @fionamckay.bsky.social 's stellar NIF The Lives of the Dead 🙌
January 21, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"Kate is convinced of this; convinces herself." – from @fionamckay.bsky.social 's stellar NIF The Lives of the Dead 🙌
"Kate is convinced of this; convinces herself." – from @fionamckay.bsky.social 's stellar NIF The Lives of the Dead 🙌
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January 21, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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If you missed our interviews with anthology editor Sharon Telfer @sharontelfer.bsky.social & micro judge Joanna Campbell @joannacampbell.bsky.social you can read below. Diane will be interviewing another micro judge on Monday: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM
If you missed our interviews with anthology editor Sharon Telfer @sharontelfer.bsky.social & micro judge Joanna Campbell @joannacampbell.bsky.social you can read below. Diane will be interviewing another micro judge on Monday: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
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This week’s interview is with microfiction judge David Swann @daveswann.bsky.social Read his advice on writing micros, his thoughts on which author he would go for a pizza with & much more. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
January 19, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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