Lori Cramer
@loricramerwriter.bsky.social
Writer of flash, micro, prose poetry. Longlisted for Wigleaf Top 50. Nominated for Best Microfiction, Best of the Net. Copy Editor. Baseball fan. She/her.
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Lori Cramer
@loricramerwriter.bsky.social
· Jun 28
Thrilled and honored to have my micro, "Yard Sale," selected for the 2025 @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 longlist! Grateful to @laughingyeti.bsky.social and his team and to Hannah Cole Orsag and @heimatreview.bsky.social for publishing my story!
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Brightening a grey day reading sparkling takes on this year's theme, BRIDGES for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthol. You've still got over 2 weeks to get your story in. Closes 15 Feb, Max 500 words.
Please share - all welcome! #FlashFiction
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Please share - all welcome! #FlashFiction
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Anthology
Submissions for the 2026 anthology are OPEN from 1 December 2025 – 15 February 2026 2026 Theme The theme for this year’s anthology is BRIDGES. What does the theme mean to you? Burning bridges…
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January 29, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Brightening a grey day reading sparkling takes on this year's theme, BRIDGES for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthol. You've still got over 2 weeks to get your story in. Closes 15 Feb, Max 500 words.
Please share - all welcome! #FlashFiction
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Please share - all welcome! #FlashFiction
www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/an...
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With the Super Bowl upon us, a LOT of grocery stories have major sales going on (B1G1, etc) so it's great time to help stock your local food pantry. It's cold and people are hungry. Let's get them fed.
January 29, 2026 at 10:59 PM
With the Super Bowl upon us, a LOT of grocery stories have major sales going on (B1G1, etc) so it's great time to help stock your local food pantry. It's cold and people are hungry. Let's get them fed.
When a weird first line pops into your head and you just go with it. #amwriting #flashfiction
January 28, 2026 at 11:53 PM
When a weird first line pops into your head and you just go with it. #amwriting #flashfiction
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Cowboy Jamboree says so.
Y’all: get it. Cherish it. 10/10. @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Cowboy Jamboree says so.
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Just SEVEN more stories left in our countdown of brilliant micros. So sad that the Welkin will be over (or will it?) for another year in just 7 days. Last 2 pieces from the shortlist today & tomorrow. After that, the vote for the People's Prize will be open. And from Tuesday, the winners...! 🤩
January 25, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Just SEVEN more stories left in our countdown of brilliant micros. So sad that the Welkin will be over (or will it?) for another year in just 7 days. Last 2 pieces from the shortlist today & tomorrow. After that, the vote for the People's Prize will be open. And from Tuesday, the winners...! 🤩
"In my lap, his knees, feet, elbows, all of it fits inside my arms like a shopping bag full of doorknobs."
Read Natalie Warther in @bulbregion.bsky.social
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Read Natalie Warther in @bulbregion.bsky.social
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All the People Are Becoming Birds, by Natalie Warther — The Bulb Region
All the People Are Becoming Birds — Natalie Warther WE EACH WAIT OUR TURN, knowing...
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January 24, 2026 at 11:22 PM
"In my lap, his knees, feet, elbows, all of it fits inside my arms like a shopping bag full of doorknobs."
Read Natalie Warther in @bulbregion.bsky.social
bulbregion.com/All-the-Peop...
Read Natalie Warther in @bulbregion.bsky.social
bulbregion.com/All-the-Peop...
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pretending my novel is a collection of short stories about the same characters to trick myself into writing it
January 24, 2026 at 12:08 AM
pretending my novel is a collection of short stories about the same characters to trick myself into writing it
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I like reading books by authors who say they had fun while writing it.
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I like reading books by authors who say they had fun while writing it.
"...how I'm glad you didn't know me back then; how you'd have stopped, aghast, if we'd passed in the street...."
Read @cake-girl.bsky.social in @welkinprize.bsky.social .
Read @cake-girl.bsky.social in @welkinprize.bsky.social .
Today's shortlisted story is "Because you want to understand, I describe how I once wore suffering on the outside of my body" by @cake-girl.bsky.social. A powerful piece about a difficult topic:
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January 18, 2026 at 11:42 PM
"...how I'm glad you didn't know me back then; how you'd have stopped, aghast, if we'd passed in the street...."
Read @cake-girl.bsky.social in @welkinprize.bsky.social .
Read @cake-girl.bsky.social in @welkinprize.bsky.social .
"Drink circled back to memory, and memory unlocked my father's watch, still ticking like it wasn't finished."
Read David Anson Lee in @welkinprize.bsky.social.
Read David Anson Lee in @welkinprize.bsky.social.
Today's shortlisted story is "Pattern" by
David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect:
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David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Pattern | MattKendrick.co.uk
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January 18, 2026 at 12:06 AM
"Drink circled back to memory, and memory unlocked my father's watch, still ticking like it wasn't finished."
Read David Anson Lee in @welkinprize.bsky.social.
Read David Anson Lee in @welkinprize.bsky.social.
First acceptance of 2026! #amwriting
January 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
First acceptance of 2026! #amwriting
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The January issue of The Hoolet's Nook has landed. Cozy up with a cup and dive in! ☕🦉💫 💗
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#microfiction #shortpoetry #writersofbsky #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity #storieswithheart #quickreads #freereads #amreading #shortstories #fictionlovers #drabbles
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#microfiction #shortpoetry #writersofbsky #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity #storieswithheart #quickreads #freereads #amreading #shortstories #fictionlovers #drabbles
January 15, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The January issue of The Hoolet's Nook has landed. Cozy up with a cup and dive in! ☕🦉💫 💗
➡️ www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
#microfiction #shortpoetry #writersofbsky #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity #storieswithheart #quickreads #freereads #amreading #shortstories #fictionlovers #drabbles
➡️ www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
#microfiction #shortpoetry #writersofbsky #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity #storieswithheart #quickreads #freereads #amreading #shortstories #fictionlovers #drabbles
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The Bulb Region opens its doors today with four brilliant writers. We feel privileged to publish their work. Make sure to show them the love they deserve and celebrate your fellow writers.
🚀
@aaronburch.bsky.social
@tracyfuad.bsky.social
@neonpajamas.bsky.social
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@aaronburch.bsky.social
@tracyfuad.bsky.social
@neonpajamas.bsky.social
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January 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The Bulb Region opens its doors today with four brilliant writers. We feel privileged to publish their work. Make sure to show them the love they deserve and celebrate your fellow writers.
🚀
@aaronburch.bsky.social
@tracyfuad.bsky.social
@neonpajamas.bsky.social
—
bulbregion.com
🚀
@aaronburch.bsky.social
@tracyfuad.bsky.social
@neonpajamas.bsky.social
—
bulbregion.com
"I was thinking of the stars. How small they appear."
Read @melissafitz.bsky.social in @welkinprize.bsky.social.
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Read @melissafitz.bsky.social in @welkinprize.bsky.social.
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On the longest night of the darkest year | MattKendrick.co.uk
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January 12, 2026 at 11:35 PM
"I was thinking of the stars. How small they appear."
Read @melissafitz.bsky.social in @welkinprize.bsky.social.
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Read @melissafitz.bsky.social in @welkinprize.bsky.social.
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When last night's dream sparks a story. #amwriting
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 AM
When last night's dream sparks a story. #amwriting
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what is "the beginning" of a story? it's the thing you work on the entire time
January 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
what is "the beginning" of a story? it's the thing you work on the entire time
"What I feel is as hard and as true as the stone I cannot dislodge. I raise my arm to shush him, to stem this flow of didn'ts and didn'ts and didn'ts."
Read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social.
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Read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social.
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Rewind by Cole Beauchamp
I have something to tell you, my husband says, but I’m not listening. I’m trying to shift the stone lodged in my mountain boot. Rain has slicked the narrow path covered in last year’s crushed leave…
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January 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM
"What I feel is as hard and as true as the stone I cannot dislodge. I raise my arm to shush him, to stem this flow of didn'ts and didn'ts and didn'ts."
Read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social.
lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social.
lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
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Welkin longlist day is one of my favourite days of the year. So wonderful to see everyone's joy and the general embracing of the competition by the whole writing community.
DRUM ROLL!!!! 🥁🥁🥁
It gives me great pleasure to announce the SPARKLING longlist for the Welkin Writing Prize 2026.
Congratulations to all the writers on this list. And commiserations to everyone else. The standard was incredibly high:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
It gives me great pleasure to announce the SPARKLING longlist for the Welkin Writing Prize 2026.
Congratulations to all the writers on this list. And commiserations to everyone else. The standard was incredibly high:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
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.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Welkin longlist day is one of my favourite days of the year. So wonderful to see everyone's joy and the general embracing of the competition by the whole writing community.
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Hot Flash Literary is open for subs through Feb. 20th!! Theme: Fire and Ice: hotflashliterary.com/submissions/
#microfiction #flashfiction #women
#microfiction #flashfiction #women
Submissions - Hot Flash Literary
Submissions Guidelines From January 5 through February 20, 2026, we will be open for submissions for Issue 3. The theme: Fire and ice. Creative interpretations of the theme are encouraged. To get a fe...
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January 8, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Hot Flash Literary is open for subs through Feb. 20th!! Theme: Fire and Ice: hotflashliterary.com/submissions/
#microfiction #flashfiction #women
#microfiction #flashfiction #women
Sent out my first story submission of 2026! #amwriting
January 8, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Sent out my first story submission of 2026! #amwriting
So nice to be back in my writing routine. #amwriting
January 7, 2026 at 11:52 PM
So nice to be back in my writing routine. #amwriting
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If you’re a writer and you’re not subscribing to @mattkendrick.bsky.social you’re really missing out. So many brilliant free resources & he’s a brilliant editor and teacher. He’s the best. prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com?utm_medium=web
Prattlefog & Gravelrap | Matt Kendrick | Substack
A monthly article series about the elements of short fiction: ideas for rocket-boosting your writing craft, reading recommendations, and other writing-related ramblings. Click to read Prattlefog & Gra...
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January 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
If you’re a writer and you’re not subscribing to @mattkendrick.bsky.social you’re really missing out. So many brilliant free resources & he’s a brilliant editor and teacher. He’s the best. prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com?utm_medium=web
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“Every life is many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love but always meeting ourselves.”
Ulysses by James Joyce
Ulysses by James Joyce
January 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
“Every life is many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love but always meeting ourselves.”
Ulysses by James Joyce
Ulysses by James Joyce
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Our microfiction judges @daveswann.bsky.social @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @devaneemily.bsky.social & @joannacampbell.bsky.social are looking forward to reading your micros (up to a 100 words, no theme). Cash prizes & publication 😊Comp closes 15 Feb: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Our microfiction judges @daveswann.bsky.social @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @devaneemily.bsky.social & @joannacampbell.bsky.social are looking forward to reading your micros (up to a 100 words, no theme). Cash prizes & publication 😊Comp closes 15 Feb: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
New year, new possibilities. #amwriting
January 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
New year, new possibilities. #amwriting