Lori Cramer
loricramerwriter.bsky.social
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.

https://loricramerfiction.wordpress.com
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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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Cowboy Jamboree says so.
Y’all: get it. Cherish it. 10/10. @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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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
"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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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
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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
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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
"...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 .
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
"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.
Today's shortlisted story is "Pattern" by
David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect:

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January 18, 2026 at 12:06 AM
First acceptance of 2026! #amwriting
January 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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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.

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@aaronburch.bsky.social
@tracyfuad.bsky.social
@neonpajamas.bsky.social



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January 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
"I was thinking of the stars. How small they appear."

Read @melissafitz.bsky.social in @welkinprize.bsky.social.

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January 12, 2026 at 11:35 PM
When last night's dream sparks a story. #amwriting
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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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 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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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
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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:

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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
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Sent out my first story submission of 2026! #amwriting
January 8, 2026 at 1:09 AM
So nice to be back in my writing routine. #amwriting
January 7, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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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
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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
January 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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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
New year, new possibilities. #amwriting
January 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Grateful to the editors of @natflashfictionday.bsky.social, @epistemiclit.bsky.social, @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social, @publishedbyjake.bsky.social, @thehooletsnook.bsky.social, and @eunoiareview.bsky.social for publishing my work in 2025 and for the Best Microfiction and Best of the Net nominations.
December 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Every day, I drive by the tattoo parlor I don't go in for the tattoo I'll never get."

Read @dinalrelles.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social.

And don't forget to read the Author's Note.

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December 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Things that are bringing me joy this year number 25. Writing and learning through my monthly craft articles. Hope they're useful to others too.

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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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December 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM