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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 15d

This weekend & one more till our 31st Award ends on Sun 5th Oct. Up to 300 word #flashfiction Results by end Oct. £1460 in prizes + publication offer in our 10th anniversary anthology for all 50 longlisted
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

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Jude Higgins @judehwriter2.bsky.social · 16d

Open the Door to Flash! Just in case you are in or near Bath, U.K, I’m hosting a Free evening of #flashfiction readings on Sat, 27th Sept. 18 writers reading flash + snacks, raffle + book sales. Fun! St James Wine Vaults 7.30 pm till 10.00 www.judehiggins.com/blog/

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Bristol Short Story Prize @bristolshortstory.bsky.social · Jun 30

Congratulations to this year's winners and to all the writers featured in the Volume 17 anthology.

Read all their stories: bit.ly/4l0zhk8

@zoemeager.bsky.social @morrislau78.bsky.social
#writing #shortstories #writingcompetitions

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Marie Gethins @mariegethins.bsky.social · 16d

Want to up your POV game? Uncover the mysteries of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and use of multiple POVs to deepen your reader experience. Come join my 4-week online course in November through @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/flas...

Flash Fiction Point-of-View Deep Dive with Marie Gethins - Irish Writers Centre

The most distilled prose form, flash fiction relies on suggestion—layered meaning that is off the page.

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Marie Gethins @mariegethins.bsky.social · 21d

“Sometimes I think I’ll just float up into the sky and disappear.” Brilliant story @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social Fantastic amphora use & deft shifting of timelines, character arcs. 💙✨

Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 21d

So delighted to have this story (a piece of the novel I'm working on) be the winner of @expositionreview.bsky.social flash contest! 🥺🥺

Absolute Magnitude - Exposition Review

by Chloe N. Clark 1st Place Winner – Flash 405, June 2025: “Illumination” Fiction In another life, Cassie lives. She wakes up in the hospital, a slow blinking to consciousness, and the doctors say m...

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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 21d

2 weeks till the deadline of the 31st Award on Oct 5th. £1460 in prizes. Want to give an up to 300 word story a go? Try out Jude’s prompt in the post www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/09/two-...

Two Weeks to go!

Our 31st Award, judged this time by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris from the UK,closes on Sunday 5th October at midnight GMT. For stories up to 300 words. Prze fund of £1460. 1 entry £9.00, two entries £15…

www.bathflashfictionaward.com

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 24d

Irish poet @jesstraynor.bsky.social will be reading from her brand new fourth collection New Arcana @outspokenldn.bsky.social at London's Southbank Centre on Thursday 18 September, 7.45pm, alongside Leo Boix, Sara Mansour and fellow Bloodaxe poet @imtiazdharker.bsky.social.

Out-Spoken @outspokenldn.bsky.social · Sep 10

Join us on 18th September for the next edition of Out-Spoken Live!

Hosted by Joelle Taylor, with performances from Leo Boix, Imtiaz Dharker, Sara Mansour and Jessica Traynor. With music from Simeon Hammond Dallas and Camden Stewart.

Grab your ticket: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/out... 🎟️

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 23d

September news: New books from @poetclare.bsky.social, @jesstraynor.bsky.social & @emiliejelinek.bsky.social; prize news for Matthew Caley, Kris Johnson & Niall Campbell; radio & podcasts for @pascalepetit.bsky.social & Greta Stoddart; Ruth Fainlight film premiere.
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RUBY @literaryruby.bsky.social · 25d

“Food is alive. Food is us.” The upcoming issue will be our last. Submissions are now open until October 15. Thank you to all who’ve written, read, & edited. RUBY’s spirit continues in a hybrid cookbook antholgy.
rubyliterarypress.com/submissions/

SUBMISSIONS

RUBY is a bi-annual literary magazine and press that publishes short-form food narratives that strive for voice, artistry, and character. We want work that grabs us and doesn’t let us go—fier…

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 24d

Guys, I could NOT be more excited to have a story published at Short Story, Long, and I honestly really love this story in a way that I think you love just a few stories you’ve written. Maybe it’s the encroaching nostalgia, maybe it’s just the fun I had with the form, but I hope you’ll read it!

Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 24d

New Short Story, Long Day! New Amber Sparks Day!

It's @ambersparks.bsky.social on SSL day!
(w/ some new fave story art from @philmcandrew.bsky.social!)

"Your Life in Parties" by Amber Sparks

"...your retirement party, the one they threw for you at the atrocious Italian restaurant. Surprise!, they all yell, which is so awkward because this isn’t a surprise party...."

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Marie Gethins @mariegethins.bsky.social · 26d

Woohoo! Will be sizzling, I know! 🔥

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 29d

Ecstatically grateful to @saralippmann.bsky.social for her kind words about my upcoming collection!
#workingclasslit #gritlit #UnsolicitedPress #IndieLitScene #IndieBooksMatter #RebelReaders #BookCommunity #ReadIndie #BookReview #LitCulture #PoetryAndProse #FictionThatBites

Pardon Me for Moonwalking. Red cover with black headphones and blurb by Sara Lippmann, reading, "Pardon Me for Moonwalking is an ode to the ensnared and alone, the lost and the lonely. Transient, searching characters long to 'shed life like an old patchwork coat and walk away to a bright-lit studio apt with no closets and one brick wall as if on stage at an intimate club.' With restraint, razor-sharp precision and astute insight, Patricia Q. Bidar delivers spiky story after deeply human tale. This debut collection is a terrific achievement."

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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 26d

Your three-week-to-go deadline reminder for our 31st Award. Closes 5th Oct. £1k top prize. Some tips in the post. The picture of the 4 leaf clover here, is for luck. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/09/the-...

The Power of Three

Just three weeks until our 31st Award closes on October 5thl .Thank you to everyone who has entered so far. We’re getting pretty busy. To remind you, the prize fund is £1460. All 50 longliste…

www.bathflashfictionaward.com

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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 27d

jmww is looking for a Senior Fiction Editor!

jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/13/w...

We are looking for a senior fiction editor!

jmww is currently looking for a Senior Fiction Editor!

jmwwblog.wordpress.com

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Nuala O'Connor @nualaoconnor.bsky.social · 27d

Tomorrow in Cork, remembering Elizabeth Bowen 🌸

The Elizabeth Bowen Society @bowensociety.bsky.social · 27d

Reminder: Farahy - 14th Sep. 2025 - Commemoration of Elizabeth Bowen

Evensong 2025

The Annual Choral Evensong in Commemoration of Elizabeth Bowen will take place this year on Sunday, 14 September, at St Colman's Church, Farahy, at 3:30pm.

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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you @andrewcareaga.bsky.social for this incredible opportunity and for such great questions!

Andrew Careaga (writer) @andrewcareaga.bsky.social · 28d

Today’s Friday Five: a Q&A with a wonderful “writer of short things” and recent @frazzledlit.bsky.social third-place winner, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity

andrewcareaga.com/2025/09/12/f...

Friday Five: ‘writer of short things’ Emily Rinkema

‘I love everything about flash fiction, as a reader and as a writer.’

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Marie Gethins @mariegethins.bsky.social · 29d

‘I have never been a great candidate for anything. I have mostly been a really good sport.’ This one hits hard. The always superlative @kathyfish.bsky.social

Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · Sep 4

I was thinking recently about how much I missed writing dialogue. This piece I wrote for the "my body, my choice" inaugural issue of Hot Flash Literary uses lots of dialogue and is very short. I'd love for you to read it and the whole amazing debut issue! 💙
hotflashliterary.com/wyoming/

Wyoming - Hot Flash Literary

It’s the time of the Great Evacuation. That’s what my friend Jess calls it. I’ve been bleeding all over the place. My body is emptying itself out. It’s undignified. And painful. Out for coffee with J...

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𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕆'𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝 @jacqbetula.bsky.social · Sep 10

@maryodonnell.bsky.social @marygtroche.bsky.social @jackielynam.bsky.social @michaeldooley.bsky.social @laoighseach.bsky.social @eleanorhooker.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @sourcearts.bsky.social

Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · Sep 10

The 4th annual Circling the Square Festival comes back to The Source Arts Centre!

⌚31 October - 2 November
🎭The Source Arts Centre, Thurles
💷Tickets: €14.00-€17.50
💸Book your tickets here: www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/cir...

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Washington Writers’ Publishing House @wwph.bsky.social · Sep 9

YAY! AMERICA'S FUTURE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DAY!!
everywhere books are sold... www.washingtonwriters.org
JOIN us tomorrow - Wednesday, September 10th at 7 pm ET hosted by The Writer's Center. FREE and all invited! Get link here writer.org/event/americ...
#writers #america #books #poets #teachers

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Avitus B. Carle @avitusbcarle.bsky.social · Sep 10

“The bottle of Remy Martin I’d charged at the corner store looked cruel, wildly out of place besides Moisés’s medications and half-eaten bowl of cereal on the table.”

@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social | @literaryruby.bsky.social
rubyliterarypress.com/issue-six-is...

ISSUE SIX

September 2, 2025 ISSUE SIX BACK TO TOP Sudha Balagopal FICTION Here and There ❦ I hear the double ring at the other end in India—different from the single ring here in the US. For the first minute…

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · Sep 10

FILLY by the brilliant @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social has arrived! Can't wait for this glorious novel in verse to be out in the world ✨️✨️✨️

@bansheepress.bsky.social

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · Sep 4

I was thinking recently about how much I missed writing dialogue. This piece I wrote for the "my body, my choice" inaugural issue of Hot Flash Literary uses lots of dialogue and is very short. I'd love for you to read it and the whole amazing debut issue! 💙
hotflashliterary.com/wyoming/

Wyoming - Hot Flash Literary

It’s the time of the Great Evacuation. That’s what my friend Jess calls it. I’ve been bleeding all over the place. My body is emptying itself out. It’s undignified. And painful. Out for coffee with J...

hotflashliterary.com