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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand
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New Zealand's biggest celebration of the smallest form of fiction -- 22 June
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 23
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Winner of the National Flash Fiction Day 2025
Sunday the 22nd of June was the shortest day of the year, and as is tradition, the winner of National Flash Fiction Day was also announced. The competition has been running since 2012 and it celebrate...
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 23
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 23
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 23
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 23
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 22
Congratulations to all our winners 🥳
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 22
Congratulations to all our winners 🥳
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 21
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Micro Madness 2025 FIRST PLACE: Joani Reese, At the Crossroads Bar
YouTube video by Flash Frontier
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 21
Joani Reese is a writer and poet living in Texas, USA. Her most recent hybrid collection is called Night Chorus. Reese curates the AWP offsite reading series Hot Pillow.
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 21
🎉 Congrats 🎉 to our June 22 Micro Madness First place 🥇 winner Joani Reese – Texas, USA
#flashfiction #microfiction #micromadness
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 20
Zoë Deans lives in Ōtautahi. Their poems have been published in places like takahē, The Spinoff and Overcom. They have a lot of respect for anyone who writes flash fiction!
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 20
🎉 Congrats 🎉 to our June 21 Micro Madness Second place 🥈winner Zoë Deans – Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand
#flashfiction #microfiction #micromadness
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 19
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Micro Madness 2025 THIRD PLACE: Sue Barker, Mānawa, breathing in the mangroves
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 19
Sue Barker lives in Waipu, rural Te Tai Tokelau Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand. She writes short form fiction and some poetry. She’s been published in Fast Fibres Poetry, Flash Frontier and two anthologies of Northland flash and in 2025 in Te Moana o Reo | Ocean of Languages.
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 19
🎉 Congrats 🎉 to our June 20 Micro Madness Third place 🥉 winner Sue Barker – Waipu, Te Tai Tokelau Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand
#flashfiction #microfiction #micromadness
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 19
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 18
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Micro Madness 2025 SHORT LIST: Slawka G. Scarso, When he comes home from work...
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 18
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Micro Madness 2025: Marie Gethins, Anomaly
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 18
Marie Gethins featured in Winter Papers, Bristol Short Story Prize, Australian Book Review, REED, NFFD Anthologies, Fictive Dream and others. Selected for Best Microfictions, BIFFY50, Best Small Fictions, she is a Hawthornden Fellow, the Banshee flash fiction editor, and co-edits for Splonk.
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 18
🎉 Congrats 🎉 to our June 19 Micro Madness shortlist winner Marie Gethins – Cork, Ireland
#flashfiction #microfiction #micromadness
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 17
Based in Italy, Slawka G. Scarso has published flash and micros in numerous anthologies and magazines including Ghost Parachute, Fractured Lit, Mslexia and Flash Frontier. Her debut novella in flash “All Their Favourite Stories” is available from Ad Hoc Fiction. More words on Bluesky
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 17
Congrats 🥳 🥳 to our June 18 Micro Madness shortlist winner Slawka G. Scarso – Castel Gandolfo (Rome), Italy
#flashfiction #microfiction #micromadness
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 17
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 17
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · Jun 17