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New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · 20d

Writers - enter the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize!

Max 500 words
Fee $10
Closes 15 Oct
Judge: @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social

"The ability to evoke. The ability to use the shadings of words, the nuances of language. The mot juste... You have to stick the landing.”
newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

Our annual flash contest will be open for submissions September 15 to October 15. Grant Faulkner will judge this year's entries.

Get Ready for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize | New Flash Fiction Review

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New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · 20d

Writers - enter the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize!

Max 500 words
Fee $10
Closes 15 Oct
Judge: @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social

"The ability to evoke. The ability to use the shadings of words, the nuances of language. The mot juste... You have to stick the landing.”
newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

Our annual flash contest will be open for submissions September 15 to October 15. Grant Faulkner will judge this year's entries.

Re-opening: New Flash Fiction Review Prize

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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 23d

New Flash Fiction Review Prize @nffr.bsky.social (Fiction; pays) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting

New Flash Fiction Review Prize @nffr.bsky.social (Fiction; pays) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com/contest/new-flash-review-prize-new-flash-review-26977 #amwriting

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New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · 24d

We're opening subs for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize on 15 Sept!

Read what judge Graham Faulkner wants:

"Capturing the decisive moment with arresting detail. Writing to the questions, not the answers. The ability to create a mood, an intimacy, a connection."

newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

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Annie Bomke @abliterary.bsky.social · Sep 4

Love this new flash fiction piece from Andrew Graham Martin! newflashfiction.com/dorothy-by-a...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Although he was nothing like the Leaders of Men, he’d changed in many ways and she no longer spoke to him with candour or humour."

I really love how @sagreene1.bsky.social put this brilliant story together! In the always wonderful @nffr.bsky.social 💙💙💙

S A Greene @sagreene1.bsky.social · Sep 1

Delighted that my story The Tenth Testicle has dropped today in the Tenth Anniversary issue of @nffr.bsky.social… newflashfiction.com/the-tenth-te...

The Tenth Testicle by S.A. Greene | Issue #38

When a third testicle dropped, he asked her to enlarge his trousers so he could house everything more comfortably and she said which century do you think we’re living in?

I Know Someday You’ll Have a Beautiful Life by Sumitra Singam | Issue #38

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · Sep 4

"You are at a concert. The man with the razor-honey voice knows your fire. He’s been singing about it for decades."

Wow! This extraordinary piece of writing by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social 💙💙💙
newflashfiction.com/i-know-somed...

Your sixteen-year-old body feels a spark—indecent, unladylike. The guitar licks the flames eager. You can see the disapproving faces of your parents.

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New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 5

Yes, delighted when we read this one in our subs!

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Mizuki @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social · Sep 4

"The lesson is this—your fire will reduce everything to blackest soot, and you will be left alone. So, you give the boy a feather-light, tinkling laugh, and watch his world turn black."

This story by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social is so beautiful and wonderfully alive.

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Sep 1

@nffr.bsky.social had a call on the theme “Ten”. I was a teen in the 90s. Only one thing came to mind. Thanks for reading 🙏🏾 newflashfiction.com/i-know-somed...

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New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 3

Love that you find numbers soothing Sumitra. Thank goodness you're there to represent an alternative view!

New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hah! You tell them Mizuki. This way lies 💔

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New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Even if you are not seen for who you really are." Sigh. Who hasn't been there? Thanks for sharing Pat.

New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 3

It's a beauty! Thanks for sharing James.

New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 3

This one has such a bite of truth in it. Have a read of Elana's interview. The setting sounds hard earned!

New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 3

It's a great structure, isn't it? Handled very skillfully. Thanks for reading and sharing James!

New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 3

SUCH a good line by Kathryn! Appreciate the way you're sharing and commenting on all the other stories in this issue Sumitra ❤️💙💜

New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 3

You really FEEL the pineapple in this one!

New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 3

Love Mitchell's use of numbers in this one. Thanks for sharing Sumitra 😍

New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 3

A story of sartorial sass! Thanks for sharing Sumitra

New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thanks so much Jaime! And thanks for sharing Ashleigh's story 😊