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Save the date! Next year’s NFFD will be on Saturday 14 June!
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Thank you all for your FlashFlood submissions. We had an amazing 1650 submissions and choosing the stories to publish was very difficult. Tomorrow, we will publish 218 stories at 5/10 minute intervals. A flood indeed.
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Thank you to our FlashFlood editors: Amy Barnes
@amygcb
Nod Gosh
@nodgosh
Anita Goveas
@coffeeandpaneer
Kiira Rhosair
@KiiraWrites
Ingrid Jendrzejewski
@LunchOnTuesday
Cassandra Parkin
@cassandrajaneuk
Judi Walsh
@judi_walsh
Charmaine Wilkerson
@charmspen1
& me,
@scooterwriter
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So, the flood gates have opened. FlashFlood now open for flashes up to 300 words. Previously published accepted. You can see details of our guidelines and to see who this year's editors are here:
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Announcing the 2020 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology Lineup!
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We had well over 2,000 submissions to this year's FlashFlood. Thank you to the editors for all their hard work; it was not an easy job. The editors were:
@amygcb
@timkcraig
@coffeeandpaneer
@sarahillswrites
@tinoprinzi
@judi_walsh
@cassandrajaneuk
@LunchOnTuesday
@scooterwriter
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HUGE thanks to this year's FlashFlood editors:
@kazbarwrites
@PunyFingers
@coffeeandpaneer
@sarahillswrites
@judi_walsh
&
@cassandrajaneuk
@robwaltonwriter
- these flash superstars worked tirelessly to bring you this year's Flood!
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The 2021 FlashFlood is now OPEN for submissions for one week only!
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Very excited to say that we are publishing a whopping 213 flashes in this year's FlashFlood on 24 June. We are also very excited to have received a record number of submissions from debut writers & will publish a debut flash at half past the hour for the 24 hours of the flood.
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FlashFlood is now open for submissions until 27 April! Subs up to 300 words. You can read our guidelines here:
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FlashFlood is open for submissions from 1 – 7 May 2022
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Very excited to reveal the cover & title of this year's anthology. Many thanks to Jennifer Brutschy for allowing us to use her story title as the title of the anthology & to
@InkLinked
for designing such a wonderful cover. You can pre-order from our bookshop.
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NFFD is OPEN for Anthology and Microfiction Competition Submissions! National Flash Fiction Day is celebrating its 10th Anniversary on Saturday, 26 June 2021! To mark the occasion, we’ve upped the prizes for our annual Microfiction Competition and have a…
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It can be hard to keep track of all the stories flying by during the FlashFlood, so we've compiled the whole 2023 line-up into one big list so you can more easily find anything you've missed....
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FlashFlood this year opens on 30 April and runs till 6 May! Stories of up to 300 words. Previously published accepted. A flash will be published on NFFD (24 June) every five or ten minutes. More details soon.
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Our Editors
@tinoprinzi
and
@nodghosh
have finalised their selections for our anthology on the theme of MAGIC! The list is now up on our website. Thank you so much to everyone for submitting and trusting us with your work:
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Submissions are now open for our anthology and for our micro competition! This year’s anthology theme is one you’ll really be able to sink your teeth into! See our website for more info, and good luck!
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Very excited to announce the theme for this year's anthology, our anthology editors and also the four judges for our micro fiction competition. Subs open on 1 December! You can read all about it here:
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We will be announcing the theme for our next anthology soon! Submissions open on 1 December. Watch this space for more details.
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Our micro comp and submissions to 2020's anthology will open on 1 December. Our theme for the anthology this year is FAMILY.
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We're excited to reveal the cover for our 2023 anthology. Many thanks to
@Collinson26
for allowing us to use the title of her story and to artist-in-residence
@InkLinked
for the beautiful art work. The anthology is now available to pre-order:
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Goodness, National Flash Fiction Day is just a few days away on Saturday 18 June. Watch this space for events happening on and around the day.
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Phew, I think we pulled it off! I /think/ that's every story tweeted, technical difficulties and all. If we've missed out your story, let us know. My goodness, what an appropriate flood of an ending to the day! Hooray flash fiction!
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Huge thanks to
@judi_walsh
,
@coffeeandpaneer
&
@sarahillswrites
who have been putting in massive amounts of time reading and posting Write-In responses. The team is smaller than usual this year, but the response is turning out to be the biggest we've had so far.... 👏👏👏
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Excited to announce that the next National Flash Fiction Day in the UK will be on Saturday 24 June 2023.
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Another go at thanking our hard-working FlashFlood editors, but this time not forgetting anyone! Thank you
@sarahillswrites
@kazbarwrites
@coffeeandpaneer
@robwaltonwriter
@LunchOnTuesday
@cassandrajaneuk
@judi_walsh
@PunyFingers
& myself
@scooterwriter
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2020 Microfiction Competition Results!
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National Flash Fiction Day is on Saturday 15 June. This is not long away at all. You can read what's happening on the day (and beyond) here:
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FlashFlood: 'POV: You Are the Brown One at a Table Full of White Mental Health Workers' by Sumitra Singam
#nffd2024
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2022 NFFD Anthology Title and Cover Reveal!
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Submissions to our anthology and micro fiction competition are now open! Our theme for anthology is EARTH, AIR, FIRE and WATER. Our micro comp (100 words) has no theme. We can't wait to get reading! For more details see below:
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@LunchOnTuesday
working hard in the pub after a fab day in Birmingham celebrating National Flash Fiction Day!
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FlashFlood 2020 is open for submissions!
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National Flash Fiction Day 2022 Anthology Line Up!
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Flash Flood closed at 23.59 BST yesterday. We received an amazing 1021 submissions! Thank you to all the editors who worked so hard and to everyone who submitted or supported Flash Flood in any way.
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Thank you so much to everyone who helped with National Flash Fiction Day & joined in.Our FlashFlood editors deserve a mention for all their hard work:
@robwaltonwriter
@cassandrajaneuk
@coffeeandpaneer
@PunyFingers
@sarahillswrites
@judi_walsh
@scooterwriter
and
@LunchOnTuesday
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National Fiction Day is this Saturday (15 June). There’s lots of flashy fun happening on the day & beyond. Click on the link to see our roadmap:
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Announcing our 2022 Anthology Editors and Theme
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It’s nearly that time of year again! FlashFlood is opening its doors on Sunday 21 April till Saturday 27 April. Up to 300 words. More details soon!
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National Flash Fiction Day is tomorrow! Hurrah! FlashFlood starts at 00.01 BST with the spots for debut writers at half past the hour. Flashes will be published every five or ten minutes. Why not take a peek to see what else is happening on the day:
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We thrilled to announce to announce the line up for this year's anthology on the theme of air, water, fire and earth. Thank you to everyone who submitted and trusted us with their stories:
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Announcing the stories selected for this year's National Flash Fiction Day Anthology! We asked you to send us your best stories on the theme of doors and you did not disappoint!
Congratulations to all of our selected authors! Anthology published in June.
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FlashFlood opens for submissions a week today on 21 April). Up to 300 words. Previously published considered. Subs close 28 April! You can read previous year’s stories here:
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Thank you so much to our wonderful editors for all their hard word:
@cassandrajaneuk
@coffeeandpaneer
@robwaltonwriter
@judi_walsh
@sarahillswrites
@PunyFingers
@LunchOnTuesday
@scooterwriter
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Flash Flood Submission Window: 25 – 31 May 2020
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Submissions for FlashFlood are open from 00.01 BST on 2 May. Up to 300 words. Previously published accepted. We have reserved slots for unpublished fiction writers. All successful flashes will be posted on our blog on NFFD. Details can be found here:
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Happy National Flash Fiction Day, everyone! In case you’ve missed it, here’s our roadmap of what’s going on today:
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FlashFlood subs are read anonymously & with care. We receive 100s & 100s of subs (thank you), with approx 50 per cent of those previously published. We publish approx 200 throughout NFFD with spots for debut writers every half an hour. Open till 27 April at 23:59 GMT.
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Everyone here at NFFD getting excited about FlashFlood subs opening on Sunday 21 April. We welcome flashes up to 300 words (including previously published). We also have spots for debut fiction (for previously unpublished flash writers). We'll be open for a week!
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Submissions to FlashFlood are now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted.
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Announcing the shortlist for this year's National Flash Fiction Day Micro Competition! Congratulations to all of our shortlisted authors!
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Congratulations to
@judehwriter
for being selected for 2024
@bestmicrofic
with her FlashFlood story ‘Spinning’.
I love this banner with an extract of my story ‘Spinning’ selected for 2024
@bestmicrofic
. Published in July. Thanks very much to
#FlashFlood
for nominating and to all the editors of this wonderful anthology, which I am delighted to be part of
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FlashFlood is now closed for this year! We still have a few stories to read, so if you've not heard yet don't panic. Look out for all the stories on NFFD (Saturday 6 June).
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This year, everyone is entitled to one free submission to the
@nationalflashfd
anthology. The theme is FAMILY. We ask for donations for second and third submissions, but if this is a struggle financially, please send us up to three anyway. Up to 500 words.
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2022 NFFD Microfiction Competiton Results
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We've got a lot of things planned this weekend for National Flash Fiction Day 2019. Here's your road map for the weekend....
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It's all happening over at National Flash Fiction Day. Look out for announcements soon about what's planned for our 10th anniversary.
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Thank you so much for all the fabulous FlashFlood submissions. As well as the common themes of grief, cognitive decline and murder, we've received a lot of stories on the theme of fishing! We'd love to see more historical, science fiction and funny flashes.
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Submissions to FlashFlood closed on 8 May. Thank you to everyone who submitted and trusted us with their work.
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And if our microfiction competition results weren't excitement enough, we can now reveal our 2023 anthology line up:
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FlashFlood is a joyous thing! On NFFD (Saturday 15 June), we will be posting a flash fiction every five or ten minutes for 24 hours! And every half past the hour we will have a flash from a debut flash writer! For more details, check out our roadmap:
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National Flash Fiction Day UK is tomorrow (Saturday 26 June). Here is a road map of what's happening on the day and beyond:
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Thank you so much to all our hard working FlashFlood editors:
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We've collected all of the 2021 Write-In prompts together on one page for you. They're here:
Don't forget: you have until 23:59 BST tonight (27 July 2021) to submit your responses for possible publication at The Write-In.
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Submissions for the National Flash Fiction Day anthology and microfiction competition are now open! And despite our name, we welcome entries from anywhere in the world.
Do you have words to send us? We're waiting to read them!
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Thanks to everyone who submitted to FlashFlood. The quality of submissions year was really high and we had to reject stories that we would have accepted in the past. We also received numerous subs on death & fading relationships which resulted in many good stories being rejected.
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National Flash Fiction Day 2020 Micro Fiction Competition Shortlist
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Ooh, look what's arrived! Copies should be with purchasers and contributors very shortly!
@scooterwriter
currently busy stuffing envelopes 😀
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Wow, you guys! FlashFlood has received well over 1000 subs so far this year, and they're still pouring in...that's as much as we received last year in total, and nearly double what we received in 2018! We're going to have to add more slots this year....
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National Flash Fiction Day 2022 Microfiction Competition Shortlist
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Okay, here we go! Congratulations to our Micro Competition shortlisted authors and to our Anthology authors! Micro competition winners to be announced in a few days! Anthology to be published in June!
#NFFD2018
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Would you look at that? 5000 followers! What a great way to round of NFFD weekend!
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There are lots of exciting things happening on National Flash Fiction Day (and beyond), including FlashFlood, our anthology launch, workshops and the Write-In. AND IT'S ALL FREE!!!!! To find out more, click on the link below:
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On 15 June, we're bringing back "The Write-In" with an all new format: we'll publish one prompt per hour throughout National Flash Fiction Day from 00:01 to 23:59 BST. Come write with us, wherever you are!
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2022 NFFD Anthology & Microfiction Competition: we are open for submissions!
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National Flash Fiction Day 2021: Here We Come!
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Entries to our micro competition (up to 100 words, no theme), are open until 15 Feb! First prize is £150, second £100 and third prize £50 plus 7 x £20 Highly Commended. More details here:
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Announcing the winning and highly commended stories of this year's National Flash Fiction Day Micro Competition!
Congratulations to all of our winning and highly commended authors!
These stories are available to read on our website NOW!
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National Flash Fiction Day is a week today!!! Check out what is happening on the day and beyond:
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Pleased to announce that National Flash Fiction Day next year will be Saturday 15 June. Watch this space for exciting news of what is happening on the day.
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National Flash Fiction Day 2021 Microfiction Competition Shortlist
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FlashFlood is open for submissions from Friday 3 May until Thursday 9 May. Five hundred words max. Stories will be posted on National Flash Fiction Day (15 June). More info soon ...
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Save the date: the next National Flash Fiction Day will be on Saturday 6 June 2020. Watch this space for more details.
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Apologies for the delay in announcing the successful stories for this year's anthology. We are working hard and the results will be out as soon as possible.
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'Perimenopausal Maleficent Watches Bob Ross Videos When She Can’t Sleep' by Laurie Marshall
#nffd2021
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The shortlist to our Micro Fiction Competition has now been announced. You can read the shortlisted titles in the link below. Thank you to everyone who entered!
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Okay. The pile has been dealt with. 148 stories chosen for Saturday. Thank you to you all. Congrats to those who made it, commiserations and 'carry on!' to those who didn't.
#FlashFlood
#NFFD
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2021 Microfiction Competition Winners Announced!
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Your Roadmap to National Flash Fiction Day 2022
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