Bronwen Griffiths
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
Writer, flash fiction writer, photographer. Author of two novels & two collections of flash fiction. My flash fiction has been published in many lovely magazines & I recently won the Mslexia flash fiction prize. Website: http://bronwengriff.co.uk/
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I'm so happy to be the winner. Congrats to @alisonwassell.bsky.social and @abbywilliams.bsky.social + long and shortlisters. Thanks @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging and @smokelong.bsky.social of course where this began.
The results are in for the third quarter's flash fiction category as judged by @scooterwriter.bsky.social
Many congratulations to the authors - and also to all who made the long and short lists. The standard was very high!
flash500.com/flash-fictio...
#flashfiction #WritingCommunity
Many congratulations to the authors - and also to all who made the long and short lists. The standard was very high!
flash500.com/flash-fictio...
#flashfiction #WritingCommunity
Flash Fiction: Winners
flash500.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I'm so happy to be the winner. Congrats to @alisonwassell.bsky.social and @abbywilliams.bsky.social + long and shortlisters. Thanks @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging and @smokelong.bsky.social of course where this began.
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If you've had a great experience with our wee magazine - as a subber, reader or anything else - we'd love you to consider nominating us for @chillsubs.bsky.social Community Favourites awards. Takes just a mo and deadline is 5th December 🦝💜
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you've had a great experience with our wee magazine - as a subber, reader or anything else - we'd love you to consider nominating us for @chillsubs.bsky.social Community Favourites awards. Takes just a mo and deadline is 5th December 🦝💜
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
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Lil sneak preview of who’s coming to you soon in our Joy micro issue. Expect it out soon. templeinacity.com/joy/ templeinacity.com/joy/
Temple in a City literary journal
Contributors to JOY, a special pop-up edition of Temple in a City literary journal.
templeinacity.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Lil sneak preview of who’s coming to you soon in our Joy micro issue. Expect it out soon. templeinacity.com/joy/ templeinacity.com/joy/
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Super thrilled to have a micro up at @fracturedlit.bsky.social - thank you so much to @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and editors! Big shout out to the editors at @smokelong.bsky.social where this piece was born and to everyone who gave feedback 🙏💚🙏
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
Green to Gray | Fractured
fracturedlit.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Super thrilled to have a micro up at @fracturedlit.bsky.social - thank you so much to @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and editors! Big shout out to the editors at @smokelong.bsky.social where this piece was born and to everyone who gave feedback 🙏💚🙏
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
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Last week, the New York Times’ “Interesting Times” podcast asked, “Did women ruin the workplace?” The headline changed twice — but the real issue wasn’t the wording. It was the premise.
Women didn’t ruin the workplace. Capitalism did
When your debate centers on whether women should exist in public, you’ve already lost.
www.salon.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Last week, the New York Times’ “Interesting Times” podcast asked, “Did women ruin the workplace?” The headline changed twice — but the real issue wasn’t the wording. It was the premise.
I have been decontaminated and now my hair looks even wilder than usual (I don't think this pre-op "decontamination" wash is suited to hair washing!)
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I have been decontaminated and now my hair looks even wilder than usual (I don't think this pre-op "decontamination" wash is suited to hair washing!)
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The FLASH FICTION ranking includes 280 magazines - here is the top 20:
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The FLASH FICTION ranking includes 280 magazines - here is the top 20:
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We were going to type, "Only three more weeks till we close for fall submissions!" but that was two days ago, so now it's only 19 days. Please send us your best by the end of November: www.vestalreview.net/guidelines
Submission Guidelines — Vestal Review
www.vestalreview.net
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We were going to type, "Only three more weeks till we close for fall submissions!" but that was two days ago, so now it's only 19 days. Please send us your best by the end of November: www.vestalreview.net/guidelines
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If you're looking for a spot of calm in the day's chaos, do read this micro by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social. She writes some of the most evocative sentences. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
If you're looking for a spot of calm in the day's chaos, do read this micro by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social. She writes some of the most evocative sentences. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
Dear Americans - your president is fucking up the UK now. The BBC has made mistakes & it certainly needs new governance but your orange fascist needs to keep his hands away from us!
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Dear Americans - your president is fucking up the UK now. The BBC has made mistakes & it certainly needs new governance but your orange fascist needs to keep his hands away from us!
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Heads up!
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Heads up!
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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Issue 5 of Thin Skin - showcasing work by older writers - out now!
It's here! thin-skin.com
Welcome to Issue 5 - our 1st anniversary issue! - Thin Skin
Well, who'd have thought we would make it this far. And what a journey. Thin Skin was born after an impulsive tweet in December 2023, and within months we had five editors, ten readers and hundreds of...
thin-skin.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Issue 5 of Thin Skin - showcasing work by older writers - out now!
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"Me and My Shadow" by @SAGreene1.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #amwriting
Creative writing website for authors and readers. 75 words, changing daily. Submit your
paragraph today.
A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map
paragraphplanet.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"Me and My Shadow" by @SAGreene1.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #amwriting
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Today's teases from our gorgeous charity print anthology are from stories exploring family loss and uncovered family secrets.
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social
Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social
Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Today's teases from our gorgeous charity print anthology are from stories exploring family loss and uncovered family secrets.
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social
Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social
Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝
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I am absolutely delighted to have a new story out - Love (a journey) - with Fictive Dream. Huge thanks to editor Laura whose dedication to short fiction is phenomenal.
#fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
#fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
"After we sign the divorce papers, my soon-to-be ex-husband and I decide to go for lunch." Love (a journey) by Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
fictivedream.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I am absolutely delighted to have a new story out - Love (a journey) - with Fictive Dream. Huge thanks to editor Laura whose dedication to short fiction is phenomenal.
#fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
#fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Subs are open for an unthemed issue! ✉️
Send us your gorgeous flash fiction, micros & prose poetry <1000 words
Deadline: November 27
No fee
Click thru for full details
ettereview.com/submit/
Send us your gorgeous flash fiction, micros & prose poetry <1000 words
Deadline: November 27
No fee
Click thru for full details
ettereview.com/submit/
Submit | -ette review
ettereview.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Subs are open for an unthemed issue! ✉️
Send us your gorgeous flash fiction, micros & prose poetry <1000 words
Deadline: November 27
No fee
Click thru for full details
ettereview.com/submit/
Send us your gorgeous flash fiction, micros & prose poetry <1000 words
Deadline: November 27
No fee
Click thru for full details
ettereview.com/submit/
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We're delighted to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2026.
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We're delighted to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2026.
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Honoured to have another nomination for my micro story, published by Raw Lit Mag. A story inspired by a night spent in a motel in Van Horn, Texas.
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Honoured to have another nomination for my micro story, published by Raw Lit Mag. A story inspired by a night spent in a motel in Van Horn, Texas.
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Today it’s easy to be joyful so how about a little pop-up theme call. Joy is the theme. Whatever gives you joy counts unless it’s hate, that won’t count. Poems flash micro art, everyone welcome even if you’ve already submitted. templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
Temple in a City
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
templeinacity.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Today it’s easy to be joyful so how about a little pop-up theme call. Joy is the theme. Whatever gives you joy counts unless it’s hate, that won’t count. Poems flash micro art, everyone welcome even if you’ve already submitted. templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
"But different laws apply here: you’ll survive. This is your new life." A surreal and feel-good micro. Love this one! @mattleibel.bsky.social
The past shrinks to miniature and nostalgia swirls in @mattleibel.bsky.social’s hypnotic micro, “How to Buy a Snow Globe.”
Read it in our Roulette issue!
ettereview.com/fall2025/lei...
Read it in our Roulette issue!
ettereview.com/fall2025/lei...
Matt Leibel | -ette-review
Matt Leibel in -ette-review Issue 6: Fall 2025
ettereview.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"But different laws apply here: you’ll survive. This is your new life." A surreal and feel-good micro. Love this one! @mattleibel.bsky.social
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"The challenge of flash fiction is, of course, to pick the right words to tell a complete story, since the writer is allowed so few."
Craft: Word Count by Lisa Thornton
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
Craft: Word Count by Lisa Thornton
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
jmwwblog.wordpress.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"The challenge of flash fiction is, of course, to pick the right words to tell a complete story, since the writer is allowed so few."
Craft: Word Count by Lisa Thornton
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
Craft: Word Count by Lisa Thornton
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
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@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social last year’s November issue with terrific work by @lucindakempe.bsky.social @didiwood.bsky.social @luannecastle.bsky.social @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Karen Zlotnik @csquareh.bsky.social
gooseberry-pie.com/issue-23/
Karen Zlotnik @csquareh.bsky.social
gooseberry-pie.com/issue-23/
Issue 23 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Unsplash+ Stories Notes This Kate McKinnon performance always makes me feel hopeful. Jeff Harvey’s debut chapbook, Life Would Be Perfect If (Bottlecap Press, 2024) about a teen coming out in ...
gooseberry-pie.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social last year’s November issue with terrific work by @lucindakempe.bsky.social @didiwood.bsky.social @luannecastle.bsky.social @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Karen Zlotnik @csquareh.bsky.social
gooseberry-pie.com/issue-23/
Karen Zlotnik @csquareh.bsky.social
gooseberry-pie.com/issue-23/
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Folks, I missed that my humour piece written in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop was published by @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social on the weekend! Please check out the plaint of this dissatisfied TAD (TM) dater!
thehooghlyreview.com/to-the-manuf...
thehooghlyreview.com/to-the-manuf...
To the Manufacturer of the Tinder-Arsehole Detector (TAD)™ – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
thehooghlyreview.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Folks, I missed that my humour piece written in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop was published by @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social on the weekend! Please check out the plaint of this dissatisfied TAD (TM) dater!
thehooghlyreview.com/to-the-manuf...
thehooghlyreview.com/to-the-manuf...
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Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions of previously published work on November 24th
💡 ANNOUNCEMENT! 💡
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
Submission Guidelines — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions of previously published work on November 24th