Coleman Bigelow
@cbigs.bsky.social
pushcart and best microfiction nominated writer | recent stories: ghost parachute| cleaver| BULL | your impossible voice | new chapbook: http://InRareCases.com
I so admire this brilliant judicial piece of writing (flash-length). In Under 500 Words, a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the Child Detained by ICE www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE
Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I so admire this brilliant judicial piece of writing (flash-length). In Under 500 Words, a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the Child Detained by ICE www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I’m so happy to have my story “Gotta Run” selected for the forthcoming Ghost Parachute” anthology. Big thanks to @brettpribble.bsky.social and team for including and honored to be among so many of my favorites! ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
Gotta Run! — Ghost Parachute
You notice the knives right away. The low-lying November sun glints off their shimmering steel in the same way it sparkles across the grey-green Hudson—that triumphant tributary winding its way out to...
ghostparachute.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I’m so happy to have my story “Gotta Run” selected for the forthcoming Ghost Parachute” anthology. Big thanks to @brettpribble.bsky.social and team for including and honored to be among so many of my favorites! ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
A beauty of a story here… captures so well that inflection point before college.
So so happy to have some stuff in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!!!
Read “Last Ride” by @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social
from the 2nd anniversary issue
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
from the 2nd anniversary issue
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 1:43 PM
A beauty of a story here… captures so well that inflection point before college.
Excited and honored to have a story on this #longlist! And congratulations to all who published something out of these great workshops.
The SmokeLong Workshop Prize Long List just went live. It has been a mountain of great work. We received just over 400 entries from our workshop participants in 2025. Congratulations to all! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Workshop Prize — The Long List - SmokeLong Quarterly
Each year, SmokeLong hosts The SmokeLong Workshop Prize competition, a free-to-enter competition for anyone who’s participated in a SmokeLong workshop. To date, our workshop participants (past and cur...
www.smokelong.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Excited and honored to have a story on this #longlist! And congratulations to all who published something out of these great workshops.
I have published one story using anadiplosis and can say it’s incredibly challenging to make it feel both fluid and meaningful. This micro does it so well!
Today's shortlisted story is "Pattern" by
David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Pattern | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
I have published one story using anadiplosis and can say it’s incredibly challenging to make it feel both fluid and meaningful. This micro does it so well!
“Your smooth teeth sinking into my flesh”. Now this one is visceral and so good by @robinzlotnick.bsky.social
Today's shortlisted story is "When you take a bite" by @robinzlotnick.bsky.social. A wonderfully creative micro - surreal and sensory:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
When you take a bite | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 2:52 AM
“Your smooth teeth sinking into my flesh”. Now this one is visceral and so good by @robinzlotnick.bsky.social
“Trees have to rehearse being quiet…”. Wow. What a gorgeous prose poetry micro. @jmckane.bsky.social
Today's shortlisted story is "Things My Brother Explains With Absolute Authority" by J.M.C. Kane. Such a deep and philosophical piece.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Things My Brother Explains With Absolute Authority | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM
“Trees have to rehearse being quiet…”. Wow. What a gorgeous prose poetry micro. @jmckane.bsky.social
😂 what’s that rule of comedy where you keep upping the ante?? This one does so brilliantly.
Today's shortlisted story is "Let’s go out again" by
@tacilim.bsky.social. Wonderful use of humour and great tone of voice:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
@tacilim.bsky.social. Wonderful use of humour and great tone of voice:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Let’s go out again | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
😂 what’s that rule of comedy where you keep upping the ante?? This one does so brilliantly.
Love this by @melissafitz.bsky.social So much beauty in the desolation here.
Today's shortlisted story is "On the longest night of the darkest year" by @melissafitz.bsky.social. Such an atmospheric piece:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
On the longest night of the darkest year | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Love this by @melissafitz.bsky.social So much beauty in the desolation here.
@mattkendrick always curates such helpful content. Glad to have contributed to this one but also happy to take inspiration from all the other great contributors!
Who wants something entirely wonderful for a Monday? This month I've handed over my monthly craft article to a dazzle of other writers who've provided tips and prompts for writing effective flash:
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/tips-and-p...
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/tips-and-p...
Tips and Prompts for the New Writing Year
January feels a little too early in the year to be fully engaging my brain.
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:59 PM
@mattkendrick always curates such helpful content. Glad to have contributed to this one but also happy to take inspiration from all the other great contributors!
What a list of awesome writers. Impressive how many great stories came out of these workshops. Happy to have one on here.
Help us celebrate the more than 60 publications reported to us by our workshop participants in December! Onward, trousers!
www.smokelong.com/december-wor...
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December Workshop Celebration 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
Each month we celebrate our current and previous workshop participants’ publications reported to us through Submittable (The SmokeLong Workshop Prize). Each of the publications below, with the excepti...
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January 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM
What a list of awesome writers. Impressive how many great stories came out of these workshops. Happy to have one on here.
Check out my story “May I have this…” in the latest issue of #FlashFrontier.
Big thanks to Michelle and the whole team there. #flashfiction #microfiction #dance #celebrity #amwriting
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Big thanks to Michelle and the whole team there. #flashfiction #microfiction #dance #celebrity #amwriting
flashfrontier.com/december-202...
December 2025: DANCE | NGĀ KANIKANI | Flash Frontier
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January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Check out my story “May I have this…” in the latest issue of #FlashFrontier.
Big thanks to Michelle and the whole team there. #flashfiction #microfiction #dance #celebrity #amwriting
flashfrontier.com/december-202...
Big thanks to Michelle and the whole team there. #flashfiction #microfiction #dance #celebrity #amwriting
flashfrontier.com/december-202...
Didn't want to end 2025 without giving huge thanks to the editors who published my work in 2025 including: @natflashfictionday.bsky.social @trashcatlit.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social @welkinprize.bsky.social @blinkink50.bsky.social @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Didn't want to end 2025 without giving huge thanks to the editors who published my work in 2025 including: @natflashfictionday.bsky.social @trashcatlit.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social @welkinprize.bsky.social @blinkink50.bsky.social @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social
Got a late December acceptance from one of my favorite flash journals! A great Friday morning surprise.
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Got a late December acceptance from one of my favorite flash journals! A great Friday morning surprise.
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Just bought a Grace Paley collection from this awesome book boat anchored in a London canal. @wordonthewater #shortstories #flashfiction #amwriting
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just bought a Grace Paley collection from this awesome book boat anchored in a London canal. @wordonthewater #shortstories #flashfiction #amwriting
Reposted by Coleman Bigelow
🚨 Come join us!!! @cbigs.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @csquareh.bsky.social @francinewitte.bsky.social
Please join Meg Pokrass and me for the PROSE GARDEN, Sat. November 15, 2 PM EST.
Mario Aliberto III, Dawn Tasaka Steffler, Sumitra Singam, Coleman Bigelow, Keith J. Powell, Jeff Friedman, Christine H. Chen, Hugh Behm-Steinberg
Please register here for zoom link:
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Mario Aliberto III, Dawn Tasaka Steffler, Sumitra Singam, Coleman Bigelow, Keith J. Powell, Jeff Friedman, Christine H. Chen, Hugh Behm-Steinberg
Please register here for zoom link:
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November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Thank you @therelphian.bsky.social and @trashcatlit.bsky.social and congratulations to all! Love this trash family.
We have just made it for our October newsletter!
News and Subs and SO MANY Trash Family successes incl. @cbigs.bsky.social @madeleinewrite.bsky.social @adlibby.bsky.social @angelajoynes.bsky.social @leighloveday.bsky.social @meproctor.bsky.social and more!!
trashcatlit.com/2025/10/31/h...
News and Subs and SO MANY Trash Family successes incl. @cbigs.bsky.social @madeleinewrite.bsky.social @adlibby.bsky.social @angelajoynes.bsky.social @leighloveday.bsky.social @meproctor.bsky.social and more!!
trashcatlit.com/2025/10/31/h...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thank you @therelphian.bsky.social and @trashcatlit.bsky.social and congratulations to all! Love this trash family.
So honored and excited to receive my second #Pushcart nomination! And grateful to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for his support of my story.
The #WelkinWritingPrize is pleased to announce nominations for this year's Pushcart Prize:
@laurabesley.bsky.social
@cbigs.bsky.social
Clyde Liffey
NmaHassan Muhammad
@shiramusicant.bsky.social
@thisisguan.bsky.social
Congratulations all!!!
@laurabesley.bsky.social
@cbigs.bsky.social
Clyde Liffey
NmaHassan Muhammad
@shiramusicant.bsky.social
@thisisguan.bsky.social
Congratulations all!!!
October 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So honored and excited to receive my second #Pushcart nomination! And grateful to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for his support of my story.
Reposted by Coleman Bigelow
www.sandandgravelpress.com/interviews Interview with @travisflatt.bsky.social up! November 2nd release party over zoom (link on website) featuring @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @cbigs.bsky.social @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social and Lucas Flatt.
Interviews — SAND AND GRAVEL PRESS
www.sandandgravelpress.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
www.sandandgravelpress.com/interviews Interview with @travisflatt.bsky.social up! November 2nd release party over zoom (link on website) featuring @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @cbigs.bsky.social @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social and Lucas Flatt.
Excited to share that my second chapbook “Man’s Best Friends” was published this week:
a.co/d/6jUlAjs
This #flashfiction collection “digs into the strange, tender, and sometimes absurd ways people and animals collide.”
I’ll be donating all my proceeds to the ASPCA.
I hope you’ll check it out!
a.co/d/6jUlAjs
This #flashfiction collection “digs into the strange, tender, and sometimes absurd ways people and animals collide.”
I’ll be donating all my proceeds to the ASPCA.
I hope you’ll check it out!
October 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Excited to share that my second chapbook “Man’s Best Friends” was published this week:
a.co/d/6jUlAjs
This #flashfiction collection “digs into the strange, tender, and sometimes absurd ways people and animals collide.”
I’ll be donating all my proceeds to the ASPCA.
I hope you’ll check it out!
a.co/d/6jUlAjs
This #flashfiction collection “digs into the strange, tender, and sometimes absurd ways people and animals collide.”
I’ll be donating all my proceeds to the ASPCA.
I hope you’ll check it out!
Thanks so much for sharing @therelphian.bsky.social ! Wonderful to be part of the @trashcatlit.bsky.social family. #ekphrastic #flashfiction.
September's newsletter is live 🦝
We've got subs, Trash Family stuffs from @cbigs.bsky.social @matgost.bsky.social @meproctor.bsky.social & @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, three quick reads from Genrepunk Award nominees and some autumnal ekphrastic writing prompts 🧡
trashcatlit.com/2025/09/22/h...
We've got subs, Trash Family stuffs from @cbigs.bsky.social @matgost.bsky.social @meproctor.bsky.social & @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, three quick reads from Genrepunk Award nominees and some autumnal ekphrastic writing prompts 🧡
trashcatlit.com/2025/09/22/h...
Hello from the welcome chill of September
Welcome to our latest newsletter. We have news, submission stuffs, Trash Family publications, Quick Reads from award nominees and a seasonal ekphrastic writing prompt.
trashcatlit.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Thanks so much for sharing @therelphian.bsky.social ! Wonderful to be part of the @trashcatlit.bsky.social family. #ekphrastic #flashfiction.
I have a new story up @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social. Thanks to the team there and to @sfreligh.bsky.social for the Hopperroebics inspiration!
www.ekphrastic.net
www.ekphrastic.net
The Ekphrastic Review
the ekphrastic review: visual art and writing, ekphrastic poetry, ekphrastic flash fiction, ekphrastic prose, ekphrastic essays, writing and literature responding to visual art
www.ekphrastic.net
September 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I have a new story up @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social. Thanks to the team there and to @sfreligh.bsky.social for the Hopperroebics inspiration!
www.ekphrastic.net
www.ekphrastic.net
Guess I need to check my socials more often. Thank you @mattkendrick.bsky.social !
September 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Guess I need to check my socials more often. Thank you @mattkendrick.bsky.social !