Emily Devane
@devaneemily.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, editor, bookseller. Collector of oddities.
Words in various places, including Smokelong, Lost Balloon, Ellipsis, Best Microfiction & Ambit.
Words in various places, including Smokelong, Lost Balloon, Ellipsis, Best Microfiction & Ambit.
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Many congratulations to our winners! 5 brilliant stories selected by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social
1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social
Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com
1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social
Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com
Bath Flash Fiction Award
International Rolling Flash Fiction Competition
bathflashfictionaward.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Many congratulations to our winners! 5 brilliant stories selected by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social
1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social
Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com
1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social
Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com
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The Longlist is out, as chosen by the readers... Congratulations everyone!! An incredible selection! 🔥🔥🔥
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/oct-...
Very late in the day but at last our Oct 2025 Longlist. Congratulations to all. And apologies for the delay
Very late in the day but at last our Oct 2025 Longlist. Congratulations to all. And apologies for the delay
Oct 2025 Long List
Congratulations to all the authors who have made our Award long list and huge thanks to all who entered.Author names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share that you are on the long l…
www.bathflashfictionaward.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Longlist is out, as chosen by the readers... Congratulations everyone!! An incredible selection! 🔥🔥🔥
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This will no doubt be brilliant. @devaneemily.bsky.social is a wonderful writer and a wonderful teacher 👇
Later today, I'll be talking specificity in this online workshop for the fine folk at Smokelong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social. It's not too late to join me 👇
www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
The Art in the Detail: Specificity in Flash, September 27th! - SmokeLong Quarterly
In this webinar, Emily Devane will explore how to fine-tune your micros with the perfect words and details that stick in the reader’s mind long after the last sentence. Using examples and prompts, she...
www.smokelong.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This will no doubt be brilliant. @devaneemily.bsky.social is a wonderful writer and a wonderful teacher 👇
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For those across the Atlantic, a better value and probably more enjoyable than dinner out :)
Later today, I'll be talking specificity in this online workshop for the fine folk at Smokelong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social. It's not too late to join me 👇
www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
The Art in the Detail: Specificity in Flash, September 27th! - SmokeLong Quarterly
In this webinar, Emily Devane will explore how to fine-tune your micros with the perfect words and details that stick in the reader’s mind long after the last sentence. Using examples and prompts, she...
www.smokelong.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
For those across the Atlantic, a better value and probably more enjoyable than dinner out :)
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Last chance to sign up!
Later today, I'll be talking specificity in this online workshop for the fine folk at Smokelong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social. It's not too late to join me 👇
www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
The Art in the Detail: Specificity in Flash, September 27th! - SmokeLong Quarterly
In this webinar, Emily Devane will explore how to fine-tune your micros with the perfect words and details that stick in the reader’s mind long after the last sentence. Using examples and prompts, she...
www.smokelong.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Last chance to sign up!
Later today, I'll be talking specificity in this online workshop for the fine folk at Smokelong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social. It's not too late to join me 👇
www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
The Art in the Detail: Specificity in Flash, September 27th! - SmokeLong Quarterly
In this webinar, Emily Devane will explore how to fine-tune your micros with the perfect words and details that stick in the reader’s mind long after the last sentence. Using examples and prompts, she...
www.smokelong.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Later today, I'll be talking specificity in this online workshop for the fine folk at Smokelong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social. It's not too late to join me 👇
www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
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Please tell all your emerging-writer friends! Deadline December 15th! The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship Jan-June 2026! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellowship 2026 - SmokeLong Quarterly
For over a decade SmokeLong has supported emerging writers through The Kathy Fish Fellowship, later renamed The SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellowship. As we have grown, we’ve decided to offer...
www.smokelong.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Please tell all your emerging-writer friends! Deadline December 15th! The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship Jan-June 2026! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 shortlist – six books that ‘are all brilliantly written and brilliantly human’.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 shortlist – six books that ‘are all brilliantly written and brilliantly human’.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
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VERY excited to be joining forces with lovely and brilliant writer @devaneemily.bsky.social to host a writing workshop in our beautiful home town of #Ilkley! Join us on Saturday 8 November for Write Away: a morning of practical writing advice and inspiration 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-away...
Write Away: 3 hours of writing inspiration in Ilkley
Join writers Emily Devane and Andrea Mann for a writing workshop, with practical and inspiring prompts, tips and advice.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
VERY excited to be joining forces with lovely and brilliant writer @devaneemily.bsky.social to host a writing workshop in our beautiful home town of #Ilkley! Join us on Saturday 8 November for Write Away: a morning of practical writing advice and inspiration 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-away...
Exciting news! I'm delighted to be joining forces with talented & lovely screenwriter Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social) on this new venture.
On Saturday, 8 November, we'll be hosting Write Away, a mini writing retreat here in beautiful Ilkley: 3 dedicated hours for you and your writing! 👇
On Saturday, 8 November, we'll be hosting Write Away, a mini writing retreat here in beautiful Ilkley: 3 dedicated hours for you and your writing! 👇
September 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Exciting news! I'm delighted to be joining forces with talented & lovely screenwriter Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social) on this new venture.
On Saturday, 8 November, we'll be hosting Write Away, a mini writing retreat here in beautiful Ilkley: 3 dedicated hours for you and your writing! 👇
On Saturday, 8 November, we'll be hosting Write Away, a mini writing retreat here in beautiful Ilkley: 3 dedicated hours for you and your writing! 👇
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This month's round-up of freelance / indy workshops, courses and events, featuring brilliant-sounding stuff from @stillsquirrel.bsky.social @taniahershman.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @retreatwest.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social...
fromthecoursesmouth.substack.com/p/sept-oct-2...
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Sept / Oct 25: Upcoming courses, workshops & events
Here’s what’s coming up from your your friendly neighbourhood freelancers, lit mags and awesome independents over the next couple of months.
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August 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This month's round-up of freelance / indy workshops, courses and events, featuring brilliant-sounding stuff from @stillsquirrel.bsky.social @taniahershman.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @retreatwest.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social...
fromthecoursesmouth.substack.com/p/sept-oct-2...
fromthecoursesmouth.substack.com/p/sept-oct-2...
Come, get peculiarly specific with me in this online webinar with @smokelong.bsky.social, 27 September (1pm NYC/6pm GMT) 👇
September 27th at 1pm NYC, join SmokeLong and Emily Devane for a webinar on "The Art in the Detail: Specificity in Flash". www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
August 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Come, get peculiarly specific with me in this online webinar with @smokelong.bsky.social, 27 September (1pm NYC/6pm GMT) 👇
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'Irvine Welsh among literature festival's stars' BBC Online 🤩 @irvinewelsh.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Irvine Welsh among Ilkley Literature Festival stars
The events will showcase homegrown and global writers over 17 days in October.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
'Irvine Welsh among literature festival's stars' BBC Online 🤩 @irvinewelsh.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Our short story prize is open for submissions again! Please share this widely - and please send us your stories:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date 8 November!
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date 8 November!
Prize — Galley Beggar Press
www.galleybeggar.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Our short story prize is open for submissions again! Please share this widely - and please send us your stories:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date 8 November!
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date 8 November!
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A very flash review: Sara Hills, The Evolution of Birds, published by @adhocfiction.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
A very flash review: Sara Hills, The Evolution of Birds, published by @adhocfiction.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social
Writing is exhausting.
July 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Writing is exhausting.
A few FlashFicFest @flashficfestuk.bsky.social pics. Thanks, Jude & team, for a brilliant weekend. So much hard work went into it. Loved the workshops & panels, the impromptu walks & chats, the laughs, the tears, the hmmmmm-ing, the ⚡️⚡️ earrings, losing & finding things/people/words. A total blast!
July 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A few FlashFicFest @flashficfestuk.bsky.social pics. Thanks, Jude & team, for a brilliant weekend. So much hard work went into it. Loved the workshops & panels, the impromptu walks & chats, the laughs, the tears, the hmmmmm-ing, the ⚡️⚡️ earrings, losing & finding things/people/words. A total blast!
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Today is Spoonerism Day so here’s a list of the top ten best celebrity names when spoonerized…
10. Lude Jaw
9. Bathy Kates
8. Parah Salin
7. Hatt Mancock
6. Sandy Ravage
5. Him Tenman
4. Bean Sean
3. Shartin Meen
2. Rid Kock
1. Cradley Booper
10. Lude Jaw
9. Bathy Kates
8. Parah Salin
7. Hatt Mancock
6. Sandy Ravage
5. Him Tenman
4. Bean Sean
3. Shartin Meen
2. Rid Kock
1. Cradley Booper
July 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Today is Spoonerism Day so here’s a list of the top ten best celebrity names when spoonerized…
10. Lude Jaw
9. Bathy Kates
8. Parah Salin
7. Hatt Mancock
6. Sandy Ravage
5. Him Tenman
4. Bean Sean
3. Shartin Meen
2. Rid Kock
1. Cradley Booper
10. Lude Jaw
9. Bathy Kates
8. Parah Salin
7. Hatt Mancock
6. Sandy Ravage
5. Him Tenman
4. Bean Sean
3. Shartin Meen
2. Rid Kock
1. Cradley Booper
Big thanks to everyone who joined me for my Lost & Found session at this year's #flashficfest. Pictured: some of your creepy friends... I loved hearing your own lost & found stories. Do keep sharing them with me. Many thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social for inviting me 🙏.
July 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Big thanks to everyone who joined me for my Lost & Found session at this year's #flashficfest. Pictured: some of your creepy friends... I loved hearing your own lost & found stories. Do keep sharing them with me. Many thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social for inviting me 🙏.
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The next Art & Flash is July 21st.
This month’s featured artist is on a mission to make fine art more inclusive. She makes bright, unapologetic work that shares the kind of real-life stories not often seen in art galleries.
www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
#generativewritingworkshop #ekphrastic
This month’s featured artist is on a mission to make fine art more inclusive. She makes bright, unapologetic work that shares the kind of real-life stories not often seen in art galleries.
www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
#generativewritingworkshop #ekphrastic
July 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The next Art & Flash is July 21st.
This month’s featured artist is on a mission to make fine art more inclusive. She makes bright, unapologetic work that shares the kind of real-life stories not often seen in art galleries.
www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
#generativewritingworkshop #ekphrastic
This month’s featured artist is on a mission to make fine art more inclusive. She makes bright, unapologetic work that shares the kind of real-life stories not often seen in art galleries.
www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
#generativewritingworkshop #ekphrastic
Teddy has *thoughts* on the tennis.
June 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Teddy has *thoughts* on the tennis.
My review of Jonathan Taylor's prize-winning short story collection, 'Scablands and Other Stories' (Salt Publishing) is up on the Word Factory journal.
Managed to prise my copy from Teddy's clutches...
Managed to prise my copy from Teddy's clutches...
June 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
My review of Jonathan Taylor's prize-winning short story collection, 'Scablands and Other Stories' (Salt Publishing) is up on the Word Factory journal.
Managed to prise my copy from Teddy's clutches...
Managed to prise my copy from Teddy's clutches...
Don't miss this stunner by Gaynor Jones today - a micro in three devastating sentences 👇
Congrats 🥳🥳 to our June 4 Micro Madness winner Gaynor Jones – Oldham, UK
June 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Don't miss this stunner by Gaynor Jones today - a micro in three devastating sentences 👇
What a lovely surprise to see an old story getting another outing. Thanks for choosing 'Sometimes I think About Mrs Grozny' as one of your picks for this month's #Mondettes. In great company, too!
This month's #Mondettes picked by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why James made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/may-2025
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why James made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/may-2025
May 2025
Ten stories picked by James Montgomery
mondettes.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
What a lovely surprise to see an old story getting another outing. Thanks for choosing 'Sometimes I think About Mrs Grozny' as one of your picks for this month's #Mondettes. In great company, too!