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Get Ready for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize | New Flash Fiction Review
Our annual flash contest will be open for submissions September 15 to October 15. Grant Faulkner will judge this year's entries.
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Thanks to all the writers who entered our 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize. We have enjoyed reading your work and are assembling a longlist to send to our judge for this competition, @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social. Best of luck!
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Thanks to all the writers who entered our 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize. We have enjoyed reading your work and are assembling a longlist to send to our judge for this competition, @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social. Best of luck!
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Get Ready for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize | New Flash Fiction Review
Our annual flash contest will be open for submissions September 15 to October 15. Grant Faulkner will judge this year's entries.
newflashfiction.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Thanks to all the writers who entered our 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize. We have enjoyed reading your work and are assembling a longlist to send to our judge for this competition, @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social. Best of luck!
newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...
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Still open for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize - deadline 15 Oct so 2 weeks to polish and shine! Loving the entries so far 😍
500 words
Winner $250
Two runners-up $100 each
Entry fee $10
We read anonymously
Check out the interview with judge @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social and good luck!
500 words
Winner $250
Two runners-up $100 each
Entry fee $10
We read anonymously
Check out the interview with judge @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social and good luck!
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...
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...
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Still open for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize - deadline 15 Oct so 2 weeks to polish and shine! Loving the entries so far 😍
500 words
Winner $250
Two runners-up $100 each
Entry fee $10
We read anonymously
Check out the interview with judge @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social and good luck!
500 words
Winner $250
Two runners-up $100 each
Entry fee $10
We read anonymously
Check out the interview with judge @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social and good luck!
Delighted to announce our nominations for Best of the Net - @jackmmorris.bsky.social for "Ernst is coming home" and @kateaxeford.bsky.social for "The truths behind a pumpkin dare, Northern Alberta, 3rd July, 1991"
Best of the Net 2025 #BOTN #flashfiction
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Best of the Net 2025 #BOTN #flashfiction
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And the Best of the Net Nominees are... | New Flash Fiction Review
Congratulations to this year's Best of the Net nominees!
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October 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Delighted to announce our nominations for Best of the Net - @jackmmorris.bsky.social for "Ernst is coming home" and @kateaxeford.bsky.social for "The truths behind a pumpkin dare, Northern Alberta, 3rd July, 1991"
Best of the Net 2025 #BOTN #flashfiction
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Best of the Net 2025 #BOTN #flashfiction
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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.”
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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...
Get Ready for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize | New Flash Fiction Review
Our annual flash contest will be open for submissions September 15 to October 15. Grant Faulkner will judge this year's entries.
newflashfiction.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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...
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...
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...
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...
Get Ready for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize | New Flash Fiction Review
Our annual flash contest will be open for submissions September 15 to October 15. Grant Faulkner will judge this year's entries.
newflashfiction.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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...
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...
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New Flash Fiction Review Prize @nffr.bsky.social (Fiction; pays) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
Re-opening: New Flash Fiction Review Prize
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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September 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
New Flash Fiction Review Prize @nffr.bsky.social (Fiction; pays) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
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...
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...
September 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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...
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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Love this new flash fiction piece from Andrew Graham Martin! newflashfiction.com/dorothy-by-a...
September 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Love this new flash fiction piece from Andrew Graham Martin! newflashfiction.com/dorothy-by-a...
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"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.
This story by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social is so beautiful and wonderfully alive.
@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...
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"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.
This story by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social is so beautiful and wonderfully alive.
"[This story is based on] the aftermath of my father-in-law’s death. Though the rituals were performed for thirteen days, the tenth day was very emotional. That was when we said a final good-bye to the departed soul. That night my mother-in-law was made to sleep alone."
Vijayalakshmi Sridhar #NFFR
Vijayalakshmi Sridhar #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
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September 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"[This story is based on] the aftermath of my father-in-law’s death. Though the rituals were performed for thirteen days, the tenth day was very emotional. That was when we said a final good-bye to the departed soul. That night my mother-in-law was made to sleep alone."
Vijayalakshmi Sridhar #NFFR
Vijayalakshmi Sridhar #NFFR
"I have a very strange brain that associates everything back to numbers. Numbers are immensely soothing to me as a person who grew up with a bewildering sensory, emotional and interpersonal world. Numbers never trip you up, they never do anything unexpected."
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social #NFFR
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
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newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
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September 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"I have a very strange brain that associates everything back to numbers. Numbers are immensely soothing to me as a person who grew up with a bewildering sensory, emotional and interpersonal world. Numbers never trip you up, they never do anything unexpected."
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social #NFFR
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social #NFFR
"A few months ago my toddler pointed to her closet and told us there were ghosts in there. When you’re a new parent, you spend an inordinate amount of time trying to decode your child's statements. With this story, I tried my best to cast this fleeting moment in plaster."
Andrew Martin #NFFR
Andrew Martin #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
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newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
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September 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"A few months ago my toddler pointed to her closet and told us there were ghosts in there. When you’re a new parent, you spend an inordinate amount of time trying to decode your child's statements. With this story, I tried my best to cast this fleeting moment in plaster."
Andrew Martin #NFFR
Andrew Martin #NFFR
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Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
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September 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
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"For flash fiction, there’s a messy, resonant moment that usually comes to mind as inspiration. With such a tight word count, the tension has to be created from the first sentence, sustained through the slice of story, and end with an ambiguity that isn’t too frustrating."
Elana Lavine #NFFR
Elana Lavine #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
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newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"For flash fiction, there’s a messy, resonant moment that usually comes to mind as inspiration. With such a tight word count, the tension has to be created from the first sentence, sustained through the slice of story, and end with an ambiguity that isn’t too frustrating."
Elana Lavine #NFFR
Elana Lavine #NFFR
"In the US there have been attempts to censor everything, including the weather, and I was looking at the website for NOAA, one of the federal agencies under attack, and came across a list of meteorological terms, and that gave me the shape for the final story."
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social #NFFR
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
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newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
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September 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"In the US there have been attempts to censor everything, including the weather, and I was looking at the website for NOAA, one of the federal agencies under attack, and came across a list of meteorological terms, and that gave me the shape for the final story."
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social #NFFR
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social #NFFR
"Despite my difficulty with numbers, I find them comforting. My first son was born early and had to gain weight to catch up. Recently, I found the log of times I’d fed him and how much he’d had. The numbers would just float away if I didn’t write them down immediately."
Rebecca Klassen #NFFR
Rebecca Klassen #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
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newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Despite my difficulty with numbers, I find them comforting. My first son was born early and had to gain weight to catch up. Recently, I found the log of times I’d fed him and how much he’d had. The numbers would just float away if I didn’t write them down immediately."
Rebecca Klassen #NFFR
Rebecca Klassen #NFFR
"The origin of 'Lights out at Ten' is a documentary about long-term mental health patients. While some were fully institutionalised, others talked reflectively about their old lives and seemed to be holding on to a sense of self. I thought that was an interesting headspace."
Neil James #NFFR
Neil James #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
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newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"The origin of 'Lights out at Ten' is a documentary about long-term mental health patients. While some were fully institutionalised, others talked reflectively about their old lives and seemed to be holding on to a sense of self. I thought that was an interesting headspace."
Neil James #NFFR
Neil James #NFFR
"Writing is a form of resistance. It might not feel like what you’re writing is important in the face of all that’s happening in the world, but always remember there’s a reason fascists burn and ban books. Words are powerful."
@sagreene1.bsky.social #NFFR
@sagreene1.bsky.social #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
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newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"Writing is a form of resistance. It might not feel like what you’re writing is important in the face of all that’s happening in the world, but always remember there’s a reason fascists burn and ban books. Words are powerful."
@sagreene1.bsky.social #NFFR
@sagreene1.bsky.social #NFFR
"Writing is engagement with the things and people that anxiety yearns for you to turn away from. I’m the last person to give advice about writing, but to write during anxious times is, paraphrasing Didion, to tell the stories we need in order to live."
@mitchellgauvin.bsky.social #NFFR
@mitchellgauvin.bsky.social #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
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September 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Writing is engagement with the things and people that anxiety yearns for you to turn away from. I’m the last person to give advice about writing, but to write during anxious times is, paraphrasing Didion, to tell the stories we need in order to live."
@mitchellgauvin.bsky.social #NFFR
@mitchellgauvin.bsky.social #NFFR
"If your cup is feeling empty, find something that fuels your creative soul. Read everything you can get your hands on. Spend time with people you love. Writing will always be there waiting for you when you’re ready to come back to it."
Great advice from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social #NFFR
Great advice from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
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September 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"If your cup is feeling empty, find something that fuels your creative soul. Read everything you can get your hands on. Spend time with people you love. Writing will always be there waiting for you when you’re ready to come back to it."
Great advice from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social #NFFR
Great advice from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
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Thanks to the editors at @nffr.bsky.social for publishing my weather story, thanks to @louellalester.bsky.social for the cloud photo, and thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for sharing it! 💙
“You’re pretty cumulus,” said my boyfriend, the meteorologist, and I asked if he meant I was heavenly.
Great use of form and structure (ABDCE) from @writesofkathryn.bsky.social in this brilliant piece in @nffr.bsky.social :
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Great use of form and structure (ABDCE) from @writesofkathryn.bsky.social in this brilliant piece in @nffr.bsky.social :
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A Few Words about the Weather by Kathryn Kulpa | Issue #38
1. Cloud Cover: “You’re pretty cumulus,” said my boyfriend, the meteorologist, and I asked if he meant I was heavenly.
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September 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Thanks to the editors at @nffr.bsky.social for publishing my weather story, thanks to @louellalester.bsky.social for the cloud photo, and thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for sharing it! 💙
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‘…because we were just friends, good friends who made out sometimes on Thursdays after happy hour when I was too buzzed to drive.’
Gorgeous details in this new flash from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social 🥃
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Gorgeous details in this new flash from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social 🥃
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Thursdays Smell Like You by Ashleigh Adams | Issue #38
They smell like orange peel and oaky bourbon, same as your breath after three Old Fashioneds.
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September 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
‘…because we were just friends, good friends who made out sometimes on Thursdays after happy hour when I was too buzzed to drive.’
Gorgeous details in this new flash from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social 🥃
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Gorgeous details in this new flash from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social 🥃
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