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New Flash Fiction Review is an online magazine devoted to flash fiction. Read more: https://newflashfiction.com
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New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · 9d
Send us your bold, imaginative, weird, wonderful stories - we are here for them. Just a reminder:

500 words max
Free to enter
We read anonymously
Deadline 15 Jan

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Submission Guidelines | New Flash Fiction Review
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Thank you to all the wonderful writers who have trusted us with your work. We are reading through the subs and will be in touch.
nffr.bsky.social New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · 9d
Send us your bold, imaginative, weird, wonderful stories - we are here for them. Just a reminder:

500 words max
Free to enter
We read anonymously
Deadline 15 Jan

newflashfiction.com/submit/
Submission Guidelines | New Flash Fiction Review
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January 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Send us your bold, imaginative, weird, wonderful stories - we are here for them. Just a reminder:

500 words max
Free to enter
We read anonymously
Deadline 15 Jan

newflashfiction.com/submit/
Submission Guidelines | New Flash Fiction Review
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January 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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Join us in celebrating the two NFFR stories by @jackmmorris.bsky.social and @writesofkathryn.bsky.social chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!

Links to their stories here:
newflashfiction.com/ernst-is-com...

newflashfiction.com/a-few-words-...

Thanks to the editors @dseuss.bsky.social, Meg & Gary!
January 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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And we're open! Send us your bold, imaginative, weird, wonderful stories - we are here for them. Just a reminder:

500 words max
Free to enter
We read anonymously
Deadline 15 Jan
January 1, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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claudiamonpere.bsky.social
The long hallways of my arms, where sometimes, I swear I can feel their footsteps, where I look down and expect to see the skin rise up, something pushing against me from the inside." Brilliant unforgettable winning story@karaoakleaf.bsky.social @nffr.bsky.social
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Body as a Single-Family Home | Issue #39
My ribcage must be the foyer, all high ceilings and wasted space and a place for the air to circulate. Small voices echoing off the walls of my lungs.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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We will be open for submissions 1 to 15 Jan. For inspiration, read our winning stories from last issue by @karaoakleaf.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @belindarowe.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social @theodora.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social

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Issue 39: 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize | New Flash Fiction Review
Featuring new work by Belinda Rowe, Jaime Gill, Emily Rinkema, Theodora Sutcliffe, Kara Oakleaf, Leigh Ann Ruggiero, Kathryn Silver-Hajo, Brigid M. Hughes, and Jess Richards
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December 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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karaoakleaf.bsky.social
“I asked Dad once, What goes on in Olive’s head? He said, Believe whatever thing seems nicest.”

leigh ann ruggiero’s “iron shoes” in @nffr.bsky.social 🤍

newflashfiction.com/iron-shoes/
Iron Shoes | Issue #39
My parents, Olive, and I arrive at Uncle Don’s Memorial cookout after a day spent laying flowers at graves.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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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!

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.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
nffr.bsky.social
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!
nffr.bsky.social New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 13
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...
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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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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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
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nffr.bsky.social
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...
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
nffr.bsky.social
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...
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
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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
nffr.bsky.social
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...
September 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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abliterary.bsky.social
Love this new flash fiction piece from Andrew Graham Martin! newflashfiction.com/dorothy-by-a...
September 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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danbillyc.bsky.social
"Although he was nothing like the Leaders of Men, he’d changed in many ways and she no longer spoke to him with candour or humour."

I really love how @sagreene1.bsky.social put this brilliant story together! In the always wonderful @nffr.bsky.social 💙💙💙
September 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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danbillyc.bsky.social
"You are at a concert. The man with the razor-honey voice knows your fire. He’s been singing about it for decades."

Wow! This extraordinary piece of writing by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social 💙💙💙
newflashfiction.com/i-know-somed...
I Know Someday You’ll Have a Beautiful Life by Sumitra Singam | Issue #38
Your sixteen-year-old body feels a spark—indecent, unladylike. The guitar licks the flames eager. You can see the disapproving faces of your parents.
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September 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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mizuki-yama.bsky.social
"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.
pleomorphic2.bsky.social Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Sep 1
@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
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"[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
nffr.bsky.social New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 2
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...
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September 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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"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
nffr.bsky.social New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 2
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...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: 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 8:10 PM
nffr.bsky.social
"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
nffr.bsky.social New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 2
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...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: 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 8:07 PM
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nffr.bsky.social
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...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
nffr.bsky.social
"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
nffr.bsky.social New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 2
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...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
nffr.bsky.social
"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
nffr.bsky.social New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 2
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...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
nffr.bsky.social
"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
nffr.bsky.social New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 2
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...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM