Sharon Telfer
@sharontelfer.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Keeps things short.
Here (mostly) to share #FlashFiction, #ShortStories, writing community.
My flash fiction collection, The Map Waits, is published by Reflex Press: https://www.reflex.press/product/the-map-waits/
Here (mostly) to share #FlashFiction, #ShortStories, writing community.
My flash fiction collection, The Map Waits, is published by Reflex Press: https://www.reflex.press/product/the-map-waits/
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Submissions to our anthology & micro comp are now closed. Many thanks to everyone who submitted — we had quite a flurry of entries in the last day!
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February 16, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Submissions to our anthology & micro comp are now closed. Many thanks to everyone who submitted — we had quite a flurry of entries in the last day!
2 hours to go. Time to make your mind up about that comma and send your entry in!
Final day for submissions! We are open till 23:59 TODAY, Sunday 15 Feb. Thanks to everyone who has submitted so far 😊
Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
2 hours to go. Time to make your mind up about that comma and send your entry in!
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Final day for submissions! We are open till 23:59 TODAY, Sunday 15 Feb. Thanks to everyone who has submitted so far 😊
Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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February 15, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Final day for submissions! We are open till 23:59 TODAY, Sunday 15 Feb. Thanks to everyone who has submitted so far 😊
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Lots of last minute entries this evening! Well done to all those still subbing! Just under 3 hours to go!
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February 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Lots of last minute entries this evening! Well done to all those still subbing! Just under 3 hours to go!
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Yes, you *do* still have time to get your #FlashFiction entry in to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social 2026 anthology call & micro comp.
But you'd better get a shift on.
All submission bridges drawn up at 23:59 (GMT), TODAY, 15 FEB.
Enter through the website: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
But you'd better get a shift on.
All submission bridges drawn up at 23:59 (GMT), TODAY, 15 FEB.
Enter through the website: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
National Flash Fiction Day
Save the Date: we're celebrating the next National Flash Fiction Day on 13 June 2026!
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February 15, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Yes, you *do* still have time to get your #FlashFiction entry in to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social 2026 anthology call & micro comp.
But you'd better get a shift on.
All submission bridges drawn up at 23:59 (GMT), TODAY, 15 FEB.
Enter through the website: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
But you'd better get a shift on.
All submission bridges drawn up at 23:59 (GMT), TODAY, 15 FEB.
Enter through the website: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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Very busy at NFFD towers. Diane is very chilled with a glass of red, doing lots of admin. And she’s celebrating GB getting its third gold in the winter olympics (unheard of). You too can be a winner! Just send us your flash by 23:59 GMT TODAY!!!
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February 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Very busy at NFFD towers. Diane is very chilled with a glass of red, doing lots of admin. And she’s celebrating GB getting its third gold in the winter olympics (unheard of). You too can be a winner! Just send us your flash by 23:59 GMT TODAY!!!
Yes, you *do* still have time to get your #FlashFiction entry in to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social 2026 anthology call & micro comp.
But you'd better get a shift on.
All submission bridges drawn up at 23:59 (GMT), TODAY, 15 FEB.
Enter through the website: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
But you'd better get a shift on.
All submission bridges drawn up at 23:59 (GMT), TODAY, 15 FEB.
Enter through the website: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
National Flash Fiction Day
Save the Date: we're celebrating the next National Flash Fiction Day on 13 June 2026!
www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Yes, you *do* still have time to get your #FlashFiction entry in to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social 2026 anthology call & micro comp.
But you'd better get a shift on.
All submission bridges drawn up at 23:59 (GMT), TODAY, 15 FEB.
Enter through the website: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
But you'd better get a shift on.
All submission bridges drawn up at 23:59 (GMT), TODAY, 15 FEB.
Enter through the website: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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“I keep telling young people: keep a diary, get a camera, learn to print your own photos. Don’t put it all in your phone, because everything in your phone belongs to someone else."
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‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform
She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever
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February 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
“I keep telling young people: keep a diary, get a camera, learn to print your own photos. Don’t put it all in your phone, because everything in your phone belongs to someone else."
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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7 hours & counting ... All submission bridges drawn up at 23:59 (GMT).
Yes, you *do* still have time to get your #FlashFiction entry in to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp. But you'd better get a shift on.
Enter through the website: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
Yes, you *do* still have time to get your #FlashFiction entry in to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp. But you'd better get a shift on.
Enter through the website: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
7 hours & counting ... All submission bridges drawn up at 23:59 (GMT).
Yes, you *do* still have time to get your #FlashFiction entry in to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp. But you'd better get a shift on.
Enter through the website: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
Yes, you *do* still have time to get your #FlashFiction entry in to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp. But you'd better get a shift on.
Enter through the website: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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Tick tock, folks. Get them in while you still have time.
Final day for submissions! We are open till 23:59 TODAY, Sunday 15 Feb. Thanks to everyone who has submitted so far 😊
Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Tick tock, folks. Get them in while you still have time.
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Hurry! Hurry! Last day to get your entries over the bridge for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries 👇 Closes 23:59 (GMT) TODAY, 15 Feb. Anthol: max 500 words, theme BRIDGES; micro comp, max 100 words, no theme. Don't leave your precious #FlashFiction stuck on the wrong side
It’s the final day to sub to our Anthology & Micro Comp. Thanks to everyone who has subbed so far 😊
Submissions are open till 23:59 TODAY, Sunday 15 Feb!
Submissions are open till 23:59 TODAY, Sunday 15 Feb!
Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Hurry! Hurry! Last day to get your entries over the bridge for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries 👇 Closes 23:59 (GMT) TODAY, 15 Feb. Anthol: max 500 words, theme BRIDGES; micro comp, max 100 words, no theme. Don't leave your precious #FlashFiction stuck on the wrong side
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February 15, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Tyneside morning, 1950, photo by Harry Morrison.
Hurry! Hurry! Last day to get your entries over the bridge for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries 👇 Closes 23:59 (GMT) TODAY, 15 Feb. Anthol: max 500 words, theme BRIDGES; micro comp, max 100 words, no theme. Don't leave your precious #FlashFiction stuck on the wrong side
It’s the final day to sub to our Anthology & Micro Comp. Thanks to everyone who has subbed so far 😊
Submissions are open till 23:59 TODAY, Sunday 15 Feb!
Submissions are open till 23:59 TODAY, Sunday 15 Feb!
Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Hurry! Hurry! Last day to get your entries over the bridge for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries 👇 Closes 23:59 (GMT) TODAY, 15 Feb. Anthol: max 500 words, theme BRIDGES; micro comp, max 100 words, no theme. Don't leave your precious #FlashFiction stuck on the wrong side
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It’s the final day to sub to our Anthology & Micro Comp. Thanks to everyone who has subbed so far 😊
Submissions are open till 23:59 TODAY, Sunday 15 Feb!
Submissions are open till 23:59 TODAY, Sunday 15 Feb!
Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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February 15, 2026 at 7:56 AM
It’s the final day to sub to our Anthology & Micro Comp. Thanks to everyone who has subbed so far 😊
Submissions are open till 23:59 TODAY, Sunday 15 Feb!
Submissions are open till 23:59 TODAY, Sunday 15 Feb!
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Which is your greater love - your Valentine or your #FlashFiction?
Indeed! So you'll be dedicating today to your @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries, so they sparkle like diamonds.
We're waiting breathlessly to read them. But time is ticking. Don't break our hearts!
Indeed! So you'll be dedicating today to your @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries, so they sparkle like diamonds.
We're waiting breathlessly to read them. But time is ticking. Don't break our hearts!
Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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February 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Which is your greater love - your Valentine or your #FlashFiction?
Indeed! So you'll be dedicating today to your @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries, so they sparkle like diamonds.
We're waiting breathlessly to read them. But time is ticking. Don't break our hearts!
Indeed! So you'll be dedicating today to your @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries, so they sparkle like diamonds.
We're waiting breathlessly to read them. But time is ticking. Don't break our hearts!
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I've just sent my micro to the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social micro competition. Guess I must love #FlashFiction more than my Valentine 🐷💕📚
Which is your greater love - your Valentine or your #FlashFiction?
Indeed! So you'll be dedicating today to your @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries, so they sparkle like diamonds.
We're waiting breathlessly to read them. But time is ticking. Don't break our hearts!
Indeed! So you'll be dedicating today to your @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries, so they sparkle like diamonds.
We're waiting breathlessly to read them. But time is ticking. Don't break our hearts!
Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I've just sent my micro to the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social micro competition. Guess I must love #FlashFiction more than my Valentine 🐷💕📚
Which is your greater love - your Valentine or your #FlashFiction?
Indeed! So you'll be dedicating today to your @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries, so they sparkle like diamonds.
We're waiting breathlessly to read them. But time is ticking. Don't break our hearts!
Indeed! So you'll be dedicating today to your @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries, so they sparkle like diamonds.
We're waiting breathlessly to read them. But time is ticking. Don't break our hearts!
Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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February 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Which is your greater love - your Valentine or your #FlashFiction?
Indeed! So you'll be dedicating today to your @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries, so they sparkle like diamonds.
We're waiting breathlessly to read them. But time is ticking. Don't break our hearts!
Indeed! So you'll be dedicating today to your @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries, so they sparkle like diamonds.
We're waiting breathlessly to read them. But time is ticking. Don't break our hearts!
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Just today & tomorrow to get your subs into our micro comp (up to 100 words, no theme) & our anthology (theme of BRIDGES, up to 500 words). Subs open till 23:59 on 15 Feb! Cash prizes & publication! More details here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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February 14, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Just today & tomorrow to get your subs into our micro comp (up to 100 words, no theme) & our anthology (theme of BRIDGES, up to 500 words). Subs open till 23:59 on 15 Feb! Cash prizes & publication! More details here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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Last year we held our anthology launch in Bath, UK. This year, to enable more people to participate, we will hold our launch on Zoom! It should be fun, with a chance to ‘meet’ other flash writers from around the globe! You can read how to sub here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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February 13, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Last year we held our anthology launch in Bath, UK. This year, to enable more people to participate, we will hold our launch on Zoom! It should be fun, with a chance to ‘meet’ other flash writers from around the globe! You can read how to sub here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
The drawbridge will soon rise! But you still have a looong weekend to make those @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries sing 👇
Thx to everyone who's entered so far. My first print pub was in the NFFD anthology: if you're new to writing #FlashFiction it could be yours too!
Thx to everyone who's entered so far. My first print pub was in the NFFD anthology: if you're new to writing #FlashFiction it could be yours too!
Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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February 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The drawbridge will soon rise! But you still have a looong weekend to make those @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & micro comp entries sing 👇
Thx to everyone who's entered so far. My first print pub was in the NFFD anthology: if you're new to writing #FlashFiction it could be yours too!
Thx to everyone who's entered so far. My first print pub was in the NFFD anthology: if you're new to writing #FlashFiction it could be yours too!
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Thanks for the recommendation @sharontelfer.bsky.social in the interview for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social - what beautiful photos from @yorkswoldsweather.bsky.social !!
Late Afternoon On The Wolds. 4°C and heading home. Blackbirds in hedges.
February 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Thanks for the recommendation @sharontelfer.bsky.social in the interview for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social - what beautiful photos from @yorkswoldsweather.bsky.social !!
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Still need inspiration for our micro comp or anthology? Why not read Diane’s interviews with our editors & judges? If you scroll down in the link, you can read all five interviews. Subs are open till 23:59 GMT on Sunday 15th Feb.
www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Still need inspiration for our micro comp or anthology? Why not read Diane’s interviews with our editors & judges? If you scroll down in the link, you can read all five interviews. Subs are open till 23:59 GMT on Sunday 15th Feb.
www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
3 whole days (just) to polish that 500 word #FlashFiction (theme Bridges) or 100 word micro (no theme) for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social. Maybe even (just) to start writing if that idea won’t let go. Some great pointers here 👇🏼
Still need inspiration for our micro comp or anthology? Why not read Diane’s interviews with our editors & judges? If you scroll down in the link, you can read all five interviews. Subs are open till 23:59 GMT on Sunday 15th Feb.
www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
3 whole days (just) to polish that 500 word #FlashFiction (theme Bridges) or 100 word micro (no theme) for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social. Maybe even (just) to start writing if that idea won’t let go. Some great pointers here 👇🏼
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Every year, two people accepted for our anthology, are awarded prizes by our editors & receive £50 prizes. Last year the winners were Rebecca Field @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social & Gill O’Halloran @quickasaflash.bsky.social — if you enter by 15 Feb it could be you! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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February 11, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Every year, two people accepted for our anthology, are awarded prizes by our editors & receive £50 prizes. Last year the winners were Rebecca Field @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social & Gill O’Halloran @quickasaflash.bsky.social — if you enter by 15 Feb it could be you! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
Still time to enter: closing date 15 Feb. Go on - you know you want to!
Anthology: up to 500 words, theme Bridges; micro comp, up to 100 words, no theme. Check the NFFD website for full details.
Anthology: up to 500 words, theme Bridges; micro comp, up to 100 words, no theme. Check the NFFD website for full details.
Subs to our anthology continue to roll into our inbox from all over the globe. So far we’ve had subs from:
UK, India, Greece, Nigeria, Pakistan, USA, Ireland, The Netherlands, Turkey, Singapore, Australia, Denmark, Canada, UAE, Malta, France & Germany! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
UK, India, Greece, Nigeria, Pakistan, USA, Ireland, The Netherlands, Turkey, Singapore, Australia, Denmark, Canada, UAE, Malta, France & Germany! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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February 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Still time to enter: closing date 15 Feb. Go on - you know you want to!
Anthology: up to 500 words, theme Bridges; micro comp, up to 100 words, no theme. Check the NFFD website for full details.
Anthology: up to 500 words, theme Bridges; micro comp, up to 100 words, no theme. Check the NFFD website for full details.