Jude Higgins
@judehiggins.bsky.social
Flash Fiction writer — runs Bath Flash Fiction Award, directs short fiction press, Ad Hoc Fiction, & Flash Fiction Festivals U.K.
Over at bathflashfictionaward.com, it’s the final day of the £1460 prize fund 26th Award judged by writer and teacher Susmita Bhattacharya. And it’s the last minute club. There’s a badge for last minute entrants!
February 4, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Over at bathflashfictionaward.com, it’s the final day of the £1460 prize fund 26th Award judged by writer and teacher Susmita Bhattacharya. And it’s the last minute club. There’s a badge for last minute entrants!
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Look what Santa brought!
Haibun A Writer's Guide ! Published by #AfHocFiction &
@judehiggins.bsky.social
Haibun A Writer's Guide ! Published by #AfHocFiction &
@judehiggins.bsky.social
December 26, 2023 at 4:37 PM
Look what Santa brought!
Haibun A Writer's Guide ! Published by #AfHocFiction &
@judehiggins.bsky.social
Haibun A Writer's Guide ! Published by #AfHocFiction &
@judehiggins.bsky.social
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So grateful for this news! Huge thanks for @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social @vanwinkle.bsky.social for believing in this book. And thanks for the shout out @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social 💙🙂💙
Congratulations, @danbillyc.bsky.social! Blur is cited as one of the best new books of 2023. #flashfiction #litcommunity
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December 3, 2023 at 4:23 PM
So grateful for this news! Huge thanks for @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social @vanwinkle.bsky.social for believing in this book. And thanks for the shout out @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social 💙🙂💙
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"But what if we fracture our goals? With any piece of writing, I set myself at least ten goals."
I really appreciate reading this superb piece by @mattkendrick.bsky.social this morning! A much needed boost of encouragement, excellent insights, and a link to Matt's brilliant story! 💙💙💙
I really appreciate reading this superb piece by @mattkendrick.bsky.social this morning! A much needed boost of encouragement, excellent insights, and a link to Matt's brilliant story! 💙💙💙
My final newsletter of the year is about the R word (yes, that one!), pondering "not-acceptances" and how to deal with them, trying to find some wisdom in my recent mega-run of 59 NQAs: prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/the-r-word
#WritingCraft #FlashFiction #AmWriting
#WritingCraft #FlashFiction #AmWriting
December 4, 2023 at 2:42 PM
"But what if we fracture our goals? With any piece of writing, I set myself at least ten goals."
I really appreciate reading this superb piece by @mattkendrick.bsky.social this morning! A much needed boost of encouragement, excellent insights, and a link to Matt's brilliant story! 💙💙💙
I really appreciate reading this superb piece by @mattkendrick.bsky.social this morning! A much needed boost of encouragement, excellent insights, and a link to Matt's brilliant story! 💙💙💙
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Exactly 4 weeks left to submit to Flash Fiction February so please start perfecting your stunning flashes because we would love to read them. Word count 200-850w, deadline Dec 31st #microfiction #flashfiction #callforsubmissions. Guidelines below fictivedream.com/guidelines-2/
Flash Fiction February 2024
Flash Fiction February, now in its seventh year, is an annual event during which we will feature a new piece of flash fiction throughout February 2024. That’s a new story every day starting on 1 Feb...
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December 4, 2023 at 10:50 AM
Exactly 4 weeks left to submit to Flash Fiction February so please start perfecting your stunning flashes because we would love to read them. Word count 200-850w, deadline Dec 31st #microfiction #flashfiction #callforsubmissions. Guidelines below fictivedream.com/guidelines-2/
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Some year-end thank yous and a writing retrospect on my website. Grateful to the writing community for all of your support!
www.jacquelinedoyle.com/whats-new/so...
[Photo by Wilhelm Gunkel on Unsplash]
www.jacquelinedoyle.com/whats-new/so...
[Photo by Wilhelm Gunkel on Unsplash]
December 4, 2023 at 9:52 PM
Some year-end thank yous and a writing retrospect on my website. Grateful to the writing community for all of your support!
www.jacquelinedoyle.com/whats-new/so...
[Photo by Wilhelm Gunkel on Unsplash]
www.jacquelinedoyle.com/whats-new/so...
[Photo by Wilhelm Gunkel on Unsplash]
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"His voice was the fullness and domineering weight of a double bass."
So many brilliant details in this piece by @catherineobrien.bsky.social! Thanks so much for sharing @samrasnake.bsky.social 💙💙💙
So many brilliant details in this piece by @catherineobrien.bsky.social! Thanks so much for sharing @samrasnake.bsky.social 💙💙💙
“At the bottom of a starless alley, in the mellow light of a bar lounge perched atop a mahogany stool, there is a songstress sporting a room-temperature smile. Outwardly, there is little evidence of the dark clouds...”
– Catherine O’Brien, Bending Genres
#FlashFiction
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– Catherine O’Brien, Bending Genres
#FlashFiction
bendinggenres.com/songstress/
Songstress
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December 6, 2023 at 4:23 PM
"His voice was the fullness and domineering weight of a double bass."
So many brilliant details in this piece by @catherineobrien.bsky.social! Thanks so much for sharing @samrasnake.bsky.social 💙💙💙
So many brilliant details in this piece by @catherineobrien.bsky.social! Thanks so much for sharing @samrasnake.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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If you live in West or East Sussex, near Steyning, then please join me on 22nd Nov, 7.30pm at The Steyning Bookshop. I'll be talking about short stories, with a reading & signing. £5 ticket includes a drink & £2 towards The Naming Of Moths. Details: rb.gy/c4m73W
November 5, 2023 at 12:52 PM
If you live in West or East Sussex, near Steyning, then please join me on 22nd Nov, 7.30pm at The Steyning Bookshop. I'll be talking about short stories, with a reading & signing. £5 ticket includes a drink & £2 towards The Naming Of Moths. Details: rb.gy/c4m73W
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Thank you to all who have submitted to Flash Fiction February 2024 so far. The subs window remains open until 31 Dec for your stunning stories (200-850w)#flashfiction #callforsubmissions. Please see our guidelines... fictivedream.com/guidelines-2/
Flash Fiction February 2024
Flash Fiction February, now in its seventh year, is an annual event during which we will feature a new piece of flash fiction throughout February 2024. That’s a new story every day starting on 1 Feb...
fictivedream.com
November 17, 2023 at 11:20 AM
Thank you to all who have submitted to Flash Fiction February 2024 so far. The subs window remains open until 31 Dec for your stunning stories (200-850w)#flashfiction #callforsubmissions. Please see our guidelines... fictivedream.com/guidelines-2/
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Just finished 'Finding a way' by @scooterwriter.bsky.social
So moving. Had to put it down when I first started reading, as grief was too close. But loved this #NovellaInFlash. Heartbreaking in how it captures everyday grief from the family's POV.
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So moving. Had to put it down when I first started reading, as grief was too close. But loved this #NovellaInFlash. Heartbreaking in how it captures everyday grief from the family's POV.
bookshop.adhocfiction.com/index.php?ma...
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November 6, 2023 at 11:26 PM
Just finished 'Finding a way' by @scooterwriter.bsky.social
So moving. Had to put it down when I first started reading, as grief was too close. But loved this #NovellaInFlash. Heartbreaking in how it captures everyday grief from the family's POV.
bookshop.adhocfiction.com/index.php?ma...
So moving. Had to put it down when I first started reading, as grief was too close. But loved this #NovellaInFlash. Heartbreaking in how it captures everyday grief from the family's POV.
bookshop.adhocfiction.com/index.php?ma...
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🙏 to all who tuned into How-to-Haibun - Flash Fiction Festival Online curated 💞 @judehiggins.bsky.social & 🏆🏆 @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social @dublinwriter.bsky.social who shared their 1st haibun
October 29, 2023 at 11:09 AM
🙏 to all who tuned into How-to-Haibun - Flash Fiction Festival Online curated 💞 @judehiggins.bsky.social & 🏆🏆 @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social @dublinwriter.bsky.social who shared their 1st haibun
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Issue 31 has arrived featuring amazing stories by @jackbedell.bsky.social, @courtneyclute.bsky.social, Giselle Gerbrecht, @judehiggins.bsky.social, Josie Kochendorfer, @joelhans.bsky.social, @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social, Imogen Rae, Max Steiner, & Cecilia Wright! #author #flashfiction
Issue 31 | New Flash Fiction Review
Issue 31 includes new work by Jack B. Bedell, Courtney Clute, Giselle Gerbrecht, Jude Higgins, Josie Kochendorfer, Joel Hans, Rosaleen Lynch, Imogen Rae, Max Steiner, and Cecilia Wright.
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November 1, 2023 at 12:27 PM
Issue 31 has arrived featuring amazing stories by @jackbedell.bsky.social, @courtneyclute.bsky.social, Giselle Gerbrecht, @judehiggins.bsky.social, Josie Kochendorfer, @joelhans.bsky.social, @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social, Imogen Rae, Max Steiner, & Cecilia Wright! #author #flashfiction
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"I change the sheets and warm some milk on the stove for him to drink. A sprinkle of sugar for sweetness, just like I make it for Mummy."
Wow, this remarkable piece of writing by @mlmcguinness.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Wow, this remarkable piece of writing by @mlmcguinness.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social 💙💙💙
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
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September 30, 2023 at 2:33 PM
"I change the sheets and warm some milk on the stove for him to drink. A sprinkle of sugar for sweetness, just like I make it for Mummy."
Wow, this remarkable piece of writing by @mlmcguinness.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social 💙💙💙
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Wow, this remarkable piece of writing by @mlmcguinness.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social 💙💙💙
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
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I am so grateful for this amazing and generous review of my #flash collection by Valerie Fox in @yivjournal.bsky.social 💙💙💙
"Blur, seamlessly goes back and forth between his characters’ pasts and presents, between calm and storm."
Valerie Fox reviews Blur by @danbillyc.bsky.social, out now from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social. #flash #author
Valerie Fox reviews Blur by @danbillyc.bsky.social, out now from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social. #flash #author
Little (Flash) Plays: <em>Blur</em> by Dan Crawley
Review by Valerie Fox – The flash fictions in Dan Crawley’s latest collection, Blur, seamlessly go back and forth between his characters’ pasts and presents, between calm and storm.
www.yourimpossiblevoice.com
October 3, 2023 at 4:50 PM
I am so grateful for this amazing and generous review of my #flash collection by Valerie Fox in @yivjournal.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Should anyone not know about @openculture.bsky.social they are just great - free online courses, free audiobooks, free films, free mini degree programs, free textbooks, free language lessons, weird stuff, fascinating clips of stuff and did I say free? Yes. Take a look
www.openculture.com
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October 3, 2023 at 6:21 PM
Should anyone not know about @openculture.bsky.social they are just great - free online courses, free audiobooks, free films, free mini degree programs, free textbooks, free language lessons, weird stuff, fascinating clips of stuff and did I say free? Yes. Take a look
www.openculture.com
www.openculture.com
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‘He isn’t mean or anything. He’s just always kind of room temperature.’ The ever brilliant @francinewitte.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social Fantastic #flashfiction
“…she tells him she lost another pearl earring, and can he please get her a replacement.” Pearl Earring by Francine Witte #flashfiction #flashfictionfriday fictivedream.com/2023/10/13/p...
Pearl Earring
by Francine Witte I’M LATE FOR SCHOOL, and my mother has made one of her big family breakfasts. She says we need solid food we can sink out teeth into, not like the fruit smoothies my father and I h...
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October 13, 2023 at 4:42 PM
‘He isn’t mean or anything. He’s just always kind of room temperature.’ The ever brilliant @francinewitte.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social Fantastic #flashfiction
Heading fast towards The Last Minute Club, on BathFlashAward Club open 8th Oct, final day. £1460 in prizes. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter And today Sat 7th we have the tradition of guessing the colour(s) of the Last Minute Club badge! Book prizes! Reply with choices. Results tomorrow.
Bath Flash Fiction Award
International Rolling Flash Fiction Competition
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October 7, 2023 at 5:01 PM
Heading fast towards The Last Minute Club, on BathFlashAward Club open 8th Oct, final day. £1460 in prizes. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter And today Sat 7th we have the tradition of guessing the colour(s) of the Last Minute Club badge! Book prizes! Reply with choices. Results tomorrow.
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We're open to #submissions and we'd love to read your #shortstories and #flashfiction so why not send us something with compelling details? Please follow the link for guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g.... Image by Giulio Magnifico #callforsubmissions #submissionsopen
September 30, 2023 at 10:06 AM
We're open to #submissions and we'd love to read your #shortstories and #flashfiction so why not send us something with compelling details? Please follow the link for guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g.... Image by Giulio Magnifico #callforsubmissions #submissionsopen
Very Excited to be hosting a Free evening of flashfiction readings at @stjamesvaults Bath, tonight 30th Sept 7.30 pm to 10.00 pm About 16 fab flash writers reading. Plus free nibbles, book sale of Ad Hoc Fiction books, raffle. fun! Do come with your friends!
September 30, 2023 at 7:33 AM
Very Excited to be hosting a Free evening of flashfiction readings at @stjamesvaults Bath, tonight 30th Sept 7.30 pm to 10.00 pm About 16 fab flash writers reading. Plus free nibbles, book sale of Ad Hoc Fiction books, raffle. fun! Do come with your friends!
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Thrilled that Chimera by Kerry Hadley-Pryce has been selected for Best British Short Stories 2023 (Salt Publishing). Congratulations, Kerry! Thank you @nicholasroyle.bsky.social for your fine choice!
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Chimera
by Kerry Hadley-Pryce THE SIGN FLASHED “Chimera” and you both made your way down the steps, and the first thing you saw was a couple, or maybe even three people, having sex against the wall opposi...
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September 25, 2023 at 12:23 PM
Thrilled that Chimera by Kerry Hadley-Pryce has been selected for Best British Short Stories 2023 (Salt Publishing). Congratulations, Kerry! Thank you @nicholasroyle.bsky.social for your fine choice!
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For our new pals - as well as any old ones who have been off Twitter and may not have seen:
Our Short Story Prize is currently open to submissions, and with four incredible judges. (We keep kicking ourselves, just looking at their names...). Closing date: Sep 30.
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Our Short Story Prize is currently open to submissions, and with four incredible judges. (We keep kicking ourselves, just looking at their names...). Closing date: Sep 30.
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
September 20, 2023 at 2:23 PM
For our new pals - as well as any old ones who have been off Twitter and may not have seen:
Our Short Story Prize is currently open to submissions, and with four incredible judges. (We keep kicking ourselves, just looking at their names...). Closing date: Sep 30.
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Our Short Story Prize is currently open to submissions, and with four incredible judges. (We keep kicking ourselves, just looking at their names...). Closing date: Sep 30.
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Congratulations to all the winners of the NYC 100 word story exciting contest! Proud to be have been one of the final 200 out of an original field of over 6000. Added bonus — my second round story has been accepted for MoonParkReview
September 22, 2023 at 8:55 PM
Congratulations to all the winners of the NYC 100 word story exciting contest! Proud to be have been one of the final 200 out of an original field of over 6000. Added bonus — my second round story has been accepted for MoonParkReview
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Congratulations to these remarkable writers 🎉🎈🎉 @smokelong.bsky.social
Issue 81 is live. Read these 12 amazing stories, including five of the best from all those we loved in A SmokeLong Summer. Thank you to everyone who makes this possible. https://www.smokelong.com/issue-eighty-one/
September 22, 2023 at 5:47 AM
Congratulations to these remarkable writers 🎉🎈🎉 @smokelong.bsky.social