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3 times a year Flash Fiction Award. £1460 prize fund. Anthology. Founded in 2015. 32nd Award results out now. 33rd Award open. Judge Writer and writing tutor . Alison Woodhouse Closes June 7th 2026

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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 3h
With 4 days to go to our 34th Award deadline, the first writer to name the title of the missing anthology &what Is on the cover wins a free entry to BFFA. Reply here www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/09/bffa...
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BFFA anthologies! Mini contest
There are ten BFFA anthologies altogether (available from Amazon. All links to Amazon on different countries at adhocfiction.com) containing stories from the 31 Awards we have run since 2015. But t…
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One week and one day till our 34th Award ends on Sunday Oct 4th at midnight GMT. £1460 prize fund. Double and triple entries reduced. Results out by end of Oct. Judge award winning writer & teacher @jmgatford.bsky.social Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
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Fiery Glowing Number 1
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flashficfestuk.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Book for The Great Festival Flash Off! A trio of online days, 24th Oct, 28th Nov, 9th Jan 11.00 am to 6.3O pm London Time. Each day,two 60 min workshops & one 90 min workshop, flash fiction readings, a mini writing contest with prizes, yoga for writers. £35 each. £90 for 3. Flashfictionfestival.com
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fionajanemack@bsky.social @fionajanemack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm thrilled by and grateful for this fabulous review of Ancestral Virgins Part One from book blogger @TBHONEST_UK "Ancestral Virgins is brilliant. It draws you in from the very first page and has you hooked." 🙌🙌🙌 tbhonest.co.uk/2026/09/20/a...
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Ancestral Virgins by Fiona J Mackintosh has you hooked from the first page -
Ancestral Virgins is the first book in a new series from author Fiona J Mackintosh.
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What? Is it this time already? The deadline for the latest £1400 prize fund BFFA is coming round again Closes Sun 4th Oct. Just under TWO weeks. For up to 300 word micros. All 50 longlisted writers are offered publication in our 2026 anthology. Results end Oct. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
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Colorful Neon Number 2
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Your boyfriend begs you to go back to the car. It isn’t safe. You’re too exposed. What about wildfires?" Do read this stunning piece by @tomljanovic.bsky.social which I picked as my winner for the @welkinpress.bsky.social Earth Prize. A true gem!
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"I know you want me to sing that here, in the translucent shell of my body, live the soft sighs of angels." Do read this beautifully lyrical marvel from @sarahillswrites.bsky.social picked by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social as the winner of the @welkinpress.bsky.social Body Prize.
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
"As everyone followed their light to the woods, I concertinaed my constricting womb, tried to hold in our baby." Do read this speculative micro from Jo Withers picked by @mynachang.bsky.social as the winner of the @welkinpress.bsky.social Firefly Prize.
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
FYI, 10% discount on my short-fiction editing services for the rest of August. 🙂 All the details here: prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/the-editor...
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Happy National Lighthouse Day
Alt: A red and white striped lighthouse whose beacon is swirling around
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"And you, champagne-haired in the new sunlight, weltered in the coincidence of meeting in a city neither of us belonged to" A beautiful and resonant micro from Amy Luxton to round off the Welkin Genre Prize 2026. Do give it a read!
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Gillian O’Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Matt is a brilliant editor and his prices are SO reasonable.
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flashficfestuk.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Congratulations to the Winners of the When the Title of The Story Is the Story festival contest www.flashfictionfestival.com/festival-coa...
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Festival Coaster Competition Winners!
We had an excess of coasters (pictured here) for the bar at the flash fiction festival and somebody (I think it was team member Sara Hills) had the good idea of running a festival contest for a sto…
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flashficfestuk.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Congratulations to the winners of the festivalPokrass prize who wrote to prompt from @megpokrass.bsky.social Meg judged the prize which was announced at the festival. You can read their wonderful stories here www.flashfictionfestival.com/pokrass-priz...
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Pokrass Prize 2026 Winners
Thank you to Meg Pokrass for again supplying prompts and image and judging the 2026 Pokrass prize which was announced at the festival. Anyone who came to the festival was eligible to enter and ther…
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Catherine Ogston @catherineogston.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Too cloudy here for the eclipse but my @bathflashaward.bsky.social anthology arrived and last week my copies of the Fish anthology were delivered. 🌥️🐟🗺️
A collage of two anthology covers and a partial shot of a flash fiction piece.
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flashficfestuk.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thank you everyone who donated prizes & bought tickets at the festival raffle. There’s a photo gallery from the festival on this oat too. Such happy times! www.flashfictionfestival.com/news/
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Anne Howkins @anneh23.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Delighted with myl Flash Fiction Festival book haul featuring @bathflashaward.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social @alimcg.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social @scooterwriter.bsky.social @vanessageb.bsky.social and a few more 😊
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Jo Gatford @jmgatford.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
So, so excited to be judging the next @bathflashaward.bsky.social (deadline 4 Oct). I want to read your flashes! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/08/q-a-...
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Q & A with Jo Gatford, Judge 34th Award
Jo Gatford is an award-winning writer, editor and mentor. Her short fiction has been selected for the Wigleaf Top 50, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfictions, and published in 70+ anthologies and l…
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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
👇 🎨 ➕ ⚡️ w/ 🧨 recommendations from @stillsquirrel.bsky.social = 😍
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flashficfestuk.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The Flash Fiction Anthology Vol eight and the BFFA anthology Vol 10, How to Fold a World Map back from the printers and ready to go to the festival where they’ll be launched with readings & given to contributors attending. We’re posting off the others
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flashficfestuk.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
And here are the 3 winning novellas in flash from the 2026 Bath NIF awards back from the printers, looking gorgeous and ready to go the the flash fiction festival, two weeks today! You can buy from Amazon. Check out AdHocFiction.com for links worldwide
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Nick Black @fuzzynick.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🎂 Today's the 4th anniversary of my book being published by Ad Hoc Fiction @bathflashaward.bsky.social (who did a beautiful job with it, including the design.)🎂 For one day only, the UK price is, a pound per year, just £4, inc P&P! www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26752117... #amwriting #flashfiction #booksky
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'Positive and Negative' by Nick Black ,⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️-reviewed short stories book | eBay UK
“Dystopian, anarchic, witty, subversive – a Nick Black story is instantly recognisable and never to be forgotten. This collection of his flash fiction zings with energy and knife-sharp voices that both disturb and disarm, but there is also a haunting gentleness that will linger with you long after you put the book down.
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Thank you to everyone on the short and longlists who has accepted publication in our 2026 anthology. So many brilliant stories as beautiful as a summer garden
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Mega Congrats to our 5winners in the 33rd Award chosen by @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social 1st, @anneh23.bsky.social 2nd, David Swann 3rd,Cecilia Maddison Highly commended @sarahillswrites.bsky.social Highly commended @Katehorsleywriter.Bsky.social Read their fab stories on bathflashfictionaward.com
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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
‘I couldn’t care less about the state of the road, the paragraphs he expends on pocks, ruts, and the heat…’ Such evocative details in this new flash from @sarahillswrites.bsky.social, highly commended in @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🚌 www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/high...
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Highly Commended, BFFA, June 2026
Nao Yare Nbadi Yonni by Sara Hills My husband is on a bus outside Bolgatanga, windows open to red dust, chickens and goats strapped to the roof, when he first hears the song. The one he says remind…
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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
‘The holy souls blow litter and lost dreams down Albemarle Street tonight.’ Love the cast of characters that mark this one. Cecilia Maddison, third place in @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🌫️ www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/thir...
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Third Prize BFFA June 2026
Albermarle Street by Cecilia Maddison The holy souls blow litter and lost dreams down Albemarle Street tonight. Sylvia slumbers in the fluorescent frame of a bus shelter, snug amongst her bin bag b…
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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
‘The hangers rattled inside him, and sometimes he stopped to press a hand against his chest, to steady the contents.’ Gorgeous from David Swann in @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🧱 www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/seco...
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Second Prize BFFA, June 2026
Damage by David Swann Everywhere, I saw Dad in the decaying chapel. A crack tilted drunkenly sideways. Ominous blotches riddled the rafters. My Granddad, Hammond, sat beside me, clacking mints. Mys…
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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
‘…an eighty pound package of spraytan and Instant Freeze Hairspray, guitar-string-tight when she stands on our hands.’ Just love that final image. @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social in @bathflashaward.bsky.social 📣 www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/high...
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Highly Commended BFFA June 2026
The Siren Squad Tries a New Flyer by Kate Horsley This girl Mackenzie’s new to Echo Lake High, an eighty pound package of spraytan and Instant Freeze Hairspray, guitar-string-tight when she stands …
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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June 2026 Round Up
We received 984 flash fictions on this occasion. Thanks very much to everyone who entered. The interesting stats this time are that we had almost half and half new people and returning writers ente…
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Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Aww, this is such lovely news!! All the thanks to judge @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social for commending my story. Huge congrats to the winners (for their fabulous flashes—wow!), & congratulations to everyone on the SL & LL; I'm so proud to be in the next anthology with you. 🎉❤️ @bathflashaward.bsky.social
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Anne Howkins @anneh23.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
To say I'm stunned is an understatement, still pinching myself, and will be for weeks! Huge thanks to the Bath team for and @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social for believing in my little egg-wife, and to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for his support and advice.
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Congratulations to Anne Howkins first prize winner in our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/firs...
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First prize BFFA June 2026
The egg-wife easy-jogs to market by Anne Howkins smoothing through the mossy-cushioned lanes. She catches the auspiciousness of a day when the midsummer sun and full moon nod to each other — pocket…
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Congratulations David Swann, second prize In our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/seco...
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Second Prize BFFA, June 2026
Damage by David Swann Everywhere, I saw Dad in the decaying chapel. A crack tilted drunkenly sideways. Ominous blotches riddled the rafters. My Granddad, Hammond, sat beside me, clacking mints. Mys…
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Congratulations Cecilia Maddison Third Prize in our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/thir...
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Third Prize BFFA June 2026
Albermarle Street by Cecilia Maddison The holy souls blow litter and lost dreams down Albemarle Street tonight. Sylvia slumbers in the fluorescent frame of a bus shelter, snug amongst her bin bag b…
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Comgratulations Kate Horsley highly commended in our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/high...
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Highly Commended BFFA June 2026
The Siren Squad Tries a New Flyer by Kate Horsley This girl Mackenzie’s new to Echo Lake High, an eighty pound package of spraytan and Instant Freeze Hairspray, guitar-string-tight when she stands …
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Congratulations Sara Hills Highly Commended In our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/high...
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Highly Commended, BFFA, June 2026
Nao Yare Nbadi Yonni by Sara Hills My husband is on a bus outside Bolgatanga, windows open to red dust, chickens and goats strapped to the roof, when he first hears the song. The one he says remind…
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Coming very very soon the results of our 33rd Award Stay tuned!
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flashficfestuk.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
It will be available at the festival and given to contributors there too
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Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Getting giddyingly close… 😬
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flashficfestuk.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Excited that the 2025 Flash Fiction Festival Anthology Is now published ready for this year’s festival where it will be launched with readings! We’re back to red again. It’s the first of the new rainbow series www.flashfictionfestival.com/published-no...
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Joanna Campbell @joannacampbell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
@adhocfiction.bsky.social have published The Hilltop Hour, my new novella-in-flash, a runner-up in the 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award! Many grateful thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social and @bathflashaward.bsky.social
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Here It is at last — How to Fold a World Map the 2025 BFFA anthology containing stories from the 3 2025 awards Copies will be posted to contributors soon. Thanks everyone for your patience www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/bath...
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The 3 winners of the 2026 BFFA NIF Award now published in paperback on Amazon worldwide. Congrats to winner Victoria Melekian & runners up @joannacampbell.bsky.social & @bsherm36.bsky.social Novellas also for sale at flashfictionfestival.com www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/bffa... ...
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BFFA 2026 Novella-in-Flash Winners published!
We’re thrilled to announce that the winning novellas-in-flash from the 2026 Novella in Flash Award are now published on Amazon worldwide in paperback. Winner: Unhoused by Victora Melekian fro…
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flashficfestuk.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Fingers crossed for cooler weather at the festival weekend! In the meantime, here’s a showcase of 2 books for sale in the fest bookshop (picture last year) The Neverlands by @downith.bsky.social & Salt City Runaway by @gilloshaughnessy.bsky. www.flashfictionfestival.com/two-more-boo...
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Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I honestly don't know what to say. I've written so little this year and didn't for one second imagine my story might move on to the SL. I'm in a state of thrilled disbelief, so now I'm going to go hide under my desk. 😂 Very excited to be in the anthology, and with so many writers I deeply admire. 🙏❤️
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Abigail Williams @abbywilliams.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Ah - the end of the line for my little story but fun while it lasted. Good luck to all those on the shortlist 🤞
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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
OMG 😭 I’ve somehow managed to make it onto the shortlist…! Best of luck to everyone still in the running, and everyone that longlisted ❤️ Eeeeee, this is a bit exciting…! 🙃
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Salena Casha @salenacasha.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Very rarely does the first message in my inbox bear good news!! Champagne all around for my fellow top twenty survivors - also, regardless of longlist / shortlist, this anthology is going to be a banger.
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Anne Howkins @anneh23.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Whoop whoop, my little one's still there 🥳
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Ali McGrane @alimcg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
End of the line for my story, but big congrats to all the shortlisters! 🎉🎉🎉
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Emily Devane @devaneemily.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
End of the line for my story - but very happy to be in the anthology. Congratulations, and good luck, to everyone on the shortlist 🎉🤞.
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