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Sarah Barnett @boogawriter.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Goodness, I haven't written anything for months. So good to see this back out there ❤️

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Retreat West / WestWord @retreatwest.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The WestWord prize is closing soon! You have until 31st March to send us your best flash fictions. Make us laugh, cry, give us goosebumps! retreatwest.submittable.com/submit/30300...

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Writers! Spread the word! Uncanny Magazine will be open for Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from March 24-28. www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

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Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Submissions for short fiction, flash prose, micro series, and poetry currently open! Submissions are always free. variantlit.com/submit/

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Our Spring Pop-Up sub call opens April 1st for flash fiction up to 1000w 🦝 Here are some prompts for the theme of COLLECTORS and COLLECTIONS inspired by the song, Jar of Hearts. We'll share more prompts in the coming days. All sub call details here: trashcatlit.com/flash-pop-up...

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The Propelling Pencil @proppencil.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Great news - our Spring Charity Flash Fiction competition is now OPEN! @judehwriter2.bsky.social is our Guest Judge and our charity for this round is @cftrustuk.bsky.social 500 words, £170 in prizes, deadline 27 April Details are here thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-... Send your best!

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Sarah Barnett @boogawriter.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Great that you got that far, well done 👏 I sent three and all got nowhere, failed at the Seasons entry too (I've never once made the anthology cut 😭), but I got highly commended in last year's micro comp, so I'll hold on to that 😀

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

SUBS ARE OPEN! 🦝 Our charity print anthology subs are now open until 30th June. Theme is "treasure in unexpected places". We want your short fiction up to 2500 words. Details here: trashcatlit.com/the-bin-coll... Trash Cat's wants and prompts here: trashcatlit.com/2025/02/19/t...

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The Bin Collection

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! Our tagline is “the unexpected place for treasured words” and for this, our first print anthology of short fiction, we want you to embrace that concept and give us…

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Paragraph Planet @paragraphplanet.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

When not uploading your stories, i occasionally write…take a look at the trailer for ‘Talking Rubbish’ in the tweet below, would appreciate any reposts, shares etc

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Retreat West / WestWord @retreatwest.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Well done to our selected writers for the April edition of WestWord! Submissions have now opened for our August edition and we want your stories on the theme of GOLD westword.substack.com/p/the-illusi...

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The Illusion Edition Writers

Plus submissions open for August edition...

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Our charity anthology subs open in 9 days. Trash Cat has written a post about what we are hoping to see, what we mean by "unexpected places" and "treasure" 🦝 There are also some wordy and image prompts. trashcatlit.com/2025/02/19/t... The sub call: trashcatlit.com/the-bin-coll... #SubmissionCalls

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

We're now open to microfiction of up to 400 words. Do please check out our guidelines by following the link #microfiction #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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Sarah Barnett @boogawriter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Lovely to see I'm on the list 😊 This has been a close but no cigar story a few times, so 🤞

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Retreat West / WestWord @retreatwest.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

There's just over a week left to enter our annual Hermit Crab Prize! With Hermit Crab maestro @avitusbcarle.bsky.social sitting in the judge's chair. Full details on how to enter (and to see last year's winners for a spot of inspiration) can be found online westword.substack.com/p/hermit-cra...

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Hermit Crab Prize

One of the best things about flash fiction, is the innovation inherent in these tiny stories.

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Sarah Barnett @boogawriter.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Love the way this comes full circle 👏

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Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Submissions to Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine are free and open all year long! www.doorisajarmagazine.net/submissions We especially want to get more visual art, short plays, and book reviews! Send us your best today! #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #art #drama #bookreviews #writingcommunity

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Submissions

Door is a Jar is a print and digital literary magazine of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, drama, art and book reviews. Our publication focuses on writing that is accessible for all readers.

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Reminders! Reminders! General submissions (also multiple submissions) closing on Feb 15, reopening May 11. The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction is open for entries now until May 10. Grand Prize: $2500! Paid Feedback submissions open, reading for the Sept issue. We're rooting for you.

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Identity Theory @identitytheory.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Send us your micro. Micro can mean a poem up to 9 lines or a prose piece up to 500 words. We nominate for Best Small Fictions and Best Microfiction. No fascist bootlickers allowed.

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Micro Submission Guidelines - Identity Theory

Thank you for your interest in publishing your micro in Identity Theory. We thoughtfully read, consider, and discuss all submissions. Qualifying micros

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Sarah Barnett @boogawriter.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I remember this one. I loved reading it again ❤️

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The #WelkinPrize is over for another year 😥 but hopefully the glow of these amazing stories will linger for a good while yet. If you've not read them all yet, or you'd like to read them again, or read the dazzlers from 23 or 24, you can catch them all here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

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Welkin Stories | MattKendrick.co.uk

Prize-winning stories from The Welkin Writing Prize.

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

It's time to submit to @lostballoon.bsky.social! We're open through Feb 7! lost-balloon.com/submit/

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Submit

See our submission guidelines here.

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Submissions to our anthology on the theme of SEASONS (up to 500 words) and entries to our Micro Fiction Competition (no theme, up to 100 words) close a fortnight today. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

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Sarah Barnett @boogawriter.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Congratulations! Yours was my favourite 😍

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Anyone still wanting to vote for the People's Prize, you've got just six hours left to get your votes in (note that the deadline is 15:00 GMT TODAY!) There are currently just FOUR votes separating the top four in the voting, so your votes could make all the difference 😬🤩😶‍🌫️

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Hello beautiful friends. @lostballoon.bsky.social will open on Saturday for the first time in 2025. We need your art and your words, now more than ever. We're only open for the first week of Feb, April, June, Aug and Oct! Plan accordingly and send us your best. lost-balloon.com/submit

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Submit

See our submission guidelines here.

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Retreat West / WestWord @retreatwest.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Just over 24 hours left to submit to the April 2025 edition of WestWord. The theme is ILLUSION and we want your micros, flashes and short stories. Quick!

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Submissions

To find out what kind of stories we like, please read our previous editions.

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Your daily reminder to vote for the People's Prize if you haven't already done so. There are only a handful of votes separating the top four, so every vote counts!

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Erin Bondo @erinbondo.com · 26/01/2025

Incredibly difficult to choose just three to vote for the People's Prize, every shortlisted story has been a little beacon of light through these dark January days. Congrats to everyone!

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

A reminder that our submissions open Saturday 1st Feb for the Spring General Issue. We want your REPRINTS, your preloved stories. All the details here: trashcatlit.com/spring-2025/ #SubmissionCalls #FlashFiction

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Jennifer McMahon @jmcm.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

We are OPEN for submissions, right now, seeking prose, flash fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction until January 31st! www.frazzledlit.com/p/submissions

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Submission Guidelines

We will be open for submissions for our Spring Warmer issue from 9:00am on January 21st to 5:00pm January 31st, 2025.

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Time flies!! Don’t miss out! Cash prizes for the winners and Highly Commended in our micro comp & 2 authors from our anthology subs (theme of SEASONS) will receive prizes of £50 if they are picked as our editors’ favourites!

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Bristol Short Story Prize @bristolshortstory.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

You have ELEVEN days left to submit your short story(ies) up to 4000 words to the Bristol Short Story Prize! Publication and prizes to everyone on the short list! Full details at bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk -- please share!

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Sarah Barnett @boogawriter.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Congratulations and good luck. I've placed a couple of times in this comp but never made the prize.

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Frazzled Lit *Closed for Submissions* @frazzledlit.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

We're actually terrified of the Frazz Bird here at times. And now they've got a hand, who knows what they'll get up to 😆 Best do as they say! Opening on the 21st. We'd love to see lots of your words dropping in. See www.frazzledlit.com for new institutions on how to sub.

You! Yes you! We open on the 21st. Submit.

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