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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Thank you so much to EIC Steph Liberatore and *all* the staff at @inshortlit.bsky.social for this incredible nomination. This is an essay very close to my heart, and it's an honor to have it recognized like this. inshortjournal.com/dawn-tasaka-...

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Congrats to all our Best American Essays nominees!! Check out all their pieces at inshortjournal.com!

Best American Essays Nominees

Kyoko Mori, “What We Wore Together”
Ira Sukrungruang, “Boy + Gun”
Dawn Taska Steffler, “Bra Shopping”
Brian McGuigan, “Crack”
Sue William Silverman, “The Long Road Out of Eden”

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Looking back on Issue 3!! Today we are reviewing Flash (1000 words or fewer). Read the full pieces at the link in our bio!

In Short Issue Three Flash
Includes: lessons from mothers, powerful final lines, things left unsaid, all 1000 words or less

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Deb Fenwick @debfenwrites.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

So honored to be included in the inaugural issue of a journal that uplifts flash nonfiction and receive the recognition from Best American Essays. Thanks, In Short!

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Congrats to contributor, @debfenwrites.bsky.social, whose “Escape Route,” from Issue 1 was listed as Notable in Best American Essays ‘25! Congrats, Deb 🎉🎉 Read it here: inshortjournal.com/deb-fenwick/

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

📢 ONE MONTH left to submit! We close for submissions on Nov. 30 or whenever we reach our 300-sub cap in each category. Send us your: ✔️flash cnf (< 1,000 words) ✔️micros (< 400) ✔️short-shorts (< 100) We can’t wait to read your work 🖤 inshortjournal.com/in-short-hom...

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In Short is an independent literary journal for flash nonfiction at every length. We publish creative nonfiction of 1,000 words or fewer, micros of 400 words or fewer, and short-shorts of 100 words or...

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

It’s spooky season so perhaps you’d enjoy my piece about the Rapture and organ donations 😀🫀

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Looking back on Issue 3!! Today we are reviewing the Micros (400 words or fewer). Read the full piece at Inshortjournal.com!

In Short Issue 3
Themes: Superhero punches, terrible conversations, grief, all 400 words or fewer

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Want a submissions secret? 🤫 We get way fewer short-short and micro submissions than flash, so if you want to increase your chances, why not give one of those a try? Here’s a short-short from Issue 3 we love by @ezhang77.bsky.social inshortjournal.com/elena-zhang-2/

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Elena Zhang

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Happy #FlashFriday! Today’s feature is “Man-Sized Boots” by @brandihandley24.bsky.social . We love its structure, its lines. And boy did it resonate: t.co/TZ13lROCKy

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Love seeing our contributors IRL! @darbyprice.bsky.social read from her new collection—including [Terrible is the punishment of the Lord] from Issue 3 of In Short!—at the 804 Lit Salon in DC last weekend. Read it here: t.co/qKZMNdJPpH

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

As we gear up for Issue 4 of In Short we are going to take a look back at the past issues; starting with the Short-Shorts of Issue 3! Read full pieces as inshortjournal.com

In Short Issue 3

Themes: motherhood, loss, immigration, all 100 words or fewer

Short-Shorts

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Did you know that we publish 100-word CNF? We call them “short-shorts”! And today’s feature is @melissahung.bsky.social’s “Border Crossings, Macau to Hong Kong, 1957.” We love its long, breathless sentence with an ending that cuts like a 🔪 inshortjournal.com/melissa-hung/

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Melissa Hung

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Meet the In Short team! For more information about how to join our team and more of our members please visit our website.

Graphic of Editor-in-Chief: Steph Liberatore

What do you love about flash nonfiction?
"I Love flash's accessibility. It gave me a writing career when a writing career felt impossible."

A Piece from In Short that you love?
"Impossible to choose just one! Deb Fenwick's "Escape Route" in Issue 1 is the first piece we ever accepted. And I still remember the way it hit me: like a beautiful punch in the gut."

Favorite Author?
"Tie between Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Melissa Febos"

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

We love your work, Sean! Best of luck and thank you for sharing with us 😊

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

We're so excited to announce our nominees for the 2026 Best of the Net anthology! Stay tuned for a look into these great works 📸

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We are officially open for submissions through November 30th!! What are you going to send? 📸

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

ONE WEEK! Send us your: ✔️Flash cnf (1,000 words or fewer) ✔️Micros (400 or fewer) ✔️Short-shorts (100 or fewer) Submissions open Sept. 30-Nov. 30. Art Credit: Camellia Paul

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Today’s featured piece from Issue 3 is @mehpoeting.bsky.social's micro, “The Quiet Part.” This one had us from the title, and the structure, the use of the |, and all the things the narrator doesn’t have to say aloud, had us 👀 Read it here: inshortjournal.com/matthew-e-he...

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Matthew E Henry

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Today’s featured piece is Sue Silverman's “The Long Road Out of Eden.” We love the worm in the narrator’s strawberry, the perfect objective correlative. Read Sue’s piece, an excerpt from her new book Selected Misdemeanors here: inshortjournal.com/sue-william-...

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Sue William Silverman

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Starting today, we are sharing one piece from Issue 3 we love & why to help you get your subs ready! Today’s featured piece is “Crack” by Brian McGuigan. We read this flash out loud in my 456 class and then sat in stunned silence a while after. inshortjournal.com/brian-mcguig...

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Brian McGuigan

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Dr. Matthew E. Henry (MEH) @mehpoeting.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

"The Quiet Part," a bit of micro creative nonfiction, was just published in the latest from @inshortlit.bsky.social inshortjournal.com/matthew-e-he...

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Matthew E Henry

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

It’s Saturday & there’s a new issue of @inshortlit.bsky.social, which means that you can now read this micro piece about how my mom didn’t want to be an organ donor because of the Rapture. Thanks to Steph Liberatore for giving this piece the best home! 🙏 inshortjournal.com/darby-price/

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Hello Bluesky! We are so excited to start posting content over here as well as our Instagram and X account! More to come soon ;)

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