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Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Thanks so much @natflashfictionday.bsky.social 🥰 So delighted to have a story nominated for the Pushcart Prize and another for Best Small Fictions! Such a boost and what great company to be in! Congrats to all my fellow nominees 👏

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bsherm36.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Woo hoo! Thanks @natflashfictionday.bsky.social and congrats everyone!

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Sarah Freligh @sfreligh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Nice to get good news whenever it lands.

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Debra Daniel @debdanthewriter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Amazing way to start the day. Big congrats to all nominees. Thanks to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social You can find these stories in anthologies Mudlarking and Monsoon.

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Martha Lane @marthawrites.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A gorgeous confidence boost!

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Patricia Bender @patriciabender.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Congratulations to all the nominees! 💐💐💐💐💐

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Erin Bondo @erinbondo.com · 10/10/2026

So pleased 'Doggerland' has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best Small Fictions, definitely the piece I am proudest of this year 🥰 Big congrats to all the other nominees and thanks to the NFFD team for the noms (and all that you do!!)

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

FlashFlood and The Write-In nominations will be announced in the next few weeks.

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

We are delighted to announce our National Flash Fiction Day Press nominations for the 2025 & 2026 NFFD seasons: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/20...

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Save the date! We’re excited to share that we will launch our 2027 anthology at The Birmingham & Midland Institute on NFFD (12 June), with a day of readings & workshops. Tickets will be available in the spring. Watch this space for details of our anthology theme, editors, etc. www.bmi.org.uk

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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just under 12 hours to go till our 34th Award closes at midnight GMT today 4th October. Busy, busy with last min entries (Thankyou) £1000 top prize. Results out by end Oct. Enter at bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Final day to enter our 34th Award! £1460 in prizes Judge @jmgatford.bsky.social Double and triple entries reduced. Up to 300 words. Thankyou to all the last minuters! Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fabulous interview with Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social — so many tips on submitting flash, particularly drawing on her experience as anthology editor for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social & her experience writing novellas-in-flash! Fab questions by Catherine Ogston!

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

www.goodreads.com/book/show/43... I was so thrilled today to receive another five star review for ‘Finding a Way’. ‘Finding a Way’ (Ad Hoc Fiction), was my first NIF & was published in 2019. It has over 50 ratings on Goodreads. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to rate it or review it 💐

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Finding a Way

In Finding a Way, Diane Simmons chronicles a family nav…

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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"After writhing rain twists the motorway into a black eel. After prophetic rain heralds the doorbell. After the grandfather clock metronomes your absence." Thank you 101 Words for publishing my little tale. And to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social for shortlisting it. share.google/UG5gWq61eKuu...

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Their Time Is Not My Time - 101 Words

After writhing rain twists the motorway into a black eel. After prophetic rain heralds the doorbell. After the grandfather clock metronomes your absence. After windows weep and black bins swallow unwa...

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... Thrilled to receive a 5 star review from @fionajanemack.bsky.social for my NIF ‘Bereft of Reason’.

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Bereft of Reason

Diane Simmons is an accomplished writer with an excelle…

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Lovely to meet up with @lunchontuesday.bsky.social in Cambridge recently. Much National Flash Fiction Day planning done! Watch this space 😊

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Short solo writing retreat, hope I brought enough to read. (With indie hits from @natflashfictionday.bsky.social @tcboudreau.bsky.social @splitlippress.com @aaronburch.bsky.social)

Stack of books (top to bottom): Wendell Berry, The Peace of Wild Things; Aaron Burch, A Kind of In-Between; Ada Limón, The Carrying; Timothy Boudreau, Love You Miss You Goodbye Forever; Angela Pelster, The Evolution of Fire; Ike & Judith Hanson Lasater, What We Say Matters; various, NFFD Anthology 2025; various, March Xness Anthology

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Always fun. Always a good read. I can't wait!

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Save the date! The next NFFD will be Saturday 12 June! Exciting things being planned!

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The odds of you winning a copy are looking pretty good at the moment! I’ll be drawing a name out of the hat (which hat has yet to be decided — it might be a hat for a boiled egg or a stetson).

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A wonderful NIF (runner up in Bath) by our artist-in-residence @joannacampbell.bsky.social — a wonderful read & an equally wonderful cover painted by Joanna herself!

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Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 16/08/2026

A bargain! Packed with fantastic flash, and my title story (in full: Mudlarking Under Richmond Bridge During The Annual Draw Off). Inspired by @londonmudlark.bsky.social’s fascinating finds.

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Don’t miss out on the chance to win a free copy of my NIF ‘William Prichard & Co’. I’ll be picking a name out of the hat next Saturday! UK ONLY.

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My novella-in-flash ‘William Prichard & Co’ is two years old today! To celebrate, I am giving away a copy. You can read more about the NIF on Goodreads & my website. If you would like to be in the draw, please repost & dm me. I will pick names out of the hat on Saturday 22 August. Sorry UK ONLY.

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Christine Collinson @collinson26.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My most recent publication from National Flash Fiction Day’s FlashFlood:

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Looking very tanned in the flash fiction festival bookshop. Thank you to everyone who bought any of my books. Thanks also for all your NFFD purchases & to @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social for the photo.

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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Great readings from the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology - incl a lack of teeth by @debdanthewriter.bsky.social romance from @ekmacdonald.bsky.social materialising aliens by @andylavender.bsky.social the chasm of dementia by @hilary55.bsky.social & hedgehogs by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social

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Matt Jakubowski (he/him) @mattjakubowski.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

What an amazing group of flash writers for the 2026 FlashFlood on @natflashfictionday.bsky.social. Thrilled to have been in my 1st FlashFlood! Many thanks to all the readers, editors, and coordinators for the immense effort they put in. flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/2026...

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2026 FlashFlood: The Complete List

In case you missed any of the pieces we appeared during the 2026 FlashFlood, here's an index to everything. Sadly, the 'Blog Archive' sideb...

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Getting ready for the flash fiction festival! My own books & NFFD’s. Many NFFD books are available for £5 & if you buy three (excluding this year’s), you get one free. I also have offers on my 5 NIFs 😊

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Ooh, not long to the flash fiction festival. Lots of exciting stuff going on! I’ll be in the bookshop selling NFFD books & my own. Come & say hello 😊😊

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

‘Left Waiting’, from my new novella ‘Bereft of Reason’ is going to be played this evening (Thursday) and Saturday evening on BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio Somerset between 6-8pm. You can listen on your radio or via the free BBC Sounds app.

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... Thank you, @alibacon.bsky.social for this 5 star review of ‘Bereft of Reason’!

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Diane Simmons is an accomplished writer with an excelle…

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Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

For anyone still on the fence or needing a deadline to make a decision (hello, I see you 😘), we have a few full-weekend and single-day places left. Bookings close end of day Friday 10th July. The weather looks great for camping if you want to bring a tent or caravan. @flashficfestuk.bsky.social ❤️🌞

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

@sarahillswrites.bsky.social will be an excellent editor!

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Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

So, a new chapter begins @natflashfictionday.bsky.social!! ⚡❤️Thanks & best wishes to the amazing outgoing editor @karjon.bsky.social for everything. And thanks to NFFD co-directors @scooterwriter.bsky.social & @lunchontuesday.bsky.social for having me. To be entrusted w/this is such an honor. 🙏❤️

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Suzanne (writing as S A Greene) @sagreene1.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Congratulations, Sara! You're gonna be brilliant at it!💐

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We are thrilled to announce that our new Anthology Editor is Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social — you can read more about Sara & read our thanks to our outgoing editor @karjon.bsky.social here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I've thoroughly enjoyed working with @natflashfictionday.bsky.social but it's time to hand over the reins to a new editor of the NFFD Anthology. Many thanks to all who submitted stories during my time as editor and best of luck to the new editor, who I know is going to have an amazing time.

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We’re very sad to announce that after editing 5 NFFD anthologies, our anthology editor Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social has decided to step down. Thank you Karen for all your hard work — you’ve been brilliant. We’ll be announcing our new anthology editor very soon! Watch this space.

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