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#flashfiction e-zine based in Ireland. Founded 2019. Bilingual. #Gaeilge & English. We love #microfiction too!

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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
We are on hiatus.
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
Our fifth anniversary issue is now live! 5 great flash 5 gorge micros 3 scéal iontach And an interview with Lydia Davis 💚 splonk.ie/splonk-all-i...
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 05/02/2024
We are open!! Our 5th anniversary issue! Send your flash & micros. Fáilte roimh obair as #Gaeilge 💚 #flashfiction #microfiction splonk.ie/submit/
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Splonk opens for Issue 11 - our fifth anniversary issue! - on February 5th for 2 weeks. We can't wait to read your gorgeous flash and micros! Guidelines here: splonk.ie/submit/
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
Congrats to our 2023-24 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees!
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
'Flash is somewhere to capture those stories that are barely stories, fleeting moments that could almost be ignored...' @sadhbhdevlin from Issue Ten. splonk.ie/2023/11/24/t...
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
'...the bigger, looming thing, condensed. Like a shot. Sudden, loud. It felt very powerful... What frustrates me about flash is getting that emotional snag right, the essence of what makes a reader pause and let it in. It’s so hard to capture.' #Adam Trodd, Issue Ten. splonk.ie/2023/11/24/t...
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The Splonk Five: Adam Trodd – Splonk
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 24/11/2023
Splonk Ten is here! An editors showcase featuring #adamtrodd & #sadhbhdevlin Two fab new stories. Two fab interviews. splonk.ie/splonk-all-i...
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Splonk 10 – Splonk
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
The first ever Irish language book of #flashfiction is out now from Splonk regular @gearoidinc.bsky.social with Comhar. Comhghairdeas ó chroí uainne! Read more here: splonk.ie/2023/11/23/l...
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
Splonk 10: We have two beautiful stories to share with you on Friday, in our new issue, an editors showcase. Check in on the 24th for gorgeous flashes & The Splonk 5 interviews from #adamtrodd & #sadhbhdevlin 💚 Splonk.ie
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Splonk – The Irish for Flash
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Our next issue - 10 - is a showcase of two of our fabulous Splonk editors AdamTrodd & Sadhbh Devlin. Watch out for Issue 10 on 24th November 💚 #splonk #splonkflash #AdamTrodd #SadhbhDevlin #flashfiction #Splonk10
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Flash deadline extended for Allingham comp. 6th Oct. €300 first prize. www.allinghamfestival.com/fiction-poet...
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
For Best of the Net 2024, Splonk is happy to nominate stories by Rick White & Cathy Ulrich, and artwork by Janice Leagra, from Issues 8 and 9. Congrats all! www.splonk.ie @ricketywhite.bsky.social @janiceleagra.bsky.social
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Katrina Kortright @katrinakortright.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
The 20 Sept word prompt for #mpotd (micro prompt of the day): FRAME. I'll post a prompt word/image. Write a micro using the word/inspired by the image. Use the hashtag #mpotd. Stay w/in 300 characters. *It helps if you quote post the prompt post instead of replying.* #writingprompt
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
Writing about Family in Creative Nonfiction with Shasta Grant, a SmokeLong webinar/peer-review/feedback event. Book now. Live webinar 9/30, with peer-review workshop following. www.smokelong.com/product/writing-a…
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Writing about Family in Creative Nonfiction with Shasta Grant - SmokeLong Quarterly
How can you balance the considerations and privacy of the actual people you’re writing about while also fully developing characters on the page? What is more important: fact or emotional truth? What...
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 30/08/2023
Anne Enright cutting through the nonsense, as usual www.breakingnews.ie/lifestyle/fo...
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Former Booker prize-winner Anne Enright on missing out on a nomination this year | BreakingNews.ie
The award-winning writer reveals how she views the competition. By Hannah Stephenson.
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 29/08/2023
Afterglow is just a week away! The first of eight webinar/workshop/feedback events from SmokeLong starts September 9. Workshop with SmokeLong this fall. The summer was never enough. www.smokelong.com/afterglow-20...
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Afterglow 2023 - The Summer is not Enough - SmokeLong Quarterly
This fall SmokeLong is offering a series of events combining webinars, peer-review workshopping, and feedback from the webinar presenters for those of you who want to extend the summer into the autumn...
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Sam Rasnake @samrasnake.bsky.social · 28/08/2023
On writing: 114. “But I write because I like words. I suppose if I liked stone I might carve. I like words. I like reading. I notice particular words. That sets me off.” – AS Byatt #writing
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 28/08/2023
Irish writers - Fictive Dream wants your work 💚 fictivedream.com?fbclid=PAAaY...
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Nuala O'Connor @nualaoconnor.bsky.social · 22/08/2023
A micro comp spotted on insta #flashfiction
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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 19/08/2023
Huge thanks to Shome Dasgupta for posting this on the other site: "Here are some literary journals opening up for submissions at some point in September! Genres vary—please note that some of these journals have fees & that these are all tentative dates."
Open to submissions: New England Review, Southern Review, Crab Creek Review, Bayou Magazine, Foglifter, A Public Space, Harupur Palate, Apricity Magazine, Juniper, Cincinnati Review, American Short Fiction, Kweli Journal, Passages North, Hunger Mountain, Aboreal Literary Magazine, Brevity, Gettysburg Review, Cortland Review, Waxwing, Rougarou, Willow Springs, The Journal, LIT, River Teeth, Glassworks Magazine, Rust & Moth, Booth, Grain Magazine, Wigleaf, Kenyon Review, The MacGuffin, Southhampton Review, Roanoke Review, AGNI
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 21/08/2023
Want some free writing resources for your Monday morning? I have lots of free stuff on my website, both my own and treasure troves you can dig in to from elsewhere: Resources | MattKendrick.co.uk #writers #flashfiction
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Resources | MattKendrick.co.uk
Free resources from Matt Kendrick.
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Katrina Kortright @katrinakortright.bsky.social · 18/08/2023
Here's the 18 August image prompt for micro prompt of the day. I'll post a prompt word or image. Write a micro using the prompt word or inspired by the image. Use the hashtag #mpotd. Stay w/in 300 characters. *It helps if you repost the prompt post.* #writingprompt Photo Credit: Jean Gaumy
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 17/08/2023
Our own @mariegethins.bsky.social is teaching a #flashfiction course at the Irish Writers Centre in November. Online, so everyone can join :) irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/playi…
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 17/08/2023
Cúrsa nua do lucht na Gaeile ag an Irish Writers Centre i mBÁC. irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/merid…
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 17/08/2023
Read our latest issue - Issue 9 - at the link, it includes a fantastic interview with NZ-based writer Michelle Elvy. splonk.ie/splonk-9
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New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · 17/08/2023
Don't miss this "Fulfilling" flash story by @fionamckay.bsky.social appearing in issue 30! #flash #author
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Fulfilling by Fiona McKay | Issue #30
Kate is not ‘imagining it’. There are small tufts of pale fluff on her neck, and no, it’s not ‘just a tissue in the washing machine’ as John suggests. There’s nothing drifting off his shir...
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Splonk @splonk.bsky.social · 17/08/2023
We're here and you can read all about us on our site splonk.ie
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