Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social Writer, flash fiction writer, photographer. Author of 2 novels & 2 collections of flash. New novel out this spring. My flash pieces have been published in many lovely magazines. Mslexia flash fiction prize winner, 2024. Website: http://bronwengriff.co.uk/
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Lucy Mac @lucymacwrites.bsky.social Writer of flash and micros. Wannabe writer of children's fiction (WIP).
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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social Micro, flash, shorts, poetry
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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social Writer of ʎsɯᴉɥʍ pɹᴉǝʍ.
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Natalie Writes On @nataliewriteson.bsky.social Contest Goblin! Emerging writer. Current marketer.
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Connor Haines 🏳️⚧️ @connorwordsmith.bsky.social Lover of books and stories. Aspiring writer, especially in sci-fi and fantasy genres. Trans man (he/him)
Siân Griffiths @sbgriffiths.bsky.social Creative Writing Professor at Weber State University (opinions here are my own). Passionate about horses, dogs, dressage, and tennis.
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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social Bath Flash Fiction Winner • Smokelong Fellow • Storyknife • 2025 Best Small Fictions • Anthology of Rural Stories by Writers of Color • words in River Teeth Beautiful Things NWWQ Cutleaf and others • dawntasakasteffler.com
Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social Native Hawaiian writer living in Japan
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Elena Sichrovsky @esichr.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 she/they/it
🪦 writing horror is cheaper than therapy
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Shawn Maddey @shawnmaddey.bsky.social Sometimes weird poet, editor at After Happy Hour, Pittsburgh.
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Cuyler @cuylermeade.bsky.social Husband and father of 6 (kids, not wives...one wife). Fiction in Elegant Literature, TL;DR, Intrepidus Ink, Trampset, Eggplant Emoji, Trash Cat Lit, Bullet Points, Rat Bag Lit, Temple in a City, Stanchion. Best Small Fictions nominee. A 🦔 of Quill Hollow.
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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social A collective of women's voices -2025 social media posts by @delgeo14.bsky.social and @mlmcguinness.bsky.social
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Courtney Danielson @morgainepower.bsky.social Arthurian, witchy nb who listens to podcasts, plays dungeons and dragons and try’s to write things sometimes
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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social Flash writer ✍️ | Latest: Crow & Cross Keys, Fictive Dream, FlashFlood, The Bulb Region, 100 Word Story, NFFD Micro Comp ‘26 | 📖 Best Small Fictions ‘25, Wigleaf Top 50 ‘25 | 💫 Welkin People’s Prize ‘25 | He/Him 🌈 www.jamesmontgomerywrites.com
Deano @deankoorey.bsky.social I'm a freelance writer. AWC podcaster.
NSW, Australia via New Zealand.
Intrepidus Ink @intrepidusink.bsky.social Intrepidlode is here.
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@bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social 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
(s)crawl literary magazine @scrawlmagazine.bsky.social » issue no. 01 out now!
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Darby A.M. @darby-a-m-writing.bsky.social ✿ 30 year old she/they LGBTQIA2S+ writer
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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social a zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations
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Funicular Magazine @funfunfunicular.bsky.social Short fiction • Flash • Poetry // Editor: @bellyofawhale.bsky.social
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Vestal Review @vestalreview.bsky.social We're the longest-running flash fiction magazine on the planet. Our website is free for readers, and we pay our authors and staff. Issue 67 is out now!
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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social They pay brisk money for this crap?
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Hellraiser, Eat the Rich, Echo Wife, Spread Me @ your local bookstore and comic shop
Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social We publish flash fiction and non-fiction narratives (<500 words) on self-care aka #namjooning. Editors:
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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social Writer. Editor NFFD Anthology. BSSA Team Member. First prize Reflex Fiction, TSS Publishing, Flash 500. 2nd prize Fractured Lit micro. Shortlist Bath Flash/Short Story, To Hull and Back and many others. Scottish Indy supporter.
Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social Writer:
Winner of Santa Fe Literary Award; Family Matters forthcoming from SFWP, 2027.
Pubs: Adroit Journal, Doric Lit, CRAFT,SmokeLong, Fractured
Best Microfic, Best Small Fic, Wigleaf Top 50.
BathFlash HC/Shortlisted; Series Editor: Wigleaf Top 50
Flash 500 Writing Competitions @flash500.bsky.social Writing competitions:
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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social matchbook is an online literary journal that publishes one piece of short prose accompanied by an author's note every two weeks.
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MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social dedicated to rewriting modern masculinity since 2009
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Henshaw Press @presshenshaw.bsky.social Supporting new writing. Run by Hobeck Books. A new competition every quarter with the chance of winning publication and £200. PLUS our bespoke critique service. www.henshawpress.co.uk
emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social Doctor of food, writer of stories
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social Writer | editor | teacher | joyful Ninja Turtle | chronically ill
Words: Craft Literary, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, Wigleaf Top 50
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miniskirt mag @miniskirtmag.bsky.social Lit mag all about love | SPOOKY issue out now | Subs OPEN thru Mar2 | EIC/posts by @kleighglanzman.bsky.social
Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Publishes 6-sentence stories 2nd Thursday every month. No more than 400 words. Submissions always open. Never a fee.
Editor, Jeff Harvey (@jhhwriter.bsky.social)
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Moss Puppy Magazine @mosspuppymag.bsky.social Lit mag for the weird, muddy, & messy. EIC: Melissa Martini | Account run by Taro W. | Submissions for Issue 10 open January 1, 2026!
Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Winner of a Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Rep: Michael Curry 📚🪲 Tips for cat treats! https://ko-fi.com/premee
Joanna ✅ Theiss @joannatheiss.com Writer of weird things sitting with a cat in Washington, DC
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Alison McBain @alisonmcbain.bsky.social Award-winning writer & poet living in Alberta 🇨🇦. Editor at ScribesMICRO. alisonmcbain.com
Suddenly And Without Warning @sawwflashfiction.bsky.social We take submissions and publish Flash Fiction - 600 words or less. Flash fiction is an under-appreciated form of prose. It is a place where every sentence needs to speak volumes, a place where constraint leads to freedom.
Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social Ploughshares | Best American Nonreq'd | Copper Nickel Editors' Prize | The Norton Reader | ElectricLit | Flash Fiction America | Swamp Pink | Wigleaf | Five Points (forthcoming) | The Art of Flash Fiction https://artofflashfiction.substack.com
National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Celebrating flash fiction worldwide. Co-directed by Ingrid Jendrzejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social and Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social
The next NFFD will be Saturday 13 June 2026
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Friday Flash Fiction @fridayflashfiction.bsky.social 100 word maximum #FlashFiction stories published every Friday
#authors SUBMIT new work by Thursday
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Free Flash Fiction @freeflashfiction.bsky.social Authors / Writers / Lovers of Words...
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Nuala O'Connor @nualaoconnor.bsky.social Writer. Irish. Autistic. Latest book: Menagerie (poetry).
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