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Shelley Roche-Jacques @shelleyr-j.bsky.social Writer of short fiction and dramatic monologue, connoisseur of cake, coveter of cats, lecturer of creative writing at Sheffield Hallam University.
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Paul Thompson @hombrehompson.bsky.social in Sheffield. some flash fiction in moonrabbitcandy, okaydonkeymag, janusliterary, ellipsiszine etc. you might know it from that other place. i would post it here if I knew how to.
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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social Short story writer, delinquent poetry reader. Ballerini Book Press, Fictive Dream, The Lonely Press, Confingo, Fragmented Voices, Structo, Nightjar Press, BBSS18 Salt Publishing, Exacting Clam
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Monica Wang @monicawang.bsky.social Taiwanese Canadian in Europe. Writing in Electric Lit, Southword, Salamander, Augur, Malahat Review, EVENT, Banshee, etc. W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize shortlist. WHEN SAD ONES GO OUTSIDE (Black Sunflowers Press). she/they- N 🇺🇸 @n976wow.bsky.social
Lauren Cortese @lacortese.bsky.social Querying my PhD novel about 9/11, January 6th, and the climate crisis as told by a dysfunctional DC family. It's fun, I swear!
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Tiny Molecules @tinymolecules.bsky.social A quarterly literary journal. We love flash, we love experimental, we love saying something big in a small space.
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Nicholas Petty @nicholaspetty.bsky.social Writer-ish.
Stories in The Stinging Fly, New England Review, Story, The London Magazine, The Moth Magazine, Galley Beggar Prize, Desperate Literature, The Forge and elsewhere.
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Stroud Short Stories @stroudshortstories.bsky.social Currently closed for submissions. Next event November 2026.
Twice-yearly live lit event for Glos & South Glos writers. Established 2011. Run by John Holland. Website https://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com
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Josh Mcloughlin @drjoshmcloughlin.bsky.social Writer, editor and scholar ⁍ PhD in early modern literature from UCL ⁍ Words: The Fence, New Statesman, Prospect, The Times, Engelsberg Ideas, The London Magazine &c ⁍ Editor: New Critique ⁍ London via Merseyside
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Wendy Erskine @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social THE BENEFACTORS Sceptre. Waterstones Irish Book of the Year. Shortlisted Irish Novel of the Year, Best British Audio Book. It’s out now. dance move/sweet home/stinging fly/picador/well I just kind of like it/PVA Books
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D. Carreira Ching, PhD @mistahdonald.bsky.social Award-winning writer, tenured professor, occasional editor, and avid gamer. I share info on literary agents etc. Querying 80k grounded cli-fi novel. Winner of the CMLP 2026 Firecracker Award in Fiction.
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Kelli Short Borges @kelliborges2.bsky.social Writer. Words in many lovely places. Into travel, photography, kind people. Best Microfiction 24’ 25’ 26’ Wigleaf Top 50 LL. Pubs and more info: https://www.kellishortborges.com
Tom Mallows @tomedwardm.bsky.social 
Ali McGrane @alimcg.bsky.social Flash fiction in various places | Welkin win, Bath SLs | "The Listening Project" flash novella Ad Hoc Fiction bit.ly/3ohYf67 (Special Mention '22 Sab Awards) | South West UK🦻🌱🌊
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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
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Margo Griffin @67mgriffin.bsky.social I like to write stuff. Longtime Boston-area educator. Mom of daschund-pug mix rescue. Words in Literary Namjooning, Roi Fainéant Press, Bending Genres, Bright Flash Literary, Literally Stories, etc. Upcoming-Brilliant Flash Fiction, Reckon Review & Jake.
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Jude Higgins @judehwriter2.bsky.social Founder Bath Flash Award, directs AdHocFiction + Flash Fiction Festival Flash collection Clearly Defined Clouds out now s/l Bridport x 4, s/l SmokeLong Mikey x2, Best Microfictions x2 Pushcart nominated
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Eleanor Fuller @eleanorfuller.bsky.social Winner Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction 2023; finalist Fiddlehead Short Fiction Prize 2023 & Cambridge Short Story Prize 2024. Edith Wharton WiR 2024. Words: The Waxed Lemon, The Moth, Malahat, The New Quarterly & other lovelies. CCA-funded sabbatical!
Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social Poet, writer, photographer. Author of FAMILY HAUNTS (Louisiana Literature Press). Wigleaf Top 50 2024. Best Microfiction 2024.
Bill Sheridan @billsheridan.bsky.social Cuba, NY, native. University at Buffalo alum. Adopted son of Baltimore and St. Louis. Speaker, author, and one of accounting's Most Influential People for 2016. (he/him/his)
JJ Surtees @jjsurtees.bsky.social Pushcart prize nominated. Writer. London. Published Unsung Stories, Idle Ink, Liar's League, Fictive Dream & others. 
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Ewen Glass @ewenglass.bsky.social screenwriter | lecturer | poemer
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