Belinda Rowe
@belindarowe.bsky.social
Flash writer. Teacher. Night gardener.
Words published/forthcoming in Gone Lawn, X-R-A-Y, Ghost Parachute, Lost Balloon, Fictive Dream, Literary Namjooning, Unbroken, BSF 2025, Fractured Lit
SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellow 2025
Words published/forthcoming in Gone Lawn, X-R-A-Y, Ghost Parachute, Lost Balloon, Fictive Dream, Literary Namjooning, Unbroken, BSF 2025, Fractured Lit
SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellow 2025
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
I may have got a little over-excited and opened entries a little early. I'm not going to start reading until Monday, but if you want to send something over the weekend, you are welcome to do so:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I may have got a little over-excited and opened entries a little early. I'm not going to start reading until Monday, but if you want to send something over the weekend, you are welcome to do so:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
"We two share memories of being taken to the movies, her slipping alone to the back row where her married boyfriend waited."
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61 by Patricia Q. Bidar
You emerge from your apartment, wheatfield hair ablaze in the afternoon sun. My big sister, skinny in a form-fitting dress. Today you are 60. I smooth my Hawaiian shirt over my paunch. “Birth…
okaydonkeymag.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"We two share memories of being taken to the movies, her slipping alone to the back row where her married boyfriend waited."
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
Whistle blowing, once for caution, twice for all clear. Vibrations that went on so long you heard them even in stillness ...
Read 'The Day It Rained Stone' by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social A poignant new piece in Flash the Court.
flashthecourt.com/2025/11/28/t...
Read 'The Day It Rained Stone' by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social A poignant new piece in Flash the Court.
flashthecourt.com/2025/11/28/t...
“The Day It Rained Stone” by Kathryn Kulpa
In her newest flash fiction, “The Day It Rained Stone,” Kathryn Kulpa entirely reinvents the contemporary genre of the coffee-shop story. In such a story, usually set in a diner or eatery, readers …
flashthecourt.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Whistle blowing, once for caution, twice for all clear. Vibrations that went on so long you heard them even in stillness ...
Read 'The Day It Rained Stone' by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social A poignant new piece in Flash the Court.
flashthecourt.com/2025/11/28/t...
Read 'The Day It Rained Stone' by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social A poignant new piece in Flash the Court.
flashthecourt.com/2025/11/28/t...
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
The detail of the landscapes I grew up with add an irreplaceable core of truth to even the most surreal of my tales. This is Western Australia. My stories live here.
#SaltCityRunaway coming 2026
#SaltCityRunaway coming 2026
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The detail of the landscapes I grew up with add an irreplaceable core of truth to even the most surreal of my tales. This is Western Australia. My stories live here.
#SaltCityRunaway coming 2026
#SaltCityRunaway coming 2026
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
Coming soon (4 December), another issue of Gone Lawn, this one puffed up with fiction. Great stuff! We can't wait to show it to you all. In the meantime, send us you stuff, especially if you have novel/novella excerpts (≤200 words) you think we'd love, for #63
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Coming soon (4 December), another issue of Gone Lawn, this one puffed up with fiction. Great stuff! We can't wait to show it to you all. In the meantime, send us you stuff, especially if you have novel/novella excerpts (≤200 words) you think we'd love, for #63
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Love this fine ekphrastic piece: “Roll Call” by Barbara Krasner published in Flash the Court
flashthecourt.com/2025/11/21/r...
flashthecourt.com/2025/11/21/r...
“Roll Call” by Barbara Krasner
“Roll Call” by Barbara Krasner is a an ekphrastic flash fiction that reimagines agency and justice in a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp. With haunting imagery and fragmented lang…
flashthecourt.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Love this fine ekphrastic piece: “Roll Call” by Barbara Krasner published in Flash the Court
flashthecourt.com/2025/11/21/r...
flashthecourt.com/2025/11/21/r...
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
Brilliant new story by @mattkendrick.bsky.social out now at Milk Candy Review! "Then he explains that the sun isn’t capable of forgetfulness, it is a ball of fire, unperturbed by memory or emotions."
Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
milkcandyreview.home.blog
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Brilliant new story by @mattkendrick.bsky.social out now at Milk Candy Review! "Then he explains that the sun isn’t capable of forgetfulness, it is a ball of fire, unperturbed by memory or emotions."
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
I am over the moon! SO grateful to @lit-namjooning.bsky.social for the nomination! 🌟 Congratulations to everyone 🌟
📢 Please join us in congratulating our 2026 Best MicroFiction nominees! Congratulations, @miriamgershow.bsky.social, @happilander.bsky.social, @belindarowe.bsky.social , @kathrynreese.bsky.social , and @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social! Read their micros here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/proje...
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I am over the moon! SO grateful to @lit-namjooning.bsky.social for the nomination! 🌟 Congratulations to everyone 🌟
Thrilled about this nom and CONGRATS to all!
📢 Please join us in congratulating our 2026 Best MicroFiction nominees! Congratulations, @miriamgershow.bsky.social, @happilander.bsky.social, @belindarowe.bsky.social , @kathrynreese.bsky.social , and @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social! Read their micros here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/proje...
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Thrilled about this nom and CONGRATS to all!
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
⚡️Fast Flash Review: Bitter Over Sweet by Melissa Llanes Brownlee. A stunning read. Plus, Melissa writes in Hawaiian Pidgin Creole & English, this book is a masterclass on authentic own voice writing. Unmissable.
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
⚡️Fast Flash Review: Bitter Over Sweet by Melissa Llanes Brownlee. A stunning read. Plus, Melissa writes in Hawaiian Pidgin Creole & English, this book is a masterclass on authentic own voice writing. Unmissable.
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
Completely gorgeous piece by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social
Player by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social
“The swollen traffic comes and goes. The heart roosts where it can.”
“The swollen traffic comes and goes. The heart roosts where it can.”
Player - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Paul Arky on Unsplash by Claudia Monpere A piano tilts on the dirt beside a freeway entrance like an unbalanced stilt walker: chipped keys, case body cracked, chunks of wood missing, and stil...
gooseberry-pie.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Completely gorgeous piece by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social
We Are Dingo Pack
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
Huge thanks to Amanda Saint at @retreatwest.bsky.social for publishing my story & @smokelong.bsky.social editors where this story began, including SLF crew who provided feedback. Honoured to be in such GREAT company in the Threshold Edition!
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
Huge thanks to Amanda Saint at @retreatwest.bsky.social for publishing my story & @smokelong.bsky.social editors where this story began, including SLF crew who provided feedback. Honoured to be in such GREAT company in the Threshold Edition!
We Are Dingo Pack
A Flash Fiction by Belinda Rowe
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We Are Dingo Pack
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
Huge thanks to Amanda Saint at @retreatwest.bsky.social for publishing my story & @smokelong.bsky.social editors where this story began, including SLF crew who provided feedback. Honoured to be in such GREAT company in the Threshold Edition!
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
Huge thanks to Amanda Saint at @retreatwest.bsky.social for publishing my story & @smokelong.bsky.social editors where this story began, including SLF crew who provided feedback. Honoured to be in such GREAT company in the Threshold Edition!
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
You kind of officially have like 1.5 hours to get your micro in. The Mikey awards at least $2500 in prize money to great work under 250 words. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...
www.smokelong.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
You kind of officially have like 1.5 hours to get your micro in. The Mikey awards at least $2500 in prize money to great work under 250 words. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
4.7219 hours left!!! Micros for money! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...
www.smokelong.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
4.7219 hours left!!! Micros for money! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
You are going to love today’s new piece by Carol M. Quinn! Check out “Clean.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/12/c...
Clean by Carol M. Quinn
Doreen forces thick, unwaxed floss between your molars, between your bicuspids and your canines. She is always honest, no messing around, and she needs you to hear this: even two, three times a day…
lost-balloon.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
You are going to love today’s new piece by Carol M. Quinn! Check out “Clean.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/12/c...
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
we have an amazing 73 word micro by Sarah Chin !
it's called 'Ages' & u should read it right now
xraylitmag.com/ages-by-sara...
it's called 'Ages' & u should read it right now
xraylitmag.com/ages-by-sara...
AGES by Sarah Chin
Thirteen was the year I discovered spite. Fourteen, eyeliner. Fifteen, seduction in a slow blink. At sixteen, I mailed seventeen birthday cards to myself, all unsigned. My mother asked who loved me th...
xraylitmag.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
we have an amazing 73 word micro by Sarah Chin !
it's called 'Ages' & u should read it right now
xraylitmag.com/ages-by-sara...
it's called 'Ages' & u should read it right now
xraylitmag.com/ages-by-sara...
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
This poem “In the History of the Glass Hospital Universe” might be my favorite of the year. From Izzy Casey in the recent issue Bennington Review.
Izzy Casey — Bennington Review
www.benningtonreview.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This poem “In the History of the Glass Hospital Universe” might be my favorite of the year. From Izzy Casey in the recent issue Bennington Review.
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
The Saturday after this one is now this Saturday, because that’s how time goes. This means that as of midnight NYC tonight, Tuesday Nov 11, there will be 96 hours to enter the 250-word, $1,000-top-prize SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025. Please let this be right. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Saturday after this one is now this Saturday, because that’s how time goes. This means that as of midnight NYC tonight, Tuesday Nov 11, there will be 96 hours to enter the 250-word, $1,000-top-prize SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025. Please let this be right. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
If you're looking for a spot of calm in the day's chaos, do read this micro by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social. She writes some of the most evocative sentences. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
If you're looking for a spot of calm in the day's chaos, do read this micro by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social. She writes some of the most evocative sentences. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
So honored to be nominated in such great company by @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for the @monarch.gay awards! You can read my piece here:
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ani-...
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ani-...
November 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
So honored to be nominated in such great company by @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for the @monarch.gay awards! You can read my piece here:
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ani-...
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ani-...
Super thrilled to have a micro up at @fracturedlit.bsky.social - thank you so much to @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and editors! Big shout out to the editors at @smokelong.bsky.social where this piece was born and to everyone who gave feedback 🙏💚🙏
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
Green to Gray | Fractured
fracturedlit.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Super thrilled to have a micro up at @fracturedlit.bsky.social - thank you so much to @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and editors! Big shout out to the editors at @smokelong.bsky.social where this piece was born and to everyone who gave feedback 🙏💚🙏
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
Eee! Pushcart nom. from the amazing @literarymama.bsky.social for my story "Fighting Wind" which starts "Mom married Hurricane Gerald because he was strong. Passionate. Because he was too big for the car, too big for the house, too big for an office job..." Read more below:
#FlashFiction #FlashLit
#FlashFiction #FlashLit
Congratulations to our Pushcart nominees! For links to their work, visit our below blog post!
@susanperabo.bsky.social, @sagetyrtle.bsky.social, Jill Finnessy, Julie Pfeiffer, Francine Diodati, and Caedra Scott-Flaherty!
@susanperabo.bsky.social, @sagetyrtle.bsky.social, Jill Finnessy, Julie Pfeiffer, Francine Diodati, and Caedra Scott-Flaherty!
Literary Mama Pushcart Prize Nominations
The staff of Literary Mama is delighted to share our nominations for the Pushcart Prize.
Ficton: "Your Sixty Seconds" by Susan Perabo and "Fighting Wind" by Sage Tyrtle
Nonfiction: "Slicing Pe...
literarymama.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Eee! Pushcart nom. from the amazing @literarymama.bsky.social for my story "Fighting Wind" which starts "Mom married Hurricane Gerald because he was strong. Passionate. Because he was too big for the car, too big for the house, too big for an office job..." Read more below:
#FlashFiction #FlashLit
#FlashFiction #FlashLit
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
Now there’s one actual week left, if you count the deadline day as a day and today as a day. $1,000 1st; $500 2nd; $300 3rd; $100 finalists. Winners and finalists published in the December issue of SmokeLong Quarterly. 250 words max. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Now there’s one actual week left, if you count the deadline day as a day and today as a day. $1,000 1st; $500 2nd; $300 3rd; $100 finalists. Winners and finalists published in the December issue of SmokeLong Quarterly. 250 words max. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
Reposted by Belinda Rowe
NFFD will open our MicroFiction Comp ((up to 100 words) & subs to our new anthology (theme to be announced) on 1 Dec. More details coming soon!
a cartoon drawing of snoopy sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper
ALT: a cartoon drawing of snoopy sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
NFFD will open our MicroFiction Comp ((up to 100 words) & subs to our new anthology (theme to be announced) on 1 Dec. More details coming soon!