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Flash Frog
@flashfrog.bsky.social
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Small. Brightly colored. Deadly to the touch. ⚡️🐸

New story every Monday.

EIC: @ericscottryon.bsky.social

https://flash-frog.com/
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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 3d
Green flier announcing Flash Frog being open. 1,000 words max. Pays $25. Free to sub. flash-frog.com. There’s a green frog with bright orange eyes poking its head out from the right.
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Warm Enough” by Yoram Ong is now up!

Art by @courtneyb77.bsky.social

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Warm Enough by Yoram Ong
By the time I reach my brother’s apartment, the sun is already low, slanting across the row of houses. I park behind his truck. He opens the door before I knock, like he’s been listening for my foo…
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February 2, 2026 at 5:05 PM
flashfrog.bsky.social
Green flier announcing Flash Frog being open. 1,000 words max. Pays $25. Free to sub. flash-frog.com. There’s a green frog with bright orange eyes poking its head out from the right.
February 1, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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A huge thank you to everyone who submitted to the Blue Frog flash fiction contest!! 💙🐸

We received more contest subs than we ever have before!
February 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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emilyrinkema.bsky.social
I have submitted to the Blue Frog twice now. The first time was a rejection and the second, I made the finals. Both times, I waited until the last half of the last day. And here we are...the last half of the last day. Time to feed the frog! (I'm really trying to get that to catch on...)
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 4d
🚨‼️💙🐸 LAST DAY ‼️🚨💙🐸

The Blue Frog closes tonight @ 11:59pm PST

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January 31, 2026 at 8:40 PM
flashfrog.bsky.social
🚨‼️💙🐸 LAST DAY ‼️🚨💙🐸

The Blue Frog closes tonight @ 11:59pm PST

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January 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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kyleisamu.bsky.social
I’ll admit, I submitted mine last year during the FINAL HOURS. Get in those lovely stories, you never know what will happen! 🐸
emilyrinkema.bsky.social Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 4d
It's the final day! Get those subs in!
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Jan 1
🚨The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction contest is now open!!

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January 31, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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THREE days let to submit to the Blue Frog flash fiction contest! Ends 01/31 @ 11:59pm PST.

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January 29, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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junegemmell.bsky.social
Got a MILLION things to do just now, So of course I spent the afternoon getting something ready for this!
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emilyrinkema.bsky.social Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 8d
Only 4 days to go. Today I turn 55 & all I want for my birthday is for YOU to enter The Blue Frog comp! So give your family-themed story one final eyes-on and then Feed the Frog!
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Jan 1
🚨The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction contest is now open!!

flash-frog.com/submit/
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“The Surrogate” by Sara Kaplan-Cunningham is now up!

Art by Catalina Blake

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The Surrogate by Sara Kaplan-Cunningham
Today, Carol is glum. I bring her a hot coffee from the machine, two creams one sugar. “What’s wrong, queen?” I ask. We have this kind of relationship, ascribing to each other royal titles we haven…
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January 26, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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⏰ONE WEEK LEFT!⏰

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Blue flier for the Blue Frog flash fiction contest. Theme: “Family”. Guest Judge: “Camille U. Adams. Jan 1-31st
January 24, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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emilyrinkema.bsky.social
One week to get those family stories in. How about something with cousins? Got an auntie story? Maybe an ex-stepbrother? A nibling? A chibling? A large, dysfunctional chosen family? A super functional extended family (clearly fictional!)? Let's feed The Frog! (trying that out...not sure it works...)
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Jan 1
🚨The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction contest is now open!!

flash-frog.com/submit/
Blue flier for the 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize. Theme: Family. Guest Judge: Camille U. Adams. Jan 1-31st. $5/story. $700 in prizes.
January 24, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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January 21, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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What a great interview by @mynachang.bsky.social with FF contributor @joelhans.com! Check out his story that become the collection title! And then be sure to check out his book this Feb!

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January 20, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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ktrobinson.bsky.social
Love this thoughtful piece with geological layers!
January 20, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“The House of Paper Mountains” by Amalia Mora is now up!

Art by Dylan Manning

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The House of Paper Mountains by Amalia Mora
The piles of paper have become mountains in Betty’s house. Some of the papers are stacked into bags that look like boulders, and often they erode and turn into spilled valleys. But they are always …
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January 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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kcmeadbrewer.com
I know things are frightening right now, but don't forget to share people's art alongside all the news! I feel like I haven't seen much of the writing community getting traction on the TL lately but art has never been more important
January 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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emilyrinkema.bsky.social
Only $5 to enter, with a chance to bring home the coveted Blue Frog Prize. Imagine how proud of you your family will be (unless, of course, your family themed story hits a little too close to home...). Let's go Blue Sky fam!
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 20d
Halfway there!! Just two weeks remain!! 🐸💙

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January 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM
flashfrog.bsky.social
Halfway there!! Just two weeks remain!! 🐸💙

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January 15, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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emilyrinkema.bsky.social
A perfect day to submit!
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Jan 1
🚨The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction contest is now open!!

flash-frog.com/submit/
Blue flier for the 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize. Theme: Family. Guest Judge: Camille U. Adams. Jan 1-31st. $5/story. $700 in prizes.
January 14, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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timothycgoodwin.bsky.social
We had such a great time talking to @flashfrog.bsky.social’s @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, who does nothing but publish bangers and watch Star Wars. And call me out for not finishing stories that actually have promise. ☺️
emilyrinkema.bsky.social Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 22d
This was so much fun! Thank you for inviting me back. We laughed a lot and talked about all sorts of things, including POV, @mattkendrick.bsky.social's resources, and how @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social agreed, on the record, to drop everything and write the damn Subaru story already.
January 14, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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dango-ramen.bsky.social
A new flash by yours truly, on All The Feelings of finding out you're going to have a boy 👦🏻
Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social and @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home!
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January 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Boy” by @dango-ramen.bsky.social is now up!

Art by Lauren McGovern

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Boy by Lucy Zhang
When the NIPT results came back saying  boy, I sang to the heavens and burned money made from joss paper. The flames singed my ring finger, leaving a blister that bubbled for days before finally po…
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January 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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sarahillswrites.bsky.social
Wow, this is crazy!! Thanks for reading my stories, friends. And huge congrats to @kyleisamu.bsky.social whose story is so fantastically good! And thanks again to @flashfrog.bsky.social for saying yes to two of my stories in 2025. 🙏❤️
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 26d
Congrats @kyleisamu.bsky.social and @sarahillswrites.bsky.social (x2!). You had a lot of frog eyes on your work!
Green flyer announcing Flash Frog’s most read stories in 2025: 1) “Materials Needed” by Kyle Weik 2) “The Bright Jars of Our Bodies” by Sara Hills 3) “Gorilla, gorilla, gorilla” by Sara Hills
January 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Congrats @kyleisamu.bsky.social and @sarahillswrites.bsky.social (x2!). You had a lot of frog eyes on your work!
Green flyer announcing Flash Frog’s most read stories in 2025: 1) “Materials Needed” by Kyle Weik 2) “The Bright Jars of Our Bodies” by Sara Hills 3) “Gorilla, gorilla, gorilla” by Sara Hills
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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sagetyrtle.bsky.social
Sushi Rejection Project Update - acceptance from @flashfrog.bsky.social, story going up in April! I am over the moon, I was in Flash Frog when it was a teensity tadpole and to appear again is a joy. Before the acceptance, I was at 18 / 100, and one of those was a very exciting personal (1/??)
Green frog sitting on a wet gray rock. Head on, big frowny mouth, shiny skin.
January 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM