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May 10, 2024 at 8:56 AM

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Free Flash Fiction

@freeflashfiction.bsky.social

FFF Competition Twenty-One
Open until 10pm (GMT) 23rd April '24
flash fiction between 100 and 300 words
One Winner £150.00 Two HC £40.00 Three SL £30.00 All published!

Judge Charles Prelle
@charlesprelle.bsky.social

Read the rules!

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April 17, 2024 at 11:37 AM

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Free Flash Fiction

@freeflashfiction.bsky.social

FFF Competition Twenty-One
Open until 10pm (GMT) 23rd April '24
flash fiction between 100 and 300 words
One Winner £150.00
Two HC £40.00
Three SL £30.00
Judge Charles Prelle
@charlesprelle.bsky.social
£3.85 PayPal
£2.35 via BACS UK
Read the rules!

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April 12, 2024 at 4:33 PM

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Free Flash Fiction

@freeflashfiction.bsky.social

FFF Competition Twenty One

deadline 10pm 23rd April '24
flash fiction 100 and 300 words

1 Winner £150.00
2 HC £40.00
3 SL £30.00 all published
Judge Charles Prelle
@charlesprelle.bsky.social

£3.85 PayPal or Stripe £2.35 BACS

Read the rules!

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Competition Twenty Winning Flash Fiction: The Tree Wife

March 25, 2024 at 1:21 PM

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Free Flash Fiction

@freeflashfiction.bsky.social

As chosen by Judge Adele Evershed
@adlibby.bsky.social

The FFF Competition Twenty Winning Flash Fiction!

The Tree Wife
by
Charles Prelle
@charlesprelle.bsky.social
cprellewriter.wordpress.com

freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...

The day she became a tree her husband planted her in their garden. From the Royal Horticultural Society website he learned it’s important to dig your hole deep enough for the roots of your tree to set...

Competition Nineteen Shortlisted: A Werewolf in Soho

March 25, 2024 at 10:37 AM

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Free Flash Fiction

@freeflashfiction.bsky.social

As chosen by judge S. A. Greene
@sagreene1.bsky.social

FFF Competition Nineteen Shortlisted:
A Werewolf in Soho
by Maria Thomas
@appleshapedwriter.bsky.social

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I meet the werewolf at a noodle bar in Soho. Chain Reaction’s playing on the radio, and he’s using chopsticks to drum the beat, a tangle of beef chow mein in a bowl. I’ve been drinking, but t...

Julia Ruth Smith: Three Stories After The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Hieronymus Bosch

January 15, 2024 at 9:29 AM

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Julia Ruth Smith

@juliaruthsmith.bsky.social

A lovely way to start 2024! Thank you to The Ekphrastic Review and a very happy New Year to you all! 🥳🌟

Eve, Observed Joen is not vain enough to look at his reflection. He follows the flow of the summer crowds at the museum until his nose is almost touching the security glass but never raises his...

www.ekphrastic.net

January 1, 2024 at 3:38 PM

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Matt Kendrick

@mattkendrick.bsky.social

This months Mondettes newsletter has just gone out to subscribers. 10 story picks by the always illuminating
@stillsquirrel.bsky.social for your reading pleasure along with notes about why Anika liked each story & three brilliant prompts to have a go at.

#FlashFiction #WritingCraft #WritingPrompts

December 2023

Ten stories picked by Anika Carpenter

mondettes.substack.com

December 19, 2023 at 10:16 AM

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Free Flash Fiction

@freeflashfiction.bsky.social

ICYMI #5

The FFF Competition Eighteen Winning Story!

Annie Builds Walls
by S. A. Greene
@sagreene1.bsky.social

freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...

November 20, 2023 at 7:23 PM

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Matt Kendrick

@mattkendrick.bsky.social

**WIN** a free spot on my #WBTL Glorious Words course in Feb 24.

www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-gloriou...

To get your name in the hat, quote post with your FAVOURITE WORD.

I'll draw a name at midday GMT Wednesday 8th Nov.

(You can enter 3 times to increase your chances - Bluesky, Facebook, X)

Write Beyond the Lightbulb: Glorious Words (Specificity | Imagery | Tone | Miscellany) 5th – 18th February 2024 (Online, fully asynchronous course and workshop) Pay-what-you-can pricing (£95 recommended)

November 1, 2023 at 9:52 AM

Charles Prelle

@charlesprelle.bsky.social

So nice to see my title on the longlist!

The Propelling Pencil @proppencil.bsky.social · Oct 30

Big news! Our Autumn CHarity Competition longlist is now LIVE.
Well done to all on the list and commisserations to those who don't feature. Please celebrate without giving away your titles, as judge @helenrye.bsky.social will be judging anonymously
thepropellingpencil.com/autumn-2023-...

October 30, 2023 at 9:19 PM

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Retreat West / WestWord

@retreatwest.bsky.social

Many congratulations to the winners of the October Monthly Micro! And to all who were shortlisted! www.retreatwest.co.uk/october-2023...

October 2023 Monthly Micro Winners – Retreat West

www.retreatwest.co.uk

October 24, 2023 at 2:30 PM

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Barbara Byar

@barbarabyar.bsky.social

If you'd like to vote for my story PEACE PROCESS for Irish Short Story of the Year, please vote here: The short story category is at the bottom of the page.
Your support is much appreciated and anyone can vote!

www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

Vote - Irish Book Awards

AN POST IRISH BOOk AWARDS Public Vote 2023 Vote for your favourite books of the year here and win €100 of National Book Tokens Scroll down and vote for the book you would like to win each award cate...

www.irishbookawards.ie

October 19, 2023 at 9:15 PM

Charles Prelle

@charlesprelle.bsky.social

#SubmissionCall 👇

Free Flash Fiction @freeflashfiction.bsky.social · Oct 16

One week left...

Free Flash Fiction @freeflashfiction.bsky.social · Oct 13

FFF Comp 18

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October 17, 2023 at 7:03 AM

Charles Prelle

@charlesprelle.bsky.social

Really pleased to have my piece selected as part of the LISP anthology and huge congratulations to @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social for her win!

London Independent Story Prize 2023 Creative Writing Winners & Finalists

London Independent Story Prize 2023 Creative Writing Competition Winners, Finalists and LISP 23 Anthology Selections LISP 2023 Winners and Finalists: LISP 2023 Short Story Winner: Before the Gale by J...

www.londonindependentstoryprize.co.uk

October 16, 2023 at 2:43 PM

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Matt Kendrick

@mattkendrick.bsky.social

Have now also made a Submission Calls feed using the hashtags #SubmissionCall and #WritingComp:

To follow the feed, click the link, then see where it says "Add to my feeds" / "add" at the top. Click the heart & the pin icons. Should then appear in your list of feeds.

October 10, 2023 at 6:38 PM

Charles Prelle

@charlesprelle.bsky.social

Thank you to the always brilliant @freeflashfiction.bsky.social for reposting this one. 🙏

Free Flash Fiction @freeflashfiction.bsky.social · Oct 6

In the FFF Library..

FFF13052022
Competition Nine Winning Story:

White Noise
by Charles Prelle

@charlesprelle.bsky.social
cprellewriter.wordpress.com

freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...

Competition Nine Winning Story: White Noise

I watch as you linger at the western edge of the field. You raise a hand. Pop. Then blackness. It’s the sound we hear in the womb. It’s a rush of blood, the beating of a heart, a filling and co...

Over the last few weeks, my health has decided to explore a new dimension. Which is the most positive way I can find of saying it has tumbled over another cliff. It isn’t worse necessarily just diff...

October 6, 2023 at 6:43 PM

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Ellipsis Zine

@ellipsiszine.bsky.social

Web submissions are open until 13th October: www.ellipsiszine.com/submissions/

October 5, 2023 at 10:36 AM

Charles Prelle

@charlesprelle.bsky.social

This quote just resonated with me. This is what great music (and great writing) does. We carry it with us and it informs who we are.

October 3, 2023 at 12:42 PM

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Matt Kendrick

@mattkendrick.bsky.social

My October newsletter is full of freebies for the writing community - example story lists, a character creator template, a story planner, a geeky submissions tracker spreadsheet... Hopefully some useful stuff for you all.

PS - very grateful for re-posts to spread the word!

#Flashfiction #writers

Freebies

prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com

October 2, 2023 at 9:28 AM

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Retreat West / WestWord

@retreatwest.bsky.social

Just four more days to send your micros, flashes and short stories for the next edition of WestWord. Going live in December. The theme is HOPE, which we all need a good healthy dose of the way the world is right now! westword.uk/submissions/

Submissions

WestWord submissions are open for one month for each edition. September 2023 Submissions Theme: HOPE Submissions will be open from 1st to 30th September. We charge a small submission fee (£5) in orde...

westword.uk

September 26, 2023 at 8:04 PM

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Good Citizen

@ornoulibobo.bsky.social

Reminder to Bluesky noobs to check your settings and make sure your number of likes to see a reply is set at zero. The default is set at 2, it'll be a pretty quiet feed for a while if you don't adjust that. Cheers!

September 21, 2023 at 9:36 PM

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Matt Kendrick

@mattkendrick.bsky.social

I just looked at what I've got going on next week and I have precisely zero work booked in, so if any #writer needs editing eyes or feedback on anything from a #flashfiction up to a novel, please get in touch. Details about my editing services at the link:

Editing & Feedback | MattKendrick.co.uk

Editorial service for creative writers.

www.mattkendrick.co.uk

September 22, 2023 at 3:33 PM

Charles Prelle

@charlesprelle.bsky.social

Free Flash Fiction have arrived! Such a wonderful lit mag, do check them out and follow. Their current comp is open for submissions until 23rd October.

Welcome @freeflashfiction.bsky.social ! 👋

Free Flash Fiction @freeflashfiction.bsky.social · Sep 22

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