Save the Date: we're celebrating the next National Flash Fiction Day on 13 June 2026!
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At the conclusion of this year’s National Flash Fiction Day, we’re saying a very fond and grateful goodbye to the incomparable Karen Jones, who has served as NFFD’s Anthology Editor from 2022 to 2026. Over the past five years, Karen has shaped a remarkable run of National Flash Fiction Day Press anthologies with her insight, ...continue reading "National Flash Fiction Day’s New Anthology Editor"
The Official NFFD 2026 Roadmap The UK's National Flash Fiction Day starts at 00:01 BST on Saturday, 13 June 2026. Here's your handy guide to what's happening when.... Read with us! For 24 hours straight starting at 00:01 BST on Saturday, 13 June, FlashFlood, NFFD's curated online journal, will be publishing one flash every 5 ...continue reading "The Official NFFD 2026 Roadmap"
We're delighted to introduce the title and cover of our newest anthology, Mudlarking: National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2026. It will launch on 13 June 2026, but you can pre-order here. Thanks to Rachael Dunlop, the author of the story that inspired this year's anthology title, and also to our artist-in-residence Joanna Campbell who provided ...continue reading "National Flash Fiction Day 2026…
This is a friendly reminder that you have until 23:59 tonight, Saturday, 25 April 2026, to send in your work to FlashFlood, NFFD's sister project. The FlashFlood team will be reading flash of up to 300 words from now until 23:59 BST on Saturday, 25 April 2026. Find out more about the team here and ...continue reading "FlashFlood’s submission window closes at midnight tonight!"
The team at FlashFlood, NFFD's sister project has put on their wellies, readied their umbrellas and are standing by waiting for submissions to the 2026 Flood. They will be reading flash of up to 300 words from now until 23:59 BST on Saturday, 25 April 2026. Find out more about the team here and find ...continue reading "FlashFlood is open for submissions for one week only!"
After reading scads of brilliant stories on the theme of BRIDGES, editors Karen Jones and Sharon Telfer have finalised their selections for the 2026 National Flash Fiction Day anthology and for the third annual Editors' Choice Awards. Below is the list of the stories that will appear in this year's anthology, alongside the 2026 Microfiction ...continue reading "National Flash Fiction Day 2026…
And the results are in! Huge congratulations to our winning and highly commended authors (listed alphabetically by story title): First Prize: ‘The Universe Expands Her World Contracts’ by Nan Wigington Second Prize: ‘How Knees Learn’ by M.M. Bailey Joint Third Prize: ‘The Things It Wasn’t’ by Alison Wassell Joint Third Prize: ‘Two Seismologists Share a ...continue reading "National Flash Fiction…
This year, we were thrilled to receive 427 entries to the National Flash Fiction Day Micro Fiction Competition. Our judges, Joanna Campbell, Debra A. Daniel, Emily Devane and David Swann had the difficult job of whittling down the stories to a shortlist of 27. This was no easy task and we’d like to take this opportunity ...continue reading "2026 National Flash Fiction Day Microfiction Competition…
National Flash Fiction Day is OPEN for submissions for our annual Anthology and Microfiction Competition until 23:59 (GMT) tonight, 15 February 2026! This is our final reminder that our submission window closes tonight at midnight GMT. We are excited to read work from anyone and everyone, all around the world. For the 2026 Anthology, we're ...continue reading "NFFD: Our submission window closes at…
National Flash Fiction Day is OPEN for submissions for our annual Anthology and Microfiction Competition until Saturday, 15 February 2026! This is a little reminder that submissions close TOMORROW if you'd like to submit flash for consideration in our annual anthology and our microfiction competition. Word limits are short, so there's still time to write, ...continue reading "NFFD: One day left…
