To conclude @theprideroars.bsky.social's inaugural Flash Competition, we'd like to share our Judges' Report.
Thank you again to all who submitted and to our amazing judges:
Megan Hanlon @sugarpigblog.bsky.social
Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social
T. L. Tomljanovic @tomljanovic.bsky.social
I am absolutely delighted to have won. Thank you so much to @theprideroars.bsky.social for this opportunity and for allowing so many incredible voices to be heard. I am stunned as the stories I have read over the past few days have all been so strong. Well done to all! Keep writing x
Such great writing. The standard of all the stories shared has been so good, and this is a deserved winner.
WHAT A STORY!!!! If you read nothing else today, read this 👌It had me smiling, laughing, crying all at the same time. Huge congrats, Zoe Davis @meanerharker.bsky.social
And the winner is 'Something About My Father Who I Never Really Knew' by Zoë Davis @meanerharker.bsky.social
Congratulations & welcome to the Pride.
We're so grateful to @saloneurope.bsky.social for gifting our winner with a one-year membership.♥️
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In joint second place: 'Aiden Carthy Walks on Water' by Karen Arnold & 'Liberty Lullaby' by Anne Dorrian.
Congratulations to both.
We're grateful to @saloneurope.bsky.social for gifting each writer with a 1-month membership🥰
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We are delighted to announce our Highly Commended stories
Congratulations to Jenny Kingsley Emem, JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social & Nora Nadjarian @noranadj.bsky.social
Thank you @saloneurope.bsky.social for gifting the writers with a 1-month membership🥰
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Decisions have been made. The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social will be announcing the winners and Highly commended soon. Thank you again to all who submitted, the quality of the work was incredible.
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Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors!!! ❤️
🎉Huge congrats to everyone on the shortlist!🎉
Thank you @theprideroars.bsky.social for including my piece on this shortlist. Congratulations to all! 👏
I have made the shortlist! Huzzah! What a lovely thing to wake up to this morning. I wish everyone all the very best of luck and look forward to reading the final pieces when they are selected. Thanks @theprideroars.bsky.social Team!
Delighted to have made the longlist! Thanks to the judges and readers for considering my work :)
Chuffed to bits to be hanging in there 😀
I spy with my little eye... ✍️ How exciting to spot my title on the shortlist! Congrats to all who made it.
We're delighted to announce the Shortlist for our inaugural Flash Competition.
Thank you again to all who sent their beautiful work our way.
Find the shortlisted titles on our blog:
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Yayyy!!! 🎉 So delighted to be on this longlist!
Thanks @theprideroars.bsky.social & congrats fellow longlisters! 👏
Been out of the game for a while (what with grad school & everything) so it's delightful to make it onto a longlist as I try to get back into the swing of things!
Congrats to everyone on the list & can't wait to see some of these stories!
Delighted and honored to be on the @theprideroars.bsky.social flash competition longlist! Big congrats to all the other story tellers, too 🎉
Ooh - I see my little story's title on this wonderful longlist! Congrats to all! Thank you to @theprideroars.bsky.social for including me! ❤️
oooooh wow i’m on the longlist 🙀!
thank you so very much @theprideroars.bsky.social for this honor, on International Women’s Day no less! best wishes to the other super talented longlisters 🙏
Hot Dyam, I have made this longlist 🤯
Thank you to the readers and judges 💜
Oh, my goodness, I'm on the longlist! Congrats, all!
Yay, it feels amazing to be on this list. Congratulations to the other writers. 👏🏼
Woohoo! Thrilled to see my story here. Congrats to everyone on the longlist! 🎉❤️
Excited to have made the longlist! Congrats to my fellow nominees.
We're delighted to announce the Longlist for our inaugural Flash Competition.
Thank you again to all who sent their beautiful work our way.
Find the longlisted titles on our blog: theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/03/flas...
Getting stronger mentally means addressing physical memories. My latest post on @theprideroars.bsky.social
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"My body knows that letting go is not just something my mind detaches from, or my heart forgives, but that my body must transform, must release, must reforge."
Wow, this extraordinary writing by @ninamiller.bsky.social in @theprideroars.bsky.social 💙💙💙
