The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026! - SmokeLong Quarterly The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction (The Smokey) is now an annual competition that celebrates and compensates excellence in flash. Our first grand prize winner in 2018 was “Whale Fall” by ...

26 days! Deadline May 10th! You got this! Almost $5k in the prize pot! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

FYI Europe-based #flashfiction writers:

✨Check out this 100-word contest from EACWP - deadline 4/30! ✨

Theme is "silence" and entries can be in English or 9 other languages. There's a winner in each language, plus a grand prize of 600€.

eacwp.org/flash-fiction/

Ahh thanks so much, Chelsea!! ✨

The claw machine by Nadia Born | Issue #40 now offers babies for prizes. limited-edition grow-in-water ones that you can take home. no special instructions.

Love this micro by @nadiaborn.com in @nffr.bsky.social

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sorry I'm like this y'all but you have FIVE MORE DAYS, is all, and because I have totally forgotten to mention it, let me just add that one lucky nominator will win a whole pile of books, which is to say the entire 2025 shortlist! could be yours! go forth and nominate!

Ahh thanks so much, Rosaleen! ✨

The image of a claw machine baby is just a heartbreaker from @nadiaborn.com

'The Claw Machine' in @nffr.bsky.social

The yearning just grabs you! 💔

Love this!! ✨✨

Thanks so much, Sage!! ✨✨

WOAH this story is good. Clever + emotional punch = WOAH

Thanks so much, Matt!! ✨✨

"your sister thinks it’s a lame prize, she’d prefer a hello kitty or a pokémon. but you spend your evenings under the neon kaleidoscope of the seaside arcade"

Such a rich and original piece from @nadiaborn.com in @nffr.bsky.social

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Thanks so much, James!! ✨

The claw machine by Nadia Born | Issue #40 now offers babies for prizes. limited-edition grow-in-water ones that you can take home. no special instructions.

‘you jimmy the joystick and imagine testing the bath water with your elbow…’

Wonderfully off-kilter story from @nadiaborn.com in @nffr.bsky.social 👶

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The claw machine by Nadia Born | Issue #40 now offers babies for prizes. limited-edition grow-in-water ones that you can take home. no special instructions.

"gotta get the angle right, says the arcade manager. it’s just a matter of time, says your mother. maybe try another machine, says your sister."

Big love for this gem by @nadiaborn.com in @nffr.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Ahh thanks so much, Dan!! ✨✨

The claw machine by Nadia Born | Issue #40 now offers babies for prizes. limited-edition grow-in-water ones that you can take home. no special instructions.

"the claw machine now offers babies for prizes. limited-edition grow-in-water ones that you can take home."

Read The Claw Machine by @nadiaborn.com in Issue 40 of #NFFR. Wonderfully weird, beautifully written.

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Thrilled to have a story in the latest issue of @nffr.bsky.social! ✨ ⬇️

stunning cover, can’t wait!! ✨

These are just stunning!! ✨✨

Mentoring Initiative - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association The SFWA Mentorship Program is an all-volunteer service provided free of charge. We aim to connect writers who have questions, whether they are emerging writers or have expansive career experience,…

Have you grown your writing career & learned things you would like to share? Apply to be a mentor with the 3-month-long SFWA Career Mentorship Program! Through February 21, we’re taking applications for mentors & mentees.

Learn more here: www.sfwa.org/mentorship-p...

Loved this story - congrats!! ✨

Ahh thank you thank you! ✨

Incredible story 🌨️🌨️🌨️

Ahh thanks so much, Melissa! 💙

🚨‼️💙🐸 LAST DAY ‼️🚨💙🐸

The Blue Frog closes tonight @ 11:59pm PST

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The Memory Swap The request is short, to the point: “Wanted: memory of Mother. Trade for memory of First Kiss. #memoryswap #memoryexchange #mom.”I’m not sure why it catches my attention. I’ve been lurking on the M…

Is it better to remember or forget? How do you ever know? That’s the question posed by “The Memory Swap” by Cressida Roe, one of our final January stories
#writingcommunity #fantasy #amreading
@eggandcressida.bsky.social
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“&men” was my absolute favorite in @welkinprize.bsky.social’s star-studded shortlist ✨ Go vote your hearts out! ⬇️

Our winter 2026 issue is live! We hope that you enjoy the poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction in these pages. A huge thanks to everyone who made this issue possible. baltimorereview.org

Nadia Born: the whiteout Nadia Born writes about girls who are birds, mothers who are ghosts, and other mysteries. She won LitMag’s Anton Chekhov Award, New Letters’ Editor’s Choice Award and Augur Magazine’s…

Yes, the world is on fire. If you need a small break from the madness, read my first story of 2026!

"the whiteout" was selected by @mandrigall.bsky.social as the winner of @baltimorereview.bsky.social's winter flash fiction contest. ❄️✨

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