(Not sure if these can be simply one line or need to be a full, punctuated sentence—but I’m on a monoku kick, so going with it) 🙂

spring exhibit a baby gibbon pendulum

crescendo piano practice before the triple bypass

Wonderful story, Linda! 👏🏻

"I didn’t go to the funeral because I didn’t want to intrude on his wonderful family"

Brilliant piece of CNF in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social from my brilliant mentee @tracieadams.bsky.social that makes such a powerful use of anaphora repetition

“I take my daughter’s first heartbreak” by JP Relph @TheRelphian.bsky.social is today’s 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writing #amwriting

Love your story, Chris! Congrats.

Congrats, all! The winning pieces
are stunners—stories to reread and learn from. And I’m honoured to have made the long list.

Thanks to Guest Editor Nancy Brady for publishing my wild animal-themed haiku in the latest Haiku Dialogue. And thanks to the platypus for being so fascinating… I think I did multiple school projects about you!

Loved Shasta’s SmokeLong Summer workshop and I’m really looking forward to reading her novel!

“After the Last Doctor’s Appointment” by Beth Sherman @bsherm36.bsky.social is today’s 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet www.paragraphplanet.com #flashfiction

Loved this piece. I’ve only just started reading and writing haibun and it’s such a fascinating form. Glad to discover that some micro journals publish it, and excited to dig into this whole issue!

For @smokelong.bsky.social #FlashInTheFeed, here’s Cathy Ulrich’s “And I Still Remember How Your Hands Were So Much Larger Than Mine” — a story of sledding & dishes & memories & snow on snow on snow. (It’s still wintry here in Ontario!)
www.whaleroadreview.com/ulrich/
@whaleroadreview.bsky.social

Thank you—glad you enjoyed it!

Heading into another tiny writing challenge this weekend!

@nycmidnight.bsky.social

nycmidnight.com/100

Thank you! Such a wonderful issue.

Thank you! The commentary is a wonderful lesson in haiku analysis, especially since I’m new to the form.

Thanks, @thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social for publishing my haiku in this beautiful issue and for such thoughtful commentary! ❄️🌼

Pieces — HerStry Just after the pandemic, I went to New York City with my aunt Mimi. We had planned the trip as a way for me to learn everything I could about my mother, who died thirty-five years ago from an aggressi...

So in a completely terrifying and vulnerable shift from my normal flash, I wrote a very personal essay, up at Herstry today. Hope it resonates. herstryblg.com/true/2026/3/...

But my favorite pictures from Venice is not cats but this combination that I think of as “missed connections.”

“The Bridport Prize is an open door… people take notice.”

Writer and former judge Toby Litt on the momentum, reputation and impact of the Bridport Prize.

#BridportPrize #WritingPrize #WritersLife #CreativeWriting

Love this, Liz! Congrats.

2026 Grammar Day Poetry Contest Winners

I'm behind on this, but the winners of the National Grammar Day Poetry Contest last week were all great. If you're looking for a quick, delightful diversion, check them out!

aceseditors.org/news/2026/20...

We're halfway through our Mini Bin sub call - so today's Preloved Stories spotlight is very relevant 🦝

Guest reader Madeleine said of @charlylou.bsky.social's microfiction: "I’m impressed with what this has packed into a tiny word count."

Read and listen here:
trashcatlit.com/listening-to...

In the latest tsuri-doro edited by Tony Pupello:

ice dawn
a road salting truck
spins new stars

#haiku #micropoetry

Read more here: tsuridoro.org

More haiku news: I received an honourable mention in the ACES: The Society for Editing’s Grammar Day contest. (I had fun making up this one!) aceseditors.org/news/2026/20...

(And thankfully Kevin doesn’t need glucose tests anymore!)

HAIKU DIALOGUE – World of Animals – Domestic Creatures (Pets and More) – long list - The Haiku Foundation

Thanks to The Haiku Foundation for publishing my animal haiku in this list of gems.

❤️ He has only recently started writing poetry regularly again and sending it out, and I’m so glad.

Loved reading this poem by my dad in the winter issue of Prudence Dispatch. prudencedispatch.com