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3 times a year Flash Fiction Award. £1460 prize fund. Anthology. Founded in 2015. 32nd Award results out now. 33rd Award open. Judge Writer and writing tutor . Alison Woodhouse Closes June 7th 2026
The Flash Fiction Anthology Vol eight and the BFFA anthology Vol 10, How to Fold a World Map back from the printers and ready to go to the festival where they’ll be launched with readings & given to contributors attending. We’re posting off the others
And here are the 3 winning novellas in flash from the 2026 Bath NIF awards back from the printers, looking gorgeous and ready to go the the flash fiction festival, two weeks today! You can buy from Amazon. Check out AdHocFiction.com for links worldwide
🎂 Today's the 4th anniversary of my book being published by Ad Hoc Fiction @bathflashaward.bsky.social (who did a beautiful job with it, including the design.)🎂 For one day only, the UK price is, a pound per year, just £4, inc P&P! www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26752117... #amwriting #flashfiction #booksky
'Positive and Negative' by Nick Black ,⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️-reviewed short stories book | eBay UK
“Dystopian, anarchic, witty, subversive – a Nick Black story is instantly recognisable and never to be forgotten. This collection of his flash fiction zings with energy and knife-sharp voices that both disturb and disarm, but there is also a haunting gentleness that will linger with you long after you put the book down.
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Nick Black@fuzzynick.bsky.social · 7mo agoMy odd, sweet, sad, funny, dark, bright ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐-reviewed book of short stories, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE is now available directly from me, via eBay www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26752117... or through Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/Positive-Neg... #books #booksky 📚💙 #amwriting #shortstories #flashfiction
Thank you to everyone on the short and longlists who has accepted publication in our 2026 anthology. So many brilliant stories as beautiful as a summer garden
Mega Congrats to our 5winners in the 33rd Award chosen by @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social 1st, @anneh23.bsky.social 2nd, David Swann 3rd,Cecilia Maddison Highly commended @sarahillswrites.bsky.social Highly commended @Katehorsleywriter.Bsky.social Read their fab stories on bathflashfictionaward.com
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‘I couldn’t care less about the state of the road, the paragraphs he expends on pocks, ruts, and the heat…’ Such evocative details in this new flash from @sarahillswrites.bsky.social, highly commended in @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🚌 www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/high...
Highly Commended, BFFA, June 2026
Nao Yare Nbadi Yonni by Sara Hills My husband is on a bus outside Bolgatanga, windows open to red dust, chickens and goats strapped to the roof, when he first hears the song. The one he says remind…
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‘The holy souls blow litter and lost dreams down Albemarle Street tonight.’ Love the cast of characters that mark this one. Cecilia Maddison, third place in @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🌫️ www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/thir...
Third Prize BFFA June 2026
Albermarle Street by Cecilia Maddison The holy souls blow litter and lost dreams down Albemarle Street tonight. Sylvia slumbers in the fluorescent frame of a bus shelter, snug amongst her bin bag b…
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‘The hangers rattled inside him, and sometimes he stopped to press a hand against his chest, to steady the contents.’ Gorgeous from David Swann in @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🧱 www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/seco...
Second Prize BFFA, June 2026
Damage by David Swann Everywhere, I saw Dad in the decaying chapel. A crack tilted drunkenly sideways. Ominous blotches riddled the rafters. My Granddad, Hammond, sat beside me, clacking mints. Mys…
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‘…an eighty pound package of spraytan and Instant Freeze Hairspray, guitar-string-tight when she stands on our hands.’ Just love that final image. @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social in @bathflashaward.bsky.social 📣 www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/high...
Highly Commended BFFA June 2026
The Siren Squad Tries a New Flyer by Kate Horsley This girl Mackenzie’s new to Echo Lake High, an eighty pound package of spraytan and Instant Freeze Hairspray, guitar-string-tight when she stands …
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Aww, this is such lovely news!! All the thanks to judge @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social for commending my story. Huge congrats to the winners (for their fabulous flashes—wow!), & congratulations to everyone on the SL & LL; I'm so proud to be in the next anthology with you. 🎉❤️ @bathflashaward.bsky.social
bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · last mo.Congratulations Sara Hills Highly Commended In our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/high...
To say I'm stunned is an understatement, still pinching myself, and will be for weeks! Huge thanks to the Bath team for and @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social for believing in my little egg-wife, and to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for his support and advice.
bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · last mo.Congratulations to Anne Howkins first prize winner in our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/firs...
Congratulations to Anne Howkins first prize winner in our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/firs...
First prize BFFA June 2026
The egg-wife easy-jogs to market by Anne Howkins smoothing through the mossy-cushioned lanes. She catches the auspiciousness of a day when the midsummer sun and full moon nod to each other — pocket…
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Congratulations David Swann, second prize In our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/seco...
Second Prize BFFA, June 2026
Damage by David Swann Everywhere, I saw Dad in the decaying chapel. A crack tilted drunkenly sideways. Ominous blotches riddled the rafters. My Granddad, Hammond, sat beside me, clacking mints. Mys…
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Congratulations Cecilia Maddison Third Prize in our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/thir...
Third Prize BFFA June 2026
Albermarle Street by Cecilia Maddison The holy souls blow litter and lost dreams down Albemarle Street tonight. Sylvia slumbers in the fluorescent frame of a bus shelter, snug amongst her bin bag b…
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Comgratulations Kate Horsley highly commended in our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/high...
Highly Commended BFFA June 2026
The Siren Squad Tries a New Flyer by Kate Horsley This girl Mackenzie’s new to Echo Lake High, an eighty pound package of spraytan and Instant Freeze Hairspray, guitar-string-tight when she stands …
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Congratulations Sara Hills Highly Commended In our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/high...
Highly Commended, BFFA, June 2026
Nao Yare Nbadi Yonni by Sara Hills My husband is on a bus outside Bolgatanga, windows open to red dust, chickens and goats strapped to the roof, when he first hears the song. The one he says remind…
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Coming very very soon the results of our 33rd Award Stay tuned!
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It will be available at the festival and given to contributors there too
bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · last mo.Here It is at last — How to Fold a World Map the 2025 BFFA anthology containing stories from the 3 2025 awards Copies will be posted to contributors soon. Thanks everyone for your patience www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/bath...
Getting giddyingly close… 😬
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · last mo.With @kiklodge.bsky.social's absurd stories & surreal illustrations by @jeromefage.bsky.social, you're gonna want to own The Bully in My Pillow. On sale now, this funny collection arrives August 11. ☆ Plesse support small presses and indie authors ☆ www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Excited that the 2025 Flash Fiction Festival Anthology Is now published ready for this year’s festival where it will be launched with readings! We’re back to red again. It’s the first of the new rainbow series www.flashfictionfestival.com/published-no...
@adhocfiction.bsky.social have published The Hilltop Hour, my new novella-in-flash, a runner-up in the 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award! Many grateful thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social and @bathflashaward.bsky.social
Here It is at last — How to Fold a World Map the 2025 BFFA anthology containing stories from the 3 2025 awards Copies will be posted to contributors soon. Thanks everyone for your patience www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/bath...
The 3 winners of the 2026 BFFA NIF Award now published in paperback on Amazon worldwide. Congrats to winner Victoria Melekian & runners up @joannacampbell.bsky.social & @bsherm36.bsky.social Novellas also for sale at flashfictionfestival.com www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/bffa... ...
BFFA 2026 Novella-in-Flash Winners published!
We’re thrilled to announce that the winning novellas-in-flash from the 2026 Novella in Flash Award are now published on Amazon worldwide in paperback. Winner: Unhoused by Victora Melekian fro…
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Fingers crossed for cooler weather at the festival weekend! In the meantime, here’s a showcase of 2 books for sale in the fest bookshop (picture last year) The Neverlands by @downith.bsky.social & Salt City Runaway by @gilloshaughnessy.bsky. www.flashfictionfestival.com/two-more-boo...
I honestly don't know what to say. I've written so little this year and didn't for one second imagine my story might move on to the SL. I'm in a state of thrilled disbelief, so now I'm going to go hide under my desk. 😂 Very excited to be in the anthology, and with so many writers I deeply admire. 🙏❤️
bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · last mo.Many Congratulations to the twenty writers on our 33rd Award shortlist selected by our judge @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social Results out by end of the month https:// www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/short-list-bffa-june-2026-award/
Ah - the end of the line for my little story but fun while it lasted. Good luck to all those on the shortlist 🤞
bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · last mo.Many Congratulations to the twenty writers on our 33rd Award shortlist selected by our judge @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social Results out by end of the month https:// www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/short-list-bffa-june-2026-award/
OMG 😭 I’ve somehow managed to make it onto the shortlist…! Best of luck to everyone still in the running, and everyone that longlisted ❤️ Eeeeee, this is a bit exciting…! 🙃
bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · last mo.Many Congratulations to the twenty writers on our 33rd Award shortlist selected by our judge @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social Results out by end of the month https:// www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/short-list-bffa-june-2026-award/
Very rarely does the first message in my inbox bear good news!! Champagne all around for my fellow top twenty survivors - also, regardless of longlist / shortlist, this anthology is going to be a banger.
bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · last mo.Many Congratulations to the twenty writers on our 33rd Award shortlist selected by our judge @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social Results out by end of the month https:// www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/short-list-bffa-june-2026-award/