Festival Coaster Competition Winners!

We had an excess of coasters (pictured here) for the bar at the flash fiction festival and somebody (I think it was team member Sara Hills) had the good idea of running a festival contest for a sto…

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Pokrass Prize 2026 Winners

Thank you to Meg Pokrass for again supplying prompts and image and judging the 2026 Pokrass prize which was announced at the festival. Anyone who came to the festival was eligible to enter and ther…

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Q & A with Jo Gatford, Judge 34th Award

Jo Gatford is an award-winning writer, editor and mentor. Her short fiction has been selected for the Wigleaf Top 50, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfictions, and published in 70+ anthologies and l…

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Congratulations! Confetti Celebration

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It's Publication Day!!!

How I wrote Ancestral Virgins and got it into print

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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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Short List BFFA June 2026 Award

Congratulations to the twenty authors who have made our Award short list (titles listed below) selected by judge Alison Woodhouse. Author names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share…

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Longlist BFFA June 2026

Congratulations to all the authors who have made our Award long list and huge thanks to all who entered.Author names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share that you are on the long l…

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'The frequency of your life self-cleaning cycle depends on spillage and usage patterns' by Cole Beauchamp

Signs it is time for a self-clean cycle: buildup of grease, odors and heavy emotional residue.  Some say there is no bad time for self-cleaning, but avoiding special occasions such as wedding anniversaries is recommended.  Self-cleaning requires extremely high temperatures, which will trigger an automatic shutdown. During this time, you may experience reruns of bad decisions, like having sex with your partner’s best friend in the bathroom at Lowry’s.  The unit will unlock once these errors have been processed and temperature is within limits. Ensure good ventilation and wipe out any debris with a soft cloth and a heartfelt apology.  --- Cole Beauchamp is a queer writer based in London. Her stories have been in the Wigleaf Top 50 and nominated for multiple awards. She’s a 2026 Smokelong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellow and contributing editor of New Flash Fiction Review.  

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'Nothing to speak of' by Jude Higgins

 On her way back from the shops, she tripped over nothing, and fell flat on the pavement.  A young man wearing shorts, despite the autumn chill, stopped to help. He squatted down and asked if she was okay. ’Think so,’ she said, attempting to get up. He hoisted her to her feet.  ‘My gran used to have lots of falls,’ he said, kindly.” Still went out though.’ ‘I didn’t “have a fall’, I fell,' she said . He looked baffled. ‘I was an English teacher,’ she explained. ‘Cool,’ he said. He collected up the vegetables that had spilled on to the pavement and put them in her bag. She leaned against a  garden wall to catch her breath. His arm was  tattooed  with the message ‘God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.’ He saw her looking. She used to know the rest of that prayer once.  Something to do with courage and wisdom.  ‘Life’s hard  isn’t it?’ she said.  He nodded. ’Any damage done?’ She patted her knee where a dark stain had spread though the denim.  ‘Just a graze,’ she said, although her hand smarted and her legs felt wobbly. ‘Nothing to speak of.’  ‘You take care, lady.’  He strode off, texting, not looking where he was going.  He’s not afraid of “having a fall”’, she thought. A  glossy heritage tomato she’d bought as a treat still lay in the gutter.. She couldn’t risk bending down to pick it up.  But the sight of it lying there, next to an empty crisp packet, made her want to cry. --- Jude Higgins' is a widely published flash fiction writer, whose collection Clearly Defined Clouds was published in 2024. She founded Bath Flash Fiction Award and is Director of Flash Fiction Festivals UK and the short short fiction press, Ad Hoc Fiction. judehiggins.com

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'A Brief History of Atomic Time' by Fiona McKay

In the staffroom, Kate plugs in a fan which swings from side to side, moving the stale air around. Beside her, a physics textbook is open, a...

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