Kate Axeford
@kateaxeford.bsky.social
Flashy writer/ social worker/ gig goer and ditherer. Lives in Brighton. Loves the sea.
‘Ever less reverend, Reverend William put a tempting apple in a bucket, and hoisted it up. Fab title and cracking micro by @kawalker.bsky.social 👏 👏
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · yesterdayShortlisted in the Joy Prize, "Behold the Adam and Eve of Huntingfield" by @kawalker.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
The rhythm, the breathlessness, so carefully crafted ✨ This shines a light on a powerful, little-known piece of history that absolutely needs to be shared.
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 3d agoShortlisted in the History Prize, "The things we did not see on Christmas Eve in Calumet, Michigan, 1913" by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Oh my goodness, how did I miss this???? Congrats @kateaxeford.bsky.social on winning the @freeflashfiction.bsky.social comp 34 🎉🎉🎉 This is a blaze of a story - masterclass in making every detail count. "With the soft hands his father hated—he carefully scrubs the sprocket guides."
Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 2w agoAs Chosen by Judge Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social The FFF Competition Thirty-Four Winning Flash Fiction: Reel Lives 1972 by Kate Axeford @kateaxeford.bsky.social #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
‘Falling sunlight purples the beach, leaving only a faint glow, an echo of grander days, when cabanas and blue-striped umbrellas basked like elephants at a wallow’ Such a such a sense of place in this beautifully crafted micro by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social 👏
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · last wk.Shortlisted in the Body Prize, "Sundowning" by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Another cracker from the maestro of mirth @sagreene1.bsky.social Fabulous story! 👏 👏 and check out that bio too 😹
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 2w agoShortlisted in the Joy Prize, "Whenever My Husband Reaches a Sexual Climax, he Shouts ‘Annabel!’" by @sagreene1.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
‘From cactus-strewn deserts to the ABC in Wolverhampton, Bill Evans—the last, quiet link in the chain.’ Love how the medium plays such a pivotal role in telling this story. @kateaxeford.bsky.social with the winning flash in @freeflashfiction.bsky.social 🎥 freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
Competition Thirty-Four Winning Flash Fiction: Reel Lives 1972 - Free Flash Fiction
Alone in his booth, Bill threads and feeds and splices reels, but first he must clean. Meticulously. Just one speck of dirt will scratch and spoil a director’s dream. Today, Bill cleans so guns can bl...
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'Those fine faces, gently brushed by soft hands holding powder puffs. As the sky bleeds pink, Bill is the last to hold them.' A stunning tour-de-force from @kateaxeford.bsky.social. I mean, WOW! What a worthy winner! 🎉💐🌟
Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 2w agoAs Chosen by Judge Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social The FFF Competition Thirty-Four Winning Flash Fiction: Reel Lives 1972 by Kate Axeford @kateaxeford.bsky.social #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
Thanks so much to Judge Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social for choosing my story. I am made up ! Thanks too to Ian Rushton for all his hard work making this fabulous competition happen 👏
Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 2w agoAs Chosen by Judge Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social The FFF Competition Thirty-Four Winning Flash Fiction: Reel Lives 1972 by Kate Axeford @kateaxeford.bsky.social #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
‘As your infant mewls from his nest of rags, shrink from his hunger; how the skin has tightened to the skull, its frame as slight as a sparrow’s.’ So many gorgeous lines in this haunting, lyrical piece by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social And that ending took my breath away!
James Montgomery@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 4w agoI have a new flash in the gorgeous @crowkeys.bsky.social! 🐦⬛ Loved playing around with the imperative voice for this one. @keychild.bsky.social has been a delight to deal with, too. Send them something bejewelled and dark and bewitching. 🖤 crowcrosskeys.com/2026/07/11/h...
What fab titles! Congratulations to all who made it. Sounds like you’ve given the judges some serious headaches 🤯
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 2w agoAnnouncing the brilliant shortlists for this year's Welkin Genre Prize. Congratulations to the writers of these wonderful pieces. If you're on the list, please feel free to celebrate wildly, but don't say which title is yours as judging is still ongoing: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...
‘DISPLEASE him??! Get a grip, girlfriend! This is the 21st century!’ Funny. Brilliant. Poignant. ⬇️⬇️⬇️This story by @sagreene1.bsky.social
Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 2w agoAs Chosen by Judge Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social FFF Competition Thirty-Four Highly Commended: Pemberley Parkrun by S.A. Greene @sagreene1.bsky.social #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
As Chosen by Judge Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social FFF Competition Thirty-Four Highly Commended: Pemberley Parkrun by S.A. Greene @sagreene1.bsky.social #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
Competition Thirty-Four Highly Commended: Pemberley Parkrun – Free Flash Fiction
You won’t believe who I saw at Parkrun today! Emma! From the book? Coincidence or what? We were the only runners in Regency sun-bonnets, so naturally I went over. ‘Elizabeth Darcy’ I said, bowing. ...
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Delighted to have my shortlisted story out in the world, thank you to Emma for judging and Ian for his hard work in the background.
Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 3w agoAs Chosen by Judge Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social FFF Competition Thirty-Four Shortlisted: Red Blue Green by Joyce Bingham @joycebingham.bsky.social #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
Great evening listening to @kazbarwrites.bsky.social & @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social read from their respective #flashfiction collections - COLD TOAST from Dahlia Publishing and SALT CITY RUNAWAY from Night Parrot Press. And got to meet @claudiamonpere.bsky.social & @dawnsteffler.bsky.social IRL🤗
‘For my fortieth birthday my mother buys me a stuffed penguin that weighs as much as a toddler.’ So many great lines and so deftly written. Congratulations too to @alisonwassell.bsky.social for one of the best titles ever!
Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 3w agoAs Chosen by Judge Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social FFF Competition Thirty-Four Shortlisted: He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Emotional Support Penguin by Alison Wassell @alisonwassell.bsky.social #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
Free micro fiction anthology. Download Ellipsis Zine Ten from our website here: ellipsis-zine.com/publications... 34 pieces of micro fiction 100 words or fewer.
So delighted to make this shortlist! Huge congratulations to all — can’t wait to read your stories 💙
Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 4w agoIt is commiserations and congratulations time as FFF announce with a drumroll please.. As chosen by Judge Emma Phillips @emmapwrites.bsky.social The FFF Competition Thirty-Four Shortlist! #flashfiction #writingcompetitions freeflashfiction.com/competition-...
‘You always said the secret of these walls was stone, but the secret of this sky is light, leaking from the same-old sun, your sun, our sun, my sun now…’ Wow. This is an absolute stunner. 👏 👏 Glad you’ve started rubbing again, Jan.
Jan Kaneen. Northern Writer Granny. PhD student at York St John@jankaneen1.bsky.social · 4w agoStarted subbing flash again and this came out yesterday westword.substack.com/p/the-slakin...
Excited to see my name on this Longlist with flashy friends new and old. Good luck for the next round, everyone 🍀 🤞
Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · last mo.Exciting news! The FFF Competition Thirty-Four Longlist is here! FFF and Free Flash Fiction would like to say a big thank you to all the authors who entered and for keeping the Free Flash Fiction project alive and vibrant! #flashfiction #writingcompetitions freeflashfiction.com/competition-...
Thank you thank you @sudhab.bsky.social, @andrewporter01.bsky.social & the @wigleaf.bsky.social reading team for selecting my story for your Top 50 LL 🔔 🥳 🔔 And cheers to @mrbullbull.bsky.social for publishing it. mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
Bullets are not circles but they leave circles behind | MrBullBull
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Sudha Balagopal@sudhab.bsky.social · last mo.Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷
So made up to be on @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 LL for a story that made it into one of my absolute favourite flashy magazines @nffr.bsky.social Thank you to series editor @sudhab.bsky.social and team for all your hard work 🙏 🙏
New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed)@nffr.bsky.social · last mo.Congrats to @kateaxeford.bsky.social for making the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 LL for Issue 37's "The Truths Behind a Pumpjack Dare, Northern Alberta, 3rd July, 1991" newflashfiction.com/the-truths-b...
This breathless paragraph is a total stunner. And what a wonderful start to the Write In 👏 👏 @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Write-In: 'You Didn’t Know Any Other Way' by Sumitra Singam #nffd2026
‘A bull swaggers into the field opposite. ‘Phwaaorr’ says Elaine. Cheryl humps her for a bit and then makes a suggestion…’ An udderly fabulous flash by the Queen of Flashy Frivolity 👏 @sagreene1.bsky.social
National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 2mo agoFlashFlood: 'Three Cows: Midsummer Reflections in the Up-Meadow' by S A Greene #nffd2026
Excited for the festival next month! If you are coming don’t forget to enter The Pokrass Prize, open to ALL attendees. Free. good odds! cash first prize plus books! Enter by midsummer’s Day June 21st — details In post www.flashfictionfestival.com/pokrass-priz...
Pokrass Prize 2026
Once again a big thank you to Meg Pokrass,for judging the Pokrass Prize, named for her as one of the founders in 2017 (along with Jude Higgins) of Flash Fiction Festivals UK. The first festival was…
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Every bit as good as the title promises! Congratulations @kateaxeford.bsky.social 🍾
National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 2mo agoFlashFlood: 'The Real Sound of Music, Hillview Rest Home, August 1992' by Kate Axeford #nffd2026
‘Some say there is no bad time for self-cleaning, but avoiding special occasions such as wedding anniversaries is recommended.’ I was so intrigued by the title, and @nomad-sw18.bsky.social doesn’t disappoint…! @natflashfictionday.bsky.social 🫧
National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 2mo agoFlashFlood: 'The frequency of your life self-cleaning cycle depends on spillage and usage patterns' by Cole Beauchamp #nffd2026
