Our annual flash contest will be open for submissions September 15 to October 15. Grant Faulkner will judge this year’s entries.
Get Ready for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize
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On Mentors, Writing in Anxious Times, Numbers, and Writing to Themes
Issue 38 contributors weigh in on mentorship, writing in anxious times, and what to make of themes.
Brief Reviews: Cold Toast by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
It’s a surprise to find that Kathryn Aldridge-Morris’ stories were not conceived as a collection from the beginning, they are that cohesively tight and interwoven.
Brief Reviews of New or New(ish) Books
…in which NFFR suggests some summer reading for you by Patricia Q. Bidar, Lorette C. Luzajic, Keith J. Powell, and Robert Shapard, with hopefully more recommendations to follow (in the coming dog days).
Call for Submissions: 10
If you haven’t started your 10-themed story yet, there’s still time. This theme celebrates NFFR’s 10th Anniversary. We’ll be open for submissions from July 1-15. Here are some previous NFFR stories touching on numbers (or counting) that might inspire. In the following stories, you’ll notice a use of numbers relating to concepts in the stories, dates, ages, and more.
Owning Anger & Writing Grace: An Interview with Claudia Monpere
Cole Beauchamp chats with Claudia Monpere, the winner of the 2024 New Flash Fiction Prize, about where she finds inspiration, the best apple for mental health, why she writes in her car instead of her office, owning anger and writing more grace and hope.
Best Small Fictions, Pushcart, and Best Microfiction Nominations!
Congratulations from NFFR to our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2025, the Pushcart Prizes, and Best Microfiction 2025!
Introducing the 2024 New Flash Fiction Prize Winners!
Immense thanks from all of us at NFFR to all writers who submitted to this year’s flash fiction contest. The quality was exceptional. Keep at it, writers and artists. The world needs you.
NFFR 2024 Flash Fiction Contest Longlist
Many thanks to everyone who submitted work to this year’s contest. Congratulations to all authors represented on the longlist. Good luck to all. We’ll announce winner and two honorable mentions being selected now by Nathan Leslie, in our upcoming December issue.
Welcome Cole Beauchamp!
We are thrilled to welcome Cole Beauchamp to New Flash Fiction Review as a contributing editor!
Best Small Fictions & Best Microfictions: Woo-Hoo!
Congratulations from all of us here at NFFR to Shane Larkin, Fiona McKay, J W Goll, Daniel Addercouth, and Imogen Rae, whose stories have been selected for Best Small Fictions and Best Microfictions 2024!
Welcome to NFFR #32, Animal Life
Thank you to everyone who submitted works. As usual it was incredibly hard to make our selections due to the stellar quality of the writings you shared with us.
State-of-the-Art: Micro-Dreams
I’ve had this pedagogical dream. Does that sound like a lie? It sounds like a lie to me—I mean, who dreams about courses?
2024 Best Small Fictions Nominations
NFFR is pleased to announce that we have nominated the following stories to the Best Small Fictions anthology competition.
Announcing the NFFR Flash Fiction Prize 2023 Shortlist
We are pleased to announce the following shortlist for our annual NFFR Flash Fiction Prize. Stories will be featured the upcoming summer issue (due out about August 1).