Congratulations from NFFR to our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2025, the Pushcart Prizes, and Best Microfiction 2025!
Best Small Fictions, Pushcart, and Best Microfiction Nominations!
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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).
NFFR Best Small Fictions Nominations!
We are pleased to nominate the following works for Best Small Fictions 2023!
NFFR Best Microfiction 2023 Nominations!
We are pleased to nominate the following works for Best Microfiction 2023!
NFFR Pushcart 2023 Nominations!
We are pleased to announce the following nominations from NFFR for the 2023 Pushcart Prize.
A Changing of the Guard
We have some exciting news about changes at NFFR. First off, we welcome web designer, Keith Powell, who has worked with some of the classic qualities of the NFFR original design (sheep, sheep, and sheep!) and Keith has done wonderful, miraculous things. Please take a look!
2021 New Flash Fiction Prize Results!
Thanks so much to this year's judge, Tara Isabel Zambrano! The results are in and we're looking forward to bringing you the contest issue soon including all the stories from the shortlist. Congratulations everyone! Thank you to everyone who entered this year. Your...
2021 New Flash Fiction Prize Shortlist
Thank you to everyone who entered the New Flash Fiction Prize this year. The following 10 stories have been chosen by the editors and sent on to this year's judge, Tara Isabel Zambrano. A Taste of SaltThat Black NothingBoxCreation MythOlla's DaughterGrandma's Shrunken...