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.
Welcome to NFFR #32, Animal Life
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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...
Dear Leo #7
In Praise of Writing “Dull” by Leonora Desar Or how a simple writing prompt is better than all the good ideas— One day, instead of writing, I was doing my usual. I googled: “writers better than I am” and “writers that will inspire me to get off my butt.” I came across...
Exciting BIFFY 50 News!
Huge Congratulations to the writers of 3 NFFR Stories that have been named to the Best British & Irish Flash Fiction 2019-2020 aka the BIFFY50! Also high five to Founding Editor Meg Pokrass as well for her story in Electric Lit, one of our Meg favorites! More Than...
Anton Chekhov Award for Very Short Fiction 2020 judged by Hugh Behm-Steinberg
New Flash Fiction Review continues to honor master storyteller Anton Chekhov through holding an annual award for excellence in flash fiction. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of...
The Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction
Contest Guidelines: Open June 5th, 2020. Entries for the Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction should be 800 words or less. Submissions should be unpublished and in .rtf, .doc, or .docx format. Deadline is July 15th, 2020. The entries will be read blind by...
Best Small Fictions 2020 Nominations!
Congratulations to the following writers! Here are links to read their wonderful stories. The Truth about Men by Angela Readman Game Theory by Merridawn Duckler Eternal by Hugh Behm-Steinberg Fable Number 1: Des Moines, Iowa by Luke Rolfes Ward Rounds by Alexis...