Columns
Trust and Play: Notes on Collaborative Process from NFFR Contributors
New Flash Fiction Review asked this issue’s collaborators for their insights on working together. They responded enthusiastically with remarks on overall process, challenges, about their stories in this issue of NFFR, on achieving a collaborative voice, and more.
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?
For Your Flash-Writing Toolkit: Six Writers Offer Advice
In this installment of State of the Art, New Flash Fiction Review editors and recent contributors—those winning and commended in this year’s contest—share insights on their writing lives and processes.
Why You Might Not Have Placed That Brilliant Story (aka READ THE GUIDELINES)
Karen Jones — Early in 2022 I wrote a long Twitter thread of advice on submitting flash fiction. At the time, I had just finished reading 700 flashes submitted to various competitions and journals, so had made notes as I went along, picking out common pitfalls.
Dear Leo #12
Keanuland! A disorganized column about staying organized by Leonora Desar Warning! This is not a sexy column. If you are looking for zaniness, genius writing prompts, or personal confession you will not find it here (much). I only wrote this because my deadline is...
Dear Leo #11
French Fry MFA And getting on your “dark and twisty—” by Leonora Desar Dear Leo, I am a failure. A charlatan. I call myself a writer, but I spend most of my time on Twitter, drafting tweets (and this is on a good day). I had some success a few years ago, but now I am...