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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...
Special Issue: Triptychs
This special issue features work published as part of our “Triptych” feature, including work by Meg Pokrass, Mary Thompson, Paul Beckman, Jude Higgins, Elisabeth Ingram Wallace, and more.
Special Issue: Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction 2020
Congratulations to Amina Gautier, Cyn Nooney, Emily Kiernan, Luke Rolfes, and all of our finalists. Special thanks to guest judge Hugh Behm-Steinberg.
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 Submissions should be unpublished and in .rtf, .doc, or .docx format.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...
Issue #21: Disneyland Is Closed
Featuring new flash by Rosie Garland, Nuala O’Connor, Daryl Scroggins, Mary Thompson, Natalie Teal McAllister, Kathleene Donahoo, Rick Krizman, Alan Michael Parker, Evan James Sheldon, and Faye Brinsmead.
Special Issue: Horo-Flashes
In the best traditions of public service publishing, New Flash Fiction Review asked the brightest stars of flash fiction to gaze into the heavens and share something celestial — their spaced-out stories and astral life projections as foretold by the twelve Signs of the Zodiac. This special issue collects work published as part of our “Horo-Flash” feature.
Issue 20: Surreal Flash Fiction
Featuring flash by Aimee Parkison, Frankie McMillan, Jenny Stalter, Nod Ghosh, Epiphany Ferrell, Morgana MacLeod, Cristina Fernandez Valls , Kim Hagerich, Stephanie Devine, Jefferson Navicky, Phebe Jewell, Robin Littell, and Katerina Kishchynskam translated by Alice Chester.
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...
Special Issue: Holiday Noir
Happy Holidays from New Flash Fiction Review! We hope you will enjoy our very first Christmas feature, with dark(ish), sad, and strange holiday stories from NFFR’s own fiction editors and friends. This special issue collects work published as part of our “Holiday-Noir” feature.
Issue #19: Prose Poetry
Featuring flash by Theresa Wyatt, Louella Lester, Valerie Fox, Jeff Friedman, Alec Prevett, Gary Fincke, Kathleen McGookey, Olga Dermott-Bond, Michael Loveday, Frances Gapper, Melissa Benton Barker, and Lorette C. Luzajic.
Interview with Ingrid Jendrzejewski
Once a writer has a good feel for the basics, I think one of the most difficult aspects of writing to master comes down to the question of what to include on the page and what to leave out.
Pushcart Prize Nominations, 2020
The following stories have been nominated by our staff for the Pushcart Prize, 2020! Congratulations! Nuala O'Connor "There But For" Rebekah Bergman "Certain Solitary Creatures" Hugh Behm-Steinberg "The Names of Things" Frankie McMillan "The Winter Swimming of my...
Interview with Tara Isabel Zambrano
Steven John, Fiction & Features Editor, interviews Tara Isabel Zambrano about her three Flash Fictions in Best Microfiction 2019, edited by Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke. Final selections by Dan Chaon. Published by Pelekinesis
Open Call: Prose Poetry Issue!
We are open for submissions for a prose poetry issue through December 1st! Send us your very best prose poetry, no more than 250 words for each poem, 3 poems in a single word document (750 words max per all 3). Please know that we can’t do special formatting with our...
Issue #18
Featuring new flash by James Norcliffe, Tara Isabel Zambrano , Patricia Q Bidar, Len Kuntz, Marissa Hoffmann, Jessica Barksdale, Merridawn Duckler, Fred Muratori, Stephen Wack, Neil Shepard, Gary Fincke, Lisa Ferranti, and Hun Ohm.
Interview with Anita Goveas
Steven John, Senior Fiction & Features Editor, interviews Anita Goveas about her two Flash Fictions in Best Microfiction 2019, edited by Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke. Final selections by Dan Chaon. Published by Pelekinesis
Interview with Thaisa Frank
Flash fiction master Thaisa Frank is interviewed by Pushcart Prize recipient Steve Adams as part of New Flash Fiction Review’s ongoing craft-of-flash interview series!
Interview with Rachel Smith
Steven John, Senior Fiction & Features Editor, interviews Rachel Smith about her two Flash Fictions in Best Microfiction 2019, edited by Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke. Final selections by Dan Chaon. Published by Pelekinesis