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Interview with Amelia Gray
Steven John, Associate & Features Editor, interviews Amelia Gray about her flash fictions in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co, 2018)
Interview with Pedro Ponce
Steven John, Associate & Features Editor, interviews Pedro Ponce about his flash fictions in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co, 2018)
Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction
2020 Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction 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...
Interview with Theresa Wyatt
Steven John Interviews Theresa Wyatt about her story in NEW MICRO (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018)
Interview with Meg Tuite
Sandra Arnold Interviews Meg Tuite about her story in NEW MICRO (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018)
Dear Leo # 5
Talk to Someone Weird (and leave the house) by Leonora Desar When I was at journalism school I was always super curious—and jealous—of the fiction people. They got to make stuff up while I had to hang out at the bodega with weird men named Gabe. I had to get...
Interview with Kathleen McGookey
Sandra Arnold Interviews Kathleen McGookey about her work in NEW MICRO (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018)
Issue 15: Guest Edited by Josh Russell
Featuring new flash by Michael Martone, Christopher Merkner, Tom Williams, Alissa Nutting, Marcela Fuentes, Dionne Irving Bremyer, Lily Hoang, John Holman, Candace Nadon, Jennifer Howard, Brian Kitely, Margaret Luongo, Matt Sailor, and Jody Brooks.
Interview with Molly Giles
Sandra Arnold interviews Molly Giles about her stories in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018)
2018 Pushcart Prize Nominations
Congratulations to our 2018 Pushcart Prize nominees! You can read the nominated stories below: Raki Kopernik, Homely Jaqueline Doyle, Pretty Girl AE Weisgerber, Sweet Violets Salvatore Difalco, Three Days Paul Crenshaw, “Fuck Zeus,” Ms. Lynne Said in Fourth Period...
Interview with Len Kuntz
NFFR Associate Editor Steven John interviews Len Kuntz about his work in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co, 2018) and about the craft of writing microfiction
Special Issue: Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction 2018
Congratulations to Claire Guyton, Elisabeth Ingram Wallace, Angela Readman, and all of our finalists.
Interview with Paul Beckman
Tommy Dean interviews Paul Beckman about his work in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co, 2018) and about the craft of writing microfiction
Anton Chekhov Prize 2018 Longlist is in!
Congratulations to all the authors who made the long list, and huge thanks to all who entered our first contest! Anastasia, My Broken Bird Auf Liebe Eingestellt Beneath the Pond Charred Cistern Hunger I Am Fluent In Spine Joe D. Takes Measure Kessler keeps his clothes...
Interview with Jim Heynen
Steven John interviews Jim Heynen about his stories in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018) and about the craft of writing brilliant microfiction
MicroWriMo Prompts by Meg Pokrass
PROMPTS ARE HERE! November 1st November 2nd November 3rd NFFR's Founding Editor/Managing Editor, Meg Pokrass, will be offering flash fiction prompts everyday in November. The prompts will be based on her stories from ALLIGATORS AT NIGHT, her new collection, available...
Best Small Fictions, 2019 – Our Nominations
BEST SMALL FICTIONS 2019 NOMINATIONS: Everything, then Silence by Justin Hermann How Not to Become an Expat by Kara Vernor The Difference between Alligators and Crocodiles by Cathy Ulrich Two Girls Contemplate What Gorillas Do at Night by Angela Readman Anatomy of a...
Interview with Roberta Allen
Steven John interviews Roberta Allen about her stories in NEW MICRO (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018) and about the craft of writing microfiction.
Interview with Michelle Elvy
Claire Polders talks to Michelle Elvy about her forthcoming stories in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018), her work as an editor for Flash Frontier and Blue Five Notebook, and the relationship between fiction and reality in her writing.
Interview with Barry Basden
Steven John interviews Barry Basden about his stories in NEW MICRO (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018) and about the craft of writing microfiction.