The 2022 Submission Window is Now Closed

Thank you to everyone who sent in work for consideration in this year's FlashFlood.  For those of you still waiting for a reply, we're down to our last 400-some decisions to make and we'll be with you as soon as we can.  The range, quality and volume of submissions has been incredible this year and we can't wait to share our final selection with you on the 18th of June.

Open for submissions: one week only!

 FlashFlood is open for submissions until 7 May 2022!

National Flash Fiction Day's 2022 Flood is open for submissions for one week only!  

You can read about our editors here, find our submission guidelines here, or head straight to our submission manager, Duosuma.

We're looking for flash of up to 300 words, and we have spaces reserved for unpublished writers.  We look forward to reading your work!

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 FlashFlood is open for submissions from 1 – 7 May 2022

It's that time of year again!  Submissions for FlashFlood, NFFD's online journal, will open for one week only, starting this Sunday.  The submission window is from 00:01 BST on 1 May to 23:59 BST on 7 May 2022. We're looking for pieces of up to 300 words on any topic, in any style.

Full submissions guidelines are available on the FlashFlood website and you can submit via our free-to-use submission manager, Duosuma. (You will need to register for a free account, but no subscription or fees are required.)

Please note that we have two separate submission calls, one for general submissions and one for our series of special slots reserved for new writers.

All accepted pieces will be published during the 2022 Flood on 18 June 2022, starting at 00:01 and lasting until 23:59 BST.  During the Flood, we'll publish a new flash at every five to ten minutes for 24 hours straight.

Our team is looking forward to reading your work....

Congratulations to our 2021 award nominees!

Before we launch into a new year at FlashFlood, we'd like to take a moment to celebrate all our 2021 award nominees. Congratulations to the following writers who have been nominated for the following awards this past year:

Best Microfictions

• 'How to Change the Oil on the Car' by Kim Steutermann Rogers
• 'Weathering' by Sam Payne
• 'Drawing Dead on the Road to Athlone' by Fiona McKay
• 'No traffic noise, only silence' by Jennifer Hurley 
• 'The Shape of a Merman’s Shadow' by Melissa Saggerer
• 'Whiskers' by Timothy Boudreau
  

Best of the Net

• 'Full Body Eraser' by Kristen Loesch
• 'I Find The Bee Skin Hanging Behind The Bathroom Door' by Ali McGrane
• 'No Birds’ Nests in the Tree Next Door' by Rosaleen Lynch
• 'The Egg Cycle' by Michelle Christophorou
• 'They swarm at 46 degrees' by Nicola Godlieb
• 'You're Lookin' at Country' by April Bradley 
• 'Suspended Animation' by Rachel Swabey
• 'Transfiguration' by Chris Drew

Best Small Fictions

• 'Cow' by Natalie Warther
• 'Weathering' by Sam Payne 
• 'The Egg Cycle' by Michelle Christophorou
• 'I Find The Bee Skin Hanging Behind The Bathroom Door' by Ali McGrane 
• 'Full Body Eraser' by Kristen Loesch

Pushcart Prize

• 'A Pondering of Velocity When you’re too Scared to Move' by Tommy Dean
• 'Because the World Always Turns and People Always Forget' by Catherine Ogston 
• 'Cow' by Natalie Warther 
• 'Derek’s New Head' by S A Green 
• 'My Perfect Daughter' by Mileva Anastasiadou
• 'Our Lady of Perpetual Help' by Jan Elman Stout