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