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Launch of Restore To Factory Settings, BFFA Anthology Vol. 5 15th January 2021
Jude Higgins is hosting the launch of Restore to Factory Settings on Zoom on Saturday evening 30th January from 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm GMT. There are 136 micros in the anthology from the three rounds of the Bath Flash Fiction Award 2020. We'll hear many of the winning and commended pieces from each of […]
Round up for 2020. Thank you to all our supporters! 31st December 2020
At the end of another decade this is the fifth year of the Bath Flash Fiction Award.Thank you very much to everyone who has submitted to our Awards over the years. It has been a wonderful experience reading so much exceptional flash fiction. In 2020, despite everything, even more writers from around the world entered […]
Q & A with author J A Keogh author of Restore to Factory Settings 13th December 2020
We think Restore to Factory Settings the title from a micro by UK writer, J A Keogh, is a great headline for the fifth Bath Flash Fiction Award Anthology. Here, he writes more about the story and about writing flash, which he's had much success at, after only writing in this form for a year. […]
Interview with Johanna Robinson, 1st prize winner, BFFA October, 2020 2nd December 2020
We're delighted to share an interview with Johanna Robinson, who won first prize in the October 2020 round, which was judged by Nod Ghosh. The story plus two other listed stories of Johanna's is included with all the other winners and longlisted writers who agreed to publication in Restore to Factory Settings Bath Flash Fiction […]
Nominations: Pushcart Prize and Best Small Fictions 2021 30th November 2020
It's that time of year again! As always, we are nominating from our winners in the Bath Flash Award over the year - fictions selected by our judges Santino Prinzi, Mary Jane Holmes and Nod Ghosh. We are allowed to nominate six stories for the Pushcart Prize and five for Best Small Fictions. Many congratulations […]
Coming soon! Restore to Factory Settings, Bath Flash Fiction Vol. 5 27th November 2020
We're thrilled to reveal the cover of the fifth anthology from Bath Flash Fiction Award published by Ad Hoc Fiction. The title, Restore to Factory Settings, is from a story by UK writer, J A Keogh and is the last story printed in the book. We thank him very much for the inspiration. Previously, our […]
Launch party for our seven new Novellas-in-Flash! 3rd November 2020
Something fun and interesting to look forward to in the flash fiction world! On Saturday evening, 28th November, 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm London time we're holding a Zoom launch party and readings hosted by Jude Higgins for the seven novellas-in-flash which were successful in the 2020 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award judged by Michael Loveday. To […]
Review of Going Short, by Nancy Stohlman by Cath Barton 2nd November 2020
Thank you very much to Cath Barton for this excellent review of Going Short - An invitation to flash fiction by Nancy Stohlman which was published last month by our short-short press, Ad Hoc Fiction and is available for sale from Ad Hoc Fiction, Amazon in print and digital and Kobo. Signed copies are also […]
Q & A with Charmaine Wilkerson, Award judge February, 2021. 1st November 2020
Charmaine Wilkerson is an American writer who has lived in the Caribbean and is based in Italy. Her award-winning flash fiction can be found in the Best Microfiction anthologies from 2020 and 2019 and other anthologies and magazines, including 100-Word Story, Bending Genres, Fiction Southeast, FlashBack Fiction, Litro, Reflex Fiction, Spelk and elsewhere. Her story […]
16th Award Round Up, October 2020 31st October 2020
A big thank you to everyone who entered our 16th Award judged by Nod Ghosh from New Zealand. Once more we received a huge number of entries, 1457 from 37 different countries listed here: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, […]