32nd award open. Closes 1st Feb. judge John Brantingham from The US . Results out end of Feb.
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1st Feb. It’s the final day to enter our 1st Award this year. £1460 in prizes. Up to 300 words. Anthology. And The Last Minute Club is officially open! Here is the badge you should receive if you are a last minute entrant to the 32nd Award bathflashfictionaward.com/en…
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Thank you!😊
Next up, thank you to Claire Maxwell at Field PR and @WeatherglassBks for sending me a copy of #TheHyenasDaughter by @jupiterjonz
'It’s fragmentary, lyrical, and full of energy - very much about voice, inheritance, and what it means to write yourself into history.'
Out now! 💙
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Just one week to go! The award closes next Monday m, April 27th so only 7 days to send your stories to us. 1st prize £1200 out of prize fund of £1750. Judge: literary agent Gordon Wise of Curtis Brown bathshortstoryaward.org/ente…
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I self-published my new novel and I'm very proud of it. It's well-written & has been professionally copy-edited. It features a mermaid, Climate Change, trauma, love & friendship. My book launch is tonight in Rye.
Surprised by the amount of interest in this but sure! Let's do a 'writing and publishing debunk'.
"If agents reject you, the book is bad"❌
Nope. Agents get 200-500 submissions a month. It means you weren't chosen (unless they specifically tell you it's bad.)
"JK Rowling was rejected 14 TIMES, that means agents are stupid" ❌
No it means 14 agents didn't choose Harry Potter over everything else they got that week. Honestly, 14 rejections and 1 yes is a very good outcome.
"If your book is good, it will get an agent"❌
Most people submit good work. It's a very saturated space, and sending it to the right agent is everything.
"Self publishing is better"❌
If you're a big influencer and happy to hustle hard on promotion, maybe. But you'll probably lose money and there's a reason you want an editor/marketing team involved.
"If you've pitched to 10 agents and they all say no, that's proof its not good enough"❌
People get the numbers so wrong here. You should be submitting to a minimum of 30, staggered across several months.
"You have to make sure it's absolutely perfect before you submit it" ❌
ABSOLUTELY not. I know people who sit on manuscripts moving commas for years and years. Work on the assumption it will have a spacing mistake on page 103 and your agent will want you to cut a chapter back/cut a character. The bar is "am I satisfied this is as good as I can get it without professional feedback."
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Our 2026 Award is now open for entries.. £1750 in prizes. Judge, Gordon Wise, literary agent at Curtis Brown. Closes 27th April 2026. For stories up to 2200 words. More info and to enter, visit bathshortstoryaward.org
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Delighted to be on this longlist! Congrats to all longlisters 🎉 Thanks to all @BathFlashAward
Thanks to my @SmokeLong groups for feedback and special thanks to @sarahillswrites and Shira Musicant for reading drafts ❤️
Congratulations to the 27 authors longlisted for the 2026 novella in flash award and thank you to everyone who entered. So many good and inventive novellas were submitted. Shortlist by the end of Dec . ://www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/12/novella-in-flash-2026-longlist/
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Thrilled to be on this list!
Congratulations to the 27 authors longlisted for the 2026 novella in flash award and thank you to everyone who entered. So many good and inventive novellas were submitted. Shortlist by the end of Dec . ://www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/12/novella-in-flash-2026-longlist/
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Congratulations to the 27 authors longlisted for the 2026 novella in flash award and thank you to everyone who entered. So many good and inventive novellas were submitted. Shortlist by the end of Dec . ://www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/12/novella-in-flash-2026-longlist/
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Loving my new tree decoration, a gift from writer & artist chum Hannah. This is the spitting image of the Woodpigeon who was the inspiration for my @BathFlashAward story "The Constancy of Woodpigeons".
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32nd Award is open now. Judge writer and educator John Brantingham. Early bird discounts open till mid Dec. Closes Feb 1st. £1460 in prizes. Anthology. Results end of Feb.
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Darlingest lovelies! Have you had a chance to read the remarkable story we have from the amazing @xPamelaPainterx? You'll be glad you did! 💖🐇🍬
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🎉Happy 2nd Book Birthday🎉 to #TheNamingOfMoths! Tales of myths, monsters, & mothers published by award-winning @fly_press. Still available to buy... or borrow from your #library instagram.com/p/DQ3xUuYDN8V/…
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We had over 1000 entries and many great stories to choose from. If you didn’t make our lists this time, best wishes for acceptance elsewhere it is always so very hard to whittle down!
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Hot on the heels of our longlist announcement, here is the short list of 20 stories selected by our judge Kathryn Aldridge Morris. Mega congrats to all! Winners in tis rollercoaster results ride out tomorrow!
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OO-er!
is your flash on the list?
can you remember what it was called?
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Late in the day but here at last. Congratulations to all 50 writers on our Oct 2025 longlist
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If you're not into spiced pumpkin lattes or prefer your #Fiction to have an #autumnal edge ... then treat yourself to #TheNamingOfMoths, a #shortstory collection featuring award-winning tales of myths, monsters, and mothers. Avail @fly_press
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Late in the day but here at last. Congratulations to all 50 writers on our Oct 2025 longlist
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Thank you to all who entered our 31st £1460 prize fund Award. We appreciate your support. Results will announced on our website at the end of Oct and emailed to all on our subscriber list
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The Last Minute Club for our 31st, £1460 prize fund award is open! Here’s our pink and green LMC badge. You should be getting one if you enter today. Deadline midnight today, Sunday 5th Oct.
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Lots happening in Oct— last weekend to enter 31st Award. Closes this Sun, 5th Oct. £1460 in prizes. 300 words max.Results out by end of Oct. Our 9th yearly Novella in Flash Award ends Oct 31st. £500 in prizes plus publication. Results out Jan 2026.
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