tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55475161416767056532024-03-21T22:33:52.250+00:00National Flash Fiction DayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353867339296316085noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-26240606988022799662018-11-25T11:03:00.000+00:002018-11-25T11:03:53.683+00:00Introducing our New Volunteer Social Media Co-ordinatorWe'd like to welcome to the National Flash Fiction Day team our newest member, Claire Thomson, who will be our Volunteer Social Media Co-ordinator!<br />
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Claire is currently an Editorial Assistant at Vintage Books. Before this, she worked in a press office and for a feminist literary magazine. From Scotland, she studied English Literature at the University of Glasgow and now lives in North London. <br />
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National Flash Fiction Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541379999415231359noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-7307933172762593822018-09-27T20:29:00.000+01:002018-09-27T20:29:08.639+01:00Wanted: Volunteer Social Media Co-ordinator<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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On Saturday 16th June this year, <strong>National Flash Fiction Day</strong> celebrated its seventh year! NFFD was founded in 2012 by <strong>Calum Kerr</strong>, and since then we have published hundreds of flash fictions by hundreds of different authors across anthologies, FlashFlood, and other flashy projects! We’ve had numerous readings, launches, workshops, and other events around the country to celebrate flash fiction. This was all thanks to Calum, who decided that this year would be his last NFFD.</div>
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There are many ways to say thank you. When Calum stepped down, the future of NFFD was uncertain, but we believed that the best way to say thank you was to keep NFFD going. Flash fiction has truly blossomed across the U.K. and the world, and it wouldn’t feel right if NFFD disappeared.</div>
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It is truly exciting to be able to announce that two astounding flash fiction authors will be working alongside me to not only continue NFFD but to raise it to new heights.<br />
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<em><strong>Please allow me to formally introduce and welcome Ingrid Jendrzejewski and Diane Simmons as fellow Co-Directors of National Flash Fiction Day!</strong></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><b>Ingrid Jendrzejewski </b>studied creative writing and English literature at the University of Evansville, then physics at the University of Cambridge. Her work has been published in places like Passages North, The Los Angeles Review, Jellyfish Review, Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine and The Conium Review, and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Vestal Review’s VERA Award, and multiple times for Best Small Fictions. Her short-form work has won fifteen writing competitions including the Bath Flash Fiction Award and AROHO’s Orlando Prize. She serves as editor-in-chief of FlashBack Fiction and a flash editor at JMWW. Links to Ingrid’s work can be found at</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"> </span><a href="http://www.ingridj.com/" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">www.ingridj.com</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">and she tweets @LunchOnTuesday. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;">SAVE THE DATE! National Flash Fiction Day next year will be on <span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><strong>Saturday 15th June 2019!</strong></em> </span>We’re already planning and exploring lots of options for next year’s National Flash Fiction Day, and if you’d like to plan an event or volunteer in any way don’t hesitate to get in touch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";">That said, this year’s fantastic anthology is still available to purchase in <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ripening-2018-National-Flash-Fiction-Anthology/dp/1720847770/" target="_blank"><strong>paperback</strong></a> and on <strong><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ripening-2018-National-Flash-Fiction-Anthology-ebook/dp/B07DP52ZFG/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Kindle</span></a>.</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This seventh annual instalment of the National Flash-Fiction Day (UK) anthology is overflowing with food-themed flashes. Satiate your hunger for fiction with these delicious stories by new and established flash fiction writers. The authors have cooked up a smorgasbord of entertaining, moving and tantalising flashes for your reading delight. From fudge to oysters, apples to mangoes, gingerbread to (of course!) cake, there’s something in this anthology for everyone to sink their teeth into.</span></div>
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Authors include: Tara Laskowski, Christopher Allen, Nancy Stohlman, Frankie McMillan, Meg Pokrass, Nuala O’Connor, Robert Scotellaro, Alison Powell, Kevlin Henney, Jude Higgins, Tim Stevenson, Angela Readman, Megan Giddings, Joanna Campbell, Diane Simmons, Ingrid Jendrzejewski, Calum Kerr, and Santino Prinzi.</div>
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The editors are Santino Prinzi and Alison Powell.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">That's all for now, so we're going to leave you with a flash fiction from this year's FlashFlood! Here's a beautifully rhythmic flash called 'Breathe' by Kellie Carle: </span><a href="http://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2018/06/breathe-by-kellie-carle.html" target="_blank">http://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2018/06/breathe-by-kellie-carle.html </a><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 17px;">Thanks for reading!</span></strong></em><br /><br />Santino Prinzi</span></div>
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Yes, it's here again. And this is a short bulletin just to bring you up to date on all that is happening today.<br /><br />We have, of course, the <a href="https://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2baadf; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">FlashFlood</a> which starts at midnight and runs all the way through the day. A story will be published every 10 minutes on the blog, with a few extras across the middle of the day, bringing you a total of 148 wonderful, new flashes for you to enjoy.<br /><br />Over the 7 years of NFFD this journal has had nearly 420,000 views, and we would love to be able to get even closer to the magical half million mark, so please do share the stories across your media and bring the joy to the world.<br /> </div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">And, as ever, there will be people publishing flashes, sharing their work, and generally enjoying the day all around the country and across the internet. One of them could be you, so why not celebrate the day by joining in by writing, sharing, or reading. </span></div>
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In case you don't know, this year National Flash-Fiction Day will be on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1711755816" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">16th June</span></span>. And, as ever, we have a range of things going on. </div>
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This seventh annual instalment of the National Flash-Fiction Day (UK) anthology is overflowing with food-themed flashes. Satiate your hunger for fiction with these delicious stories by new and established flash fiction writers. The authors have cooked up a smorgasbord of entertaining, moving and tantalising flashes for your reading delight. From fudge to oysters, apples to mangoes, gingerbread to (of course!) cake, there’s something in this anthology for everyone to sink their teeth into.<br />
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Authors include: Tara Laskowski, Christopher Allen, Nancy Stohlman, Frankie McMillan, Meg Pokrass, Nuala O’Connor, Robert Scotellaro, Alison Powell, Kevlin Henney, Jude Higgins, Tim Stevenson, Angela Readman, Megan Giddings, Joanna Campbell, Diane Simmons, and NFFD co-directors, Calum Kerr and Santino Prinzi.<br />
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The editors are Santino Prinzi and Alison Powell.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353867339296316085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-54913003919703957952018-05-29T21:10:00.000+01:002018-05-30T07:09:26.126+01:00Introducing the National Flash Fiction Anthology 2018<span style="font-family: inherit;">We're absolutely thrilled to be able to share the title of this year's National Flash Fiction Day anthology, along with our <b>full line-up!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This year's title is borrowed from a stunning and moving flash fiction by Alicia Bakewell. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The cover will be revealed in the near future, and below you can read the full line-up of authors who'll feature in this year's anthology! We can't wait to share all of these stories with you!</span><br />
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl70" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Sharon Telfer</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Caramel Baby</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Damhnait Monaghan</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Habits</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl70" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Nan Wigington</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Famous Last Meals</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Leonora Desar</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">The Hot Fudge Lady</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Deborah Meltvedt</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Farmer's Market</td></tr>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Emma Harding</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Say It with a Cake</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl70" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Sarah Evans</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">The Word Eater</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Sylvia Petter</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Oysters</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">H Anthony Hildebrand</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Ewei</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Megan Giddings</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Milk and Eggs</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 16pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">FJ Morris</td><td class="xl66" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">The Root of It</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl70" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">A. E. Weisgerber</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Knoxville</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Sophie van Llewyn</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Hi, Dad, How've You Been?</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Philip Charter</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">The Change</td></tr>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Nancy Stohlman</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">The Pilgrimage </td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl70" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Christopher M Drew</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">A Turn of the Tide</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Erica Plouffe Lazure</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">The Italic</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Alicia Bakewell</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Ripening</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Judy Darley</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Cornish Gold</td></tr>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Gay Degani</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Troy Mills</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Calum Kerr</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Cooking on Gas</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Anne Summerfield</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Only Now Can I Think of All The Things I Should Have Said</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl70" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Sal Page</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">A Fifteen Stone Woman, with a Six Stone Daughter Who Will Not Eat, Writes Shopping Lists</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Rachael Dunlop</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Border Line</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl70" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">J. E. Kennedy</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">An Offering</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Angela Readman</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Attack of the Robot Grannies</td></tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17pt;"><td class="xl68" height="23" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 17pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">TM Upchurch</td><td class="xl67" style="border: none; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Plum Skin</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl70" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Nuala O'Connor</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Sponge</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Diane Simmons</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">A Picnic in the Park</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl70" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Stephanie Hutton</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Nourishment</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Robert Scotellaro</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">The Polygamist's Three Wives</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl70" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Ros Woolner</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Make a Wish</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl70" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Gemma Govier</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Bass Drums and Trumpets for Tea</td></tr>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">David Cook</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">The Shock Of The New Breakfasts</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl70" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Jacqueline Saville</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">It's Not Her</td></tr>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="border: none; font-family: "Calibri Body"; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Poppy O'Neill</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">The Creator is Disturbed at Her Vanity by the Cries of Mankind</td></tr>
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<b>Micro Competition Winners</b></td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Fiona J. Mackintosh</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">The Birth of the Baptist</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl71" height="20" style="border: none; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Charmaine Wilkerson</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Pull</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Rachael Dunlop</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">A Nice Bit of Linoleum</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Lisa Ferranti</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Fifth Grade</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Amanda O'Callaghan</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Death of a Friend</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Catherine Edmunds</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Forgetting, Remembering</td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Rebecca Field</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">Things I Never Saw Again After You Dumped Me By Text Message</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353867339296316085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-59044334807438662402018-05-10T09:41:00.000+01:002018-05-10T18:08:41.823+01:00Micro Fiction Competition Winners!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before we announce the winners of the micro fiction competition, I want to apologise about a technical issue that meant all of my lovely emails I sent out to authors who entered our micro competition or submitted to the anthology did not send. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As usual, there were hundreds and hundreds of submitters. We always send out an email to let people know whether or not they've been accepted via a link to this blog where the announcement is made. Only one set of emails actually sent; the rest were bounced back as a failed delivery. Obviously my mail box was working to Bank Holiday rules.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Apologies again if you haven't received an email, but you can find out if you're in the anthology or were shortlisted for the micro competition by <b><a href="http://nationalflashfictionday.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/micro-fiction-competition-and-food.html" target="_blank">checking out our previous blog post.</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Without further delay, it's time to announce the results of this year's micro fiction competition!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Again, I want to thank our judges for doing such a stellar job of reading through all 600 entries, narrowing it down to just 24, and then again to only 10. Thank you to Kevlin Henney, Ingrid Jendrzrjewski, Angela Readman, Rob Walton, Brianna Snow, and Anne Patterson. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also want to thank everyone who submitted, and to congratulate again all of the authors who made the shortlist -- that, in itself, is a huge achievement. The quality was very high, and this made for a very tight race to the finish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Forgetting, Remembering by Catherine Edmunds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Louise by <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Elaine Dillon</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">White Lies by Anita Goveas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Congratulations to all of the authors of our winning and highly commended micros! </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All of the stories are published below, will appear on our website in due course, and will be published in this year's National Flash Fiction Day anthology! We hope you love these micros as much as we do!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Birth of the Baptist<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Slide the 100 lire coin into the slot. Watch the lights flare, the fresco spring to life, Ghirlandaio’s pinks, blues, and greens. Watch your girl in denim shorts stare upward, lips parted, eyes roaming over the ancient stone wall. See her smile at St. Elizabeth reclining, at the wet nurse suckling the infant John the Baptist. And when the coin runs out and the chapel snaps back into darkness, know that you too are just the forerunner, that one day she’ll leave you in your own private wilderness with the taste of locusts and wild honey bitter in your mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Charmaine Wilkerson<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My toothbrush. My spare contact lenses. That Bob Dylan album I lent you. The old Iron Maiden T-shirt you gave me to sleep in at your place. My Fight Club video. Your housemates, except for that one time I saw Dave in Fulton’s Frozen Foods and he blanked me. Your house cat – I wonder who fed him once I wasn’t there anymore. You in the morning with the shakes, thinking about your next drink. All the money I lent you to go out drinking without me. Best of all, that look my mother would give me when I mentioned you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are now in our seventh year of National Flash Fiction Day! As always, both our micro fiction competition and annual anthology encourage hundreds of you to send us your best flashes, and this year was no different. Both competitions were incredibly fierce this year, but I can finally share with you all some news!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This year we had around 600 entries for our micro fiction competition, where we asked you to write a story of 100 words or fewer on any theme. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank our brilliant judges who had the rewarding but difficult task of whittling these 600 entries to a shortlist of just 24 stories: Angela Readman, Anne Patterson, Briana Snow, Ingrid Jendrzrjewski, Kevlin Henny, and Rob Walton. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Congratulations to all of our shortlisted authors! The judges have already chosen the winning stories, and a further announcement will be made once all of the scores have been collated. The winning and highly commended flashes will be published on our website and in this year's flash fiction anthology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Again, this year our anthology editors have had hundreds of incredible flashes to read and choose from, making selecting 50 stories for the anthology extremely enjoyable, but equally tricky. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Myself and this year's co-editor, Alison Powell, challenged you all to write flashes of 500 words or fewer responding to the theme of <b>Food</b>, and were so spoilt for choice! There were numerous delicacies for us to sink our teeth into, and so many different responses to the theme. We feel that this anthology is going to be something really special.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Alison for all of her hard work in helping me choose our top 50 stories. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And so, here are our anthology authors and their flashes:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Congratulations to all of our authors! The full line-up with stories from guest authors will be announced at a later date, as well as the title and cover reveal!</span></div>
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You have until <b>Saturday 17th March 2018 </b>to send us up to three micro fictions on any theme for our Micro fiction competition. That's less than a week left! These must be 100 words or fewer. More details about the micro competition are here: <a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="origin" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalflashfictionday.co.uk%2Fcomp.html&h=ATPE8zOzo8Fgmq39mRgPXJzU_x6-48_slU71ORBctnTN9v-QPYklvME6DwvdoNJWDlPBMvZ8neNt0DZqSrFF14ZfGO-02qFtCK-mO3cucZV8sKOZarNNzijdzWoouggIJ_iTwhrThkpsruVu_oV9kksKxNiG" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/comp.html</a></div>
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Our 2018 anthology submissions are now open too, and we hope you're hungry! From now until <b>Saturday 31st March 2018</b>, you can send us up to three 500-word on this year's theme: Food! Th<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">e anthology will be edited by award-winning writer, <a href="http://www.alisonpowell.co.uk/" target="_blank">Alison Powell</a>, and National Flash Fiction Day Co-Director, <a href="https://tinoprinzi.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Santino Prinzi</a>. Your stories must be 500 words or fewer. </span></div>
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<i>We're looking for stories inspired by and about whatever's on your plate. We're ready to salivate over your sentences, to savour the subtle flavours of your subtext, to devour your delicious dialogue. Sweet, sour, savoury, sharp, tangy, rich, or rotten. Serve us up some scrumptious tales and tantalising treats with tasty twists. Are we all becoming too healthy? Or is suet the main dish of the day? Has a friendship been ruined by raw chocolate? We're looking for full-fat, jam-packed flash fiction with an aftertaste we won't forget. Feel free to interpret the theme of "food" however you wish, but your flashes must fit the theme in some way.</i> </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353867339296316085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-91744100509670860152017-06-24T00:00:00.000+01:002017-06-24T00:00:20.052+01:00Happy National Flash-Fiction Day 2017!Hello everyone,<br />
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Yes, it's here again. This is the sixth National Flash-Fiction Day (and they said it wouldn't last). </div>
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Earlier in the year, we ran our micro-fiction competition, and you can read the winning stories at <a href="http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/results.html">http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/results.html</a></div>
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We also took submissions for our anthology, <i>Sleep is a Beautiful Colour,</i> which you can now buy online at Amazon in both <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1547192615/">paperback</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleep-Beautiful-Colour-Flash-Fiction-Anthology-ebook/dp/B07349S3KW">kindle </a>versions. The book also includes all the competition winners, as well as wonderful stories from some of the best flash-fictioneers in the world. </div>
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The anthology will also be on sale at the launch, this evening, as part of the UK's first ever Flash-Fiction Literary Festival, in Bath. Details about that are online at <a href="https://bathflashfictionaward.com/2017/03/flash-fiction-festival-sat-24th-sun-25th-june-2017/">https://bathflashfictionaward.com/2017/03/flash-fiction-festival-sat-24th-sun-25th-june-2017/</a></div>
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And, last but not even a little bit least, we are once again flooding the internet with flash-fiction with our FlashFlood. You can read the stories as they appear on our blog (<a href="http://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.co.uk/">http://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.co.uk</a>) but also through our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nationalflashfictionday/">Facebook </a>and <a href="https://twitter.com/nationalflashfd">Twitter</a> feeds. And, don't worry, the stories will remain on the blog after tomorrow, along with over 1000 stories from previous issues.</div>
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Once again, it will be a massive day to celebrate the smallest prose fictions, and thanks must go to all who help organise the day, and all of you for your support in writing and reading and taking part in the day.</div>
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Special thanks to my co-Director Tino Prinzi, without whom the day wouldn't have happened. </div>
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National Flash Fiction Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541379999415231359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-41584573826934231572017-06-06T17:55:00.000+01:002017-06-06T17:55:12.434+01:00Cover Reveal! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to <i>Sleep is a Beautiful Colour: National Flash Fiction Day 2017 Anthology</i>, edited by Santino Prinzi and Meg Pokrass.</h3>
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We are currently very busy proofreading the anthology, and the feedback from our proofreaders has been outstanding! They're all very excited about this anthology, as are we, and we hope you are too! We'll let you know when the anthology is available to purchase.<br />
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For the full line-up of authors and their flashes, see the list below:<br />
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<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt; width: 137pt;" width="183">Robert Scotellaro</td><td class="xl63" style="width: 401pt;" width="535">A Sky Full of Ghosts</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Catherine Edmunds</td><td class="xl63">Molly and the Toe-rag</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Simon Sylvester</td><td class="xl63">Soup Stone</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Sandra Arnold</td><td class="xl63">The Quick and the Dead</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Heather McQuillan</td><td class="xl63">Iridescence</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">James Coffey</td><td class="xl63">Close Encounters</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Victoria Richards</td><td class="xl63">Aino Yehudi </td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Kevlin Henney</td><td class="xl63">DIY</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Sophia Holme</td><td class="xl63">Rehabilitation</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Joy Manné</td><td class="xl63">Stabbed</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Robert Lopez</td><td class="xl63">Into My Own Parade</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Mary Lynn Reed</td><td class="xl63">The Thieves Are Coming. They Are Taking It All</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Jonathan Taylor</td><td class="xl63">Not a Horror Story</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Jenny Woodhouse</td><td class="xl63">Stepping Out</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Steven Moss</td><td class="xl63">Gabriel</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Peter Wortsman</td><td class="xl63">Bliss Street</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Sharon Telfer</td><td class="xl63">Never Going to Fall for Modern Love</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Marie Gethins</td><td class="xl63">Unseen</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Bobbie Ann Mason</td><td class="xl63">The Girl in Purple</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Conor Houghton</td><td class="xl63">The Great Forgotten Language</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Rupert Dastur</td><td class="xl63">It All Ends</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Tim Stevenson</td><td class="xl63">A Thousand Years</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Miranda Kate</td><td class="xl63">Friends</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Nuala Ní Chonchúir</td><td class="xl63">Bunnahabhain</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Michael Loveday</td><td class="xl63">Let Them Know Me By My Teeth</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Lex Williford</td><td class="xl63">Horsewhip</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Sophie Rosenblum</td><td class="xl63">A Terrier’s Limits</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Mark Connors<br />Gary Duncan</td><td class="xl63">Communication<br />Free Hugs</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Steve Tuffin</td><td class="xl63">The Sun on the Dash</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Diane Simmons</td><td class="xl63">Dancing Partners</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Gary Powell</td><td class="xl63">Missing</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Rachael Dunlop</td><td class="xl63">Teeter, Totter, Tattle-Tale</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Gay Degani</td><td class="xl63">Anamnesis</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Helen Rye</td><td class="xl63">Sleep Is A Beautiful Colour</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Christopher M Drew</td><td class="xl63">The Fisher King</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">David O’Neill</td><td class="xl63">Tin Can Phones</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Stuart Dybek</td><td class="xl63">Fog</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">David Steward</td><td class="xl63">Twenty-Five Seconds</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Nod Ghosh</td><td class="xl63">Exactly the Way You Are</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Matthew Thorpe-Coles</td><td class="xl63">It’s M.E., Not You</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Megan Crosbie</td><td class="xl63">Big Responsibilities</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Joanna Campbell</td><td class="xl63">Breathing</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Danielle McLaughlin</td><td class="xl63">Let Robot Lawnmower Work. Enjoy Your Life!</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Sophie van Llewyn</td><td class="xl63">The Skirt</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Erica Plouffe Lazure</td><td class="xl63">On The Way Out</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Pamela Painter</td><td class="xl63">Vacation Dog</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Clare Polders</td><td class="xl63">Swing State</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Paul Currion</td><td class="xl63">Happiness</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Calum Kerr</td><td class="xl63">Who Came?</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Zoe Murdock</td><td class="xl63">Living Alone with Derrida</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Meg Pokrass</td><td class="xl63">Tenders</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Anne Summerfield</td><td class="xl63">On the Track You Tasted Blue</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Etgar Keret</td><td class="xl63">The Most</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Judy Darley</td><td class="xl63">Fascinate</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Angela Readman</td><td class="xl63">Legs in the Air, We Think about Spring</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Anna Nazarova-Evans</td><td class="xl63">The Boy at a London Bus Stop Who Took </td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td height="21" style="height: 16pt;"></td><td>My Photograph in the Summer of 1999</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Santino Prinzi</td><td class="xl63">They Keep Calling My Ex-Husband Brave</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Judi Walsh</td><td class="xl63">Carousel</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Lindsay Fisher</td><td class="xl63">How Traveller Boys Love</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Ingrid Jendrzejewski</td><td class="xl63">The Complete and Incomplete Works of Lydia Davis</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Jason Jackson</td><td class="xl63">Ana and Jose-Ramon</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Robert Shapard</td><td class="xl63">Weather Girl</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">KM Elkes</td><td class="xl63">The Way We Lie</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Jane Dugdale</td><td class="xl63">Milk and Money</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Claudia Smith</td><td class="xl63">Startled</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Kirsty Cowan</td><td class="xl63">Mrs Livingstone’s Artist</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Adam Trodd</td><td class="xl63">I Am My Own David Attenborough</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Jude Higgins</td><td class="xl63">There’s No Such Thing as a Fish</td></tr>
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<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Brianna Snow</td><td class="xl63">Fifth Grade</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Stephanie Hutton</td><td class="xl64">Geology of a Girl</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Sherry Morris</td><td class="xl64">As Liquid is Poured</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Catherine Edmunds</td><td class="xl63">Brave</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Sally Syson</td><td class="xl64">Mermaids</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Kayla Pongrac</td><td class="xl64">Fireflies in the Backyard</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Sacha Waldron</td><td class="xl64">Fawn</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Jennifer Harvey</td><td class="xl64">Mango</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Christina Taylor</td><td class="xl64">The In-Between Hour</td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16pt;"><td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16pt;">Alison Wassell</td><td class="xl64">The Smoking Circle</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353867339296316085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-55601217508304387172017-05-21T10:02:00.000+01:002017-06-02T08:41:46.162+01:00Anthology Title and Full Line-Up Announcement!<span style="font-family: inherit;">Assembly of the 2017 National Flash Fiction Day anthology is well underway. The theme for this year's anthology is <b>Life As You Know It</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We're thrilled to announce that this year's anthology will be called <b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Sleep Is A Beautiful Colour,</span></i></b> taken from a brilliant and funny story by Helen Rye.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">We've also managed to include a series of commissioned stories from a range of wonderful writers. We're sure you'll recognise some of these writers, and that you'll be as excited as we are about their appearance in this year's anthology! The full 'line-up' is below, with all the incredible stories you'll be able to read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We will be launching <i style="font-weight: bold;">Sleep Is A Beautiful Colour </i>on National Flash Fiction Day (June 24th) at the UK's first Flash Fiction Festival taking place in Bath. <b><i>If you are organising a flash fiction event for National Flash Fiction Day, please get in contact with us so we can promote your event!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Without further ado, welcome to life as we know it...</span><br />
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<td class="xl63">Into My Own Parade</td>
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<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Mary Lynn Reed</td>
<td class="xl63">The Thieves Are Coming. They Are Taking It All</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Jonathan Taylor</td>
<td class="xl63">Not a Horror Story</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Jenny Woodhouse</td>
<td class="xl63">Stepping Out</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Steven Moss</td>
<td class="xl63">Gabriel</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Peter Wortsman</td>
<td class="xl63">Bliss Street</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Sharon Telfer</td>
<td class="xl63">Never Going to Fall for Modern Love</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Marie Gethins</td>
<td class="xl63">Unseen</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Bobbie Ann Mason</td>
<td class="xl63">The Girl in Purple</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Conor Houghton</td>
<td class="xl63">The Great Forgotten Language</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Rupert Dastur</td>
<td class="xl63">It All Ends</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Tim Stevenson</td>
<td class="xl63">A Thousand Years</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Miranda Kate</td>
<td class="xl63">Friends</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Nuala Ní Chonchúir</td>
<td class="xl63">Bunnahabhain</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Michael Loveday</td>
<td class="xl63">Let Them Know Me By My Teeth</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Lex Williford</td>
<td class="xl63">Horsewhip</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Sophie Rosenblum</td>
<td class="xl63">A Terrier’s Limits</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Mark Connors<br />
Gary Duncan</td>
<td class="xl63">Communication<br />
Free Hugs</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Steve Tuffin</td>
<td class="xl63">The Sun on the Dash</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Diane Simmons</td>
<td class="xl63">Dancing Partners</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Gary Powell</td>
<td class="xl63">Missing</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Rachael Dunlop</td>
<td class="xl63">Teeter, Totter, Tattle-Tale</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Gay Degani</td>
<td class="xl63">Anamnesis</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Helen Rye</td>
<td class="xl63">Sleep Is A Beautiful Colour</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Christopher M Drew</td>
<td class="xl63">The Fisher King</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">David O’Neill</td>
<td class="xl63">Tin Can Phones</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Stuart Dybek</td>
<td class="xl63">Fog</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">David Steward</td>
<td class="xl63">Twenty-Five Seconds</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Nod Ghosh</td>
<td class="xl63">Exactly the Way You Are</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Matthew Thorpe-Coles</td>
<td class="xl63">It’s M.E., Not You</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Megan Crosbie</td>
<td class="xl63">Big Responsibilities</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Joanna Campbell</td>
<td class="xl63">Breathing</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Danielle McLaughlin</td>
<td class="xl63">Let Robot Lawnmower Work. Enjoy Your Life!</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Sophie van Llewyn</td>
<td class="xl63">The Skirt</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Erica Plouffe Lazure</td>
<td class="xl63">On The Way Out</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Pamela Painter</td>
<td class="xl63">Vacation Dog</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Clare Polders</td>
<td class="xl63">Swing State</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Paul Currion</td>
<td class="xl63">Happiness</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Calum Kerr</td>
<td class="xl63">Who Came?</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Zoe Murdock</td>
<td class="xl63">Living Alone with Derrida</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Meg Pokrass</td>
<td class="xl63">Tenders</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Anne Summerfield</td>
<td class="xl63">On the Track You Tasted Blue</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Etgar Keret</td>
<td class="xl63">The Most</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Judy Darley</td>
<td class="xl63">Fascinate</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Angela Readman</td>
<td class="xl63">Legs in the Air, We Think about Spring</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Anna Nazarova-Evans</td>
<td class="xl63">The Boy at a London Bus Stop Who Took </td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;"></td>
<td>My Photograph in the Summer of 1999</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Santino Prinzi</td>
<td class="xl63">They Keep Calling My Ex-Husband Brave</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Judi Walsh</td>
<td class="xl63">Carousel</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Lindsay Fisher</td>
<td class="xl63">How Traveller Boys Love</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Ingrid Jendrzejewski</td>
<td class="xl63">The Complete and Incomplete Works of Lydia Davis</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Jason Jackson</td>
<td class="xl63">Ana and Jose-Ramon</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Robert Shapard</td>
<td class="xl63">Weather Girl</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">KM Elkes</td>
<td class="xl63">The Way We Lie</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Jane Dugdale</td>
<td class="xl63">Milk and Money</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Claudia Smith</td>
<td class="xl63">Startled</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Kirsty Cowan</td>
<td class="xl63">Mrs Livingstone’s Artist</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Adam Trodd</td>
<td class="xl63">I Am My Own David Attenborough</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Jude Higgins</td>
<td class="xl63">There’s No Such Thing as a Fish</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;"></td>
<td class="xl63"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" colspan="2" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt; mso-ignore: colspan;">2017
National Flash-Fiction Day Micro Competion Winners</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;"></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Brianna Snow</td>
<td class="xl63">Fifth Grade</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Stephanie Hutton</td>
<td class="xl64">Geology of a Girl</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Sherry Morris</td>
<td class="xl64">As Liquid
is Poured</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Catherine Edmunds</td>
<td class="xl63">Brave</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Sally Syson</td>
<td class="xl64">Mermaids</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Kayla Pongrac</td>
<td class="xl64">Fireflies in the Backyard</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Sacha Waldron</td>
<td class="xl64">Fawn</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Jennifer Harvey</td>
<td class="xl64">Mango</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Christina Taylor</td>
<td class="xl64">The In-Between Hour</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td class="xl63" height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Alison Wassell</td>
<td class="xl64">The Smoking Circle</td>
</tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353867339296316085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-90511931485960575202017-05-18T18:43:00.000+01:002017-05-21T11:09:06.949+01:002017 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology!<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;">Well, we've finally made it through to the other side, and now we are able to announce the stories which have made it into this year's National Flash-Fiction Day anthology.</span><br />
<br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;">We received over 500 stories, closer to 600 stories really (182,000 words, or thereabouts) and these are the 50 which made it in. So, if you were unsuccessful, please take comfort that it was a very difficult decision from a large field of excellent work. The ones that we picked are the stories we felt would make the most compelling compendium, and a great snapshot of current flash-fiction.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;">To those of you who made it in: Congratulations!</span><br />
<br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;">As well as the stories listed below, the anthology will include the 10 micro-fiction competition winners, plus a range of commissioned stories from some truly exceptional writers.</span><br />
<br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;">The anthology doesn't have a name yet, but we hope to announce it very soon, along with the full line-up. It will be on sale on National Flash-Fiction Day at the anthology launch at the UK's first ever literary festival devoted entirely to Flash Fiction, as well as online in paper and e-book formats. For more information about the Flash Fiction Festival, please visit their website: </span><a href="https://www.flashfictionfestival.com/">www.flashfictionfestival.com</a> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"> Tickets are selling fast, so if you want to go you'll need to book soon.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;">Anyway, with no further waffle, here are the stories which will soon be printed up and bound for your edification.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><br /></span>
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<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td height="23" style="height: 17.0pt; width: 186pt;" width="248">Angela Readman</td>
<td style="width: 278pt;" width="371">Legs in the Air, We Think About Spring</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Judy Darley</td>
<td>Fascinate</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Rachael Dunlop</td>
<td>Teeter, Totter, Tattle-Tale</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Adam Trodd</td>
<td>I Am My Own David Attenborough</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Anne Summerfield</td>
<td>On the Track You Tasted Blue</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Jane Dugdale</td>
<td>Milk and Money</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Helen Rye</td>
<td>Sleep is a Beautiful Colour</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Judi Walsh</td>
<td>Carousel</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">Claire Polders</td>
<td>Swing State</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Lex Williford</td>
<td>Horsewhip</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Marie Gethins</td>
<td>Unseen</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Jonathan Taylor</td>
<td>Not a Horror Story</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Erica Plouffe Lazure</td>
<td>On The Way Out</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Catherine Edmunds</td>
<td>Molly and the Toe-rag</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">Gary Powell</td>
<td>Missing</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="23" style="height: 17.0pt; width: 186pt;" width="248">James
Coffey</td>
<td>Close Encounters</td>
</tr>
<tr height="24" style="height: 18.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="24" style="height: 18.0pt; width: 186pt;" width="248">Conor
Houghton</td>
<td>The Great Forgotten Language</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Paul Currion</td>
<td>Happiness</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Kirsty Cowan</td>
<td>Mrs Livingstone's Artist</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">David O'Neill</td>
<td>Tin Can Phones</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">
<td height="21" style="height: 16.0pt;">Nod Ghosh</td>
<td>Exactly the Way You Are</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Sophia Holme</td>
<td>Rehabilitation</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Jason Jackson</td>
<td>Ana and Jose-Ramon</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">Mary Lynn Reed</td>
<td>The Thieves Are Coming. They Are Taking it All.</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Ingrid Jendrzejewski</td>
<td>The Complete and Incomplete Works of Lydia Davis</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">Joy Manné</td>
<td>Stabbed</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Lindsay Fisher</td>
<td>How Traveller Boys Love</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Victoria Richards</td>
<td>Aino Yehudi</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Steven Moss</td>
<td>Gabriel</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">Steve Tuffin</td>
<td>The Sun on the Dash</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Diane Simmons</td>
<td>Dancing Partners</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">Christopher M Drew</td>
<td>The Fisher King</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">Joanna Campbell</td>
<td>Breathing</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">KM Elkes</td>
<td>The Way We Lie</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Sophie van Llewyn</td>
<td>The Skirt</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Jenny Woodhouse</td>
<td>Stepping Out</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">Gary Duncan</td>
<td>Free Hugs</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">Sharon Telfer</td>
<td>Never going to fall for modern love</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">Matthew Thorpe-Coles</td>
<td>It's M.E., Not You</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="23" style="height: 17.0pt; width: 186pt;" width="248">Heather
McQuillan</td>
<td>Iridescence</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">David Steward</td>
<td>Twenty-five Seconds</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">Miranda Kate</td>
<td>Friends</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">Michael Loveday</td>
<td>Let Them Know Me By My Teeth</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Gay Degani</td>
<td>Anamnesis</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Megan Crosbie</td>
<td>Big Responsibilities</td>
</tr>
<tr height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">
<td height="23" style="height: 17.0pt;">Simon Sylvester</td>
<td>Soup Stone</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Rupert Dastur</td>
<td>It All Ends</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Sandra Arnold</td>
<td>The Quick and the Dead</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Anna Nazarova-Evans</td>
<td>The Boy at a London Bus Stop Who Took My Photograph in the Summer of 1999</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Zoe Murdock</td>
<td>Living Alone With Derrida </td>
</tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353867339296316085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-57551494525213581192017-05-13T12:00:00.000+01:002017-05-13T12:11:26.149+01:00NFFD 2017 Micro Fiction Competition Results!<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">Well, it feels as if it was only yesterday that we
announced the longlist for our 100-word micro-fiction competition for 2017. And
it was. But now, without having kept you waiting for too long, we're pleased to
present the winners.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">As I said in the last post, we had nearly 600
entries for this year's competition, and a word of thanks must again go to the
judges – Anne Patterson, Kevlin Henney, Ingrid </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jendrzejewski</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">, Angela Readman, Tim Stevenson
and Rob Walton – for all of their hard work in reading through entries and making the
difficult decisions.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Thanks to everyone who entered, and remember, if
you weren't successful this time, there will be plenty more chances for you to
be involved with National Flash-Fiction Day. Just go to the website at </span></span><a href="http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/"><span style="color: #6699cc; font-family: "arial"; text-decoration: none;">http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";"> to find out more.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Below are a list of the top ten stories, and
below that we have shared the stories so you can see for yourselves what great
winners we have. Each story will also be published on the National Flash
Fiction Day website and in our 2017 Anthology. Please join us in congratulating
these fine writers!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">First Place Winner: </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Fifth Grade’ by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Brianna Snow</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">Second Place Winner:
</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Geology of a Girl’
by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Stephanie Hutton<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">Third Place Winner: </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘As Liquid is Poured’ by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sherry Morris<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">Highly Commended
Stories:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Brave’ by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Catherine
Edmunds<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Mermaids’ by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sally
Syson<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Fireflies in the Backyard’ by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kayla Pongrac<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Fawn’ by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sacha
Waldron<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Mango’ by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jennifer
Harvey<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘The In-Between Hour’ by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Christina Taylor<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘The Smoking Circle’ by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Alison Wassell<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">First Place Winner: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Fifth Grade’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Brianna
Snow<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "arial";">We learn that there are tubes inside of us with sleeping babies. One
day, boys will wake them up. The babies will grow, open our bodies, and fall
out. Until then, we’ll bleed—a baby’s death each month. Ms. Miller sits at her
desk in the back of the room while the video plays. We turn to her to see if
this is true. She’s holding her stomach with both hands. We look down and do
the same. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">Second Place Winner:
<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Geology of a Girl’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Stephanie
Hutton<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Ella kept one pebble in her pocket and rubbed it down to sand, running
the grains through her fingers. Stones sneaked in through holes in her shoes.
Her legs turned to rock. She leant against the sisterhood of brick on the
playground and watched girls skip together like lambs. A boulder weighed heavy
in her stomach. She curled forwards by habit. Her head filled with the detritus
of life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "arial";">A new girl started school in May with fire in her eyes. She whispered to
Ella with aniseed breath ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lava is liquid
rock,</i>’ then took her hand and ran.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">Third Place Winner: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘As Liquid is Poured’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sherry
Morris<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "arial";">I visit far-flung friends who possess a dancing bear and a well-stocked
vodka cabinet. We sit around the kitchen table in our coats, watching my breath
form clouds. ‘At least the shot glasses are chilled,’ my friend says.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m grateful for their hospitality and
anticipate the warmth that begins in my belly and spreads outward. We drink to
our health, sing melancholy tunes about lavender fog and eat dark bread. I no
longer feel the cold. I will stay here. I won’t be missed there. There, people
are replaced like vodka bottles. The bear twirls on hind legs and claps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">Highly Commended
Stories:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Brave’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Catherine
Edmunds<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "arial";">The man arrives in a car with dark windows. Father, who is brave, stands
in the yard while the pigs squeal and run. The man pushes Father’s shoulder.
The cockerel struts, the man raises his hand. Father shrinks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "arial";">I gather the others and we run down the stinking lane; I tell them
Father’s play-acting, he’ll kill the man later. They like that. They’ve seen
Father cut a squealer’s throat. I lead them away down to the mill race, into
danger, but it’s just water, full of noise. Try to pick it up and it slips
through your fingers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Mermaids’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sally
Syson<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "arial";">The mermaids are much uglier than anyone had anticipated, slimy-haired
and scabby with barnacles. They haul themselves up onto the sea wall, stinking
like a barrel of prawns, and lie flashing their tits at passers-by. They snatch
at the ankles of the small boys who dare to pelt them with chips and cans.
Their language is appalling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "arial";">On Friday nights, when the promenade glistens with broken glass and the
splintered remains of cocktail charms <span style="color: #222222;">—</span>
pretty plastic mermaids in pink and green and blue <span style="color: #222222;">—</span>
they retreat to the shoreline and gather along the water’s edge, hissing in the
dark.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Fireflies in the Backyard’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kayla
Pongrac<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "arial";">In the summertime, when these little roving lanterns covet my backyard,
slicing their way through the darkness one flight at a time, I step outside and
I extend my tongue, snowflake-style, so that I can jar and lid them inside my
stomach. How I want to glow, too—how I want to become both the illuminated and
the illuminator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Fawn’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sacha
Waldron<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Taking the fawn had not been
her initial intention. She was feeding it saltines from the palm of her hand,
stroking his soft head. She liked the way his tongue felt on her skin. She was,
she realised, running out of crackers and soon the deer would scamper off. Its
run reminded her of a carousel – rising and falling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">She crouched down, opened her
backpack and scattered some of the remaining crumbs inside. The fawn followed
them. She zipped up her bag quickly. As she walked out of the park she could
feel little hooves sticking awkwardly into her spine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘Mango’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jennifer
Harvey<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Johnny tells me I’m sweeter than mango. He’s
standing with his back against the wall, one foot up against the brickwork,
like some fifties rebel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Yeah?
You like exotic fruit, Johnny? If I had the guts, I’d say this. Walk on by all
sassy, like I owned him. Meet his gaze and wait for a reply. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Your
move, Johnny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> But
he made his move already. Watched me sat in the canteen, licking mango juice
from my fingers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> One
finger, two fingers, three fingers, four. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Smiling,
‘cos he knew it was him I was thinking of.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘The In-Between Hour’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Christina
Taylor<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">While you sleep I’ll kiss all
the boys I shouldn’t kiss and wear dresses that scream ‘You’re not going out in
that!’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
I’ll learn another language so I can talk about you behind your back. I’ll dye
my hair blue then sneak out of the house to release the dogs. We’ll bark at the
moon and set off car alarms. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In that hour
I’ll skinny dip in the river and count the goose bumps on my arms. I’ll fly
round the sun and eat cake for breakfast. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">‘The Smoking Circle’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Alison
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">We lay in a circle on the field every afternoon, our heads together,
school bags for pillows. She was the new girl, refusing to light up until we
called her Goody Two Shoes. We stared at the clouds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘What would you do if you
only had a week to live?’ someone asked. She answered first.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘I’d write to everyone
who’d hurt me. Tell them what I thought of them.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the one who
developed a forty a day habit. The letter came sealed with a lipstick kiss. I
suppose we all got one. I shredded mine without reading it.</span><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Hello</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Flash</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Writers</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Thank you all for your patience. Our
annual competition attracts hundreds of entries from across the globe. This</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">year</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">we</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">received</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">nearly</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> 600 </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">entries</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">to</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">our</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Micro</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">-</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Fiction</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">competition</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">which</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">is</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">mindboggling</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">! </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">We</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">d</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">like</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">to</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">thank</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">you</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">all</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">for</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">entering</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> and sending us such marvellous, tiny tales!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Our</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">special</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">thanks</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">go</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">to</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">our</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">incredible</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">judges:</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Anne</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Patterson</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Kevlin</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Henney</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Rob</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Walton</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Angela</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Readman</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Tim</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Stevenson</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">and</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ingrid</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jendrzejewski</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">They’ve</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">done</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">a</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">terrific</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">job</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">reading</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">through</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">all</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">of</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">the</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">competition</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">entries</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Compiling</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">a</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">longlist</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">and</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">then</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">selecting</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">winners</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">was</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">no</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">easy</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">task</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘1961, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">a</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">snapshot</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Kelly</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Davis</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">A</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Dying</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Fire</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Chris</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Milam</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">alphaomegalullabylament</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Tony</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Curtis</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">As</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Liquid</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">is</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Poured</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Sherry</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Morris</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Brave</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Catherine</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Edmunds</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Confession</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Alison</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Wassell</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Fawn</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Sacha</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Waldron</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Fifth</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Grade</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Brianna</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Snow</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Fireflies</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">in</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">the</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Backyard</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Kayla</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Pongrac</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Geology</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">of</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">a</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Girl</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Stephanie</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Hutton</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Grown</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">-</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Up</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Alex</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Recce</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Abbott</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">How</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">to</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Play</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Piano</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Sherri</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Turner</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Keepsake</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">David</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Mohan</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Mango</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jennifer</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Harvey</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Mass</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Migration</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Mark</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Budman</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Mermaids</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Sally</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Syson</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ministry</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">of</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Quiet</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Enjoyment</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Colin</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Watts</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Peacocking</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Mike</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Scott</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Thomson</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Prince</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">of</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Sidewalks</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Chris</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Milam</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Sisters</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Debra</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Fertig</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Still</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Counting</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Sarah</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">-</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Clare</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Conlon</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">The</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Barley</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">and</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">the</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Eggs</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Simon</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Sylvester</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">The</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Bridge</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Joanna</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Michalak</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">The</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">In</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">-</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Between</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Hour</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Christina</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Taylor</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">The</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Smoking</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Circle</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Alison</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Wassell</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Tinderfood</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Vince</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Love</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">When</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Two</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Grandfathers</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Meet</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">by</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">David</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Mohan</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Congratulations again to all who made
the longlist. We’re not going to make you wait long to find out who the winners
are… Results will be published here tomorrow afternoon!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353867339296316085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-728964031852357102016-06-25T09:16:00.001+01:002016-06-25T09:16:23.005+01:00Happy National Flash-Fiction Day<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yes, it's finally
here, after all that waiting, the 5th (can you believe it?) annual celebration
of the small story-form we all know and love.<br />
<br />
Now, I know that you, like me, might be a little worse for wear after the last
couple of days, and 2016 has taken a toll on us all, but today is not a time to
worry about that. It's a time for Flashing!<br />
<br />
Things kicked off earlier in the week, with a workshop in Winchester, and today
we have events running all over the UK. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong>Oxford</strong>, Virginia
Moffatt will be flash-writer in residence all day at the Albion Beatnik
Bookstore.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
<strong>Manchester </strong>there
is a workshop being hosted by Verbose in Fallowfield. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
<strong>Cardiff </strong>there
will be an Art and story event at the Chapter Arts Centre.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
<strong>Southampton </strong>there
will be a flash workshop at the Art House.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
in <strong>Bristol </strong>there
will be a workshop, a walk, and an evening of readings and the launch of
our anthology.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Details of all these can be found at <a href="http://nationalflashfictionday.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3d2a7379c4e5db747f85f71d5&id=bc56861331&e=5a3b4857ad" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2baadf;">http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/events.html</span></a><br />
<br />
And that's not all, as that webpage will tell you, on <strong>Sunday</strong>, in <strong>Dublin</strong>, you can join
in Big Smoke's Flash Dash, on <strong>Monday
</strong>we have an evening of readings in <strong>Manchester</strong>, again
hosted by Verbose, and on <strong>Tuesday</strong>,
in <strong>Belfast</strong>,
you can learn to write flash with Paul McVeigh!<br />
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As mentioned above, at the Bristol event we are also launching this year's
anthology, <em>A Box of Stars
Beneath the Bed</em>. But if you can't make it to Bristol, the book is
available on Amazon in:<br />
Paperback - <a href="http://nationalflashfictionday.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3d2a7379c4e5db747f85f71d5&id=798de5c7f9&e=5a3b4857ad" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2baadf;">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Box-Stars-Beneath-Bed-Flash-Fiction/dp/1534712682</span></a><br />
and, Kindle - <a href="http://nationalflashfictionday.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3d2a7379c4e5db747f85f71d5&id=b9046dbb5e&e=5a3b4857ad" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2baadf;">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Box-Stars-Beneath-Bed-Flash-Fiction-ebook/dp/B01H7QRZ2K</span></a><br />
(change the .co.uk to your local ending for your country's version of the
store).<br />
<br />
And, if that wasn't enough, the Flash is currently Flooding from <a href="http://nationalflashfictionday.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3d2a7379c4e5db747f85f71d5&id=ce8605557b&e=5a3b4857ad" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2baadf;">our online journal</span></a>, and through our <a href="http://nationalflashfictionday.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3d2a7379c4e5db747f85f71d5&id=1c95d8ff91&e=5a3b4857ad" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2baadf;">Facebook </span></a>and <a href="http://nationalflashfictionday.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3d2a7379c4e5db747f85f71d5&id=6ad7e6fdf2&e=5a3b4857ad" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2baadf;">Twitter </span></a>feeds - a story every 10 minutes for
the whole 24 hours.<br />
<br />
But wherever you are, and whatever you're doing, a big thank you from me and
the team for all your support for NFFD. We never expected to be here for our
5th, and it's all thanks to you.<br />
<br />
So, Happy Day and Happy Flashing!<br />
<br />
<strong>Calum Kerr</strong><b><br />
<strong>Director</strong><br />
<strong>National Flash-Fiction
Day</strong></b><br />
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<!--[endif]--></span>National Flash Fiction Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541379999415231359noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-65844065416780673312016-06-23T14:03:00.000+01:002016-06-23T14:51:38.650+01:00Flash Walk - Bristol: LINE UP! Interested in our Flash Walk in Bristol this Saturday? Want to know the line-up of stories? Sure you do!<br />
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-GB">The Harbour Festival by AA Abbott</span></b><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Harbouring Friendship by Diane Tatlock</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><br /></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Johnny Pencloud by Juliet Hagan</span></b><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><b>Altitude by Judy Darley</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">On Pero’s Bridge by </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB">Holly Atkinson </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><br /></span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><b>Your Name is Pero Jones by </b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Ingrid Jendrzejewski</span></b><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><br /></span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b>Dolphins by Lucho Payne </b><br />
<b><br /></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><b> </b></span><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">A Thousand Words by Gemma Govier</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><br /></span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Will There Be Pirates? by </span></b><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Lynn Love</span></b><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><br /></span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Singing Out Loud by Mark Rutterford </span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></b>It's set to be a great event! For more information, follow this link here to the Facebook Event Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1765961050308020/" target="_blank">Flash Walk</a>.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353867339296316085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-15430249132221749182016-06-19T13:48:00.003+01:002016-06-19T13:48:34.832+01:00Anthology Kindle Edition, Events, and More!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Kindle Edition</b><br />
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<i>A Box of Stars Beneath the Bed</i>: <i>National Flash-Fiction Day 2016 Anthology</i> is now available to purchase on Kindle!<br />
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For more information, and to purchase the Kindle edition, check out this link here: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Box-Stars-Beneath-Bed-Flash-Fiction-ebook/dp/B01H7QRZ2K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1466338292&sr=8-2&keywords=a+box+of+stars+beneath+the+bed" target="_blank">Kindle Edition</a>.<br />
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<b>Events</b><br />
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We have a huge range of events happening for National Flash Fiction Day this year, including workshops, flash walks, and readings.<br />
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For a full list of events to get involved with, check out the Events page on our main website by following this link here: <a href="http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/events.html" target="_blank">National Flash Fiction Day events.</a><br />
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Running an event not listed here? Drop us a line and let us know and we'll share it with the world!<br />
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<b>and More!</b><br />
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<i>FlashFlood</i>, our online journal which publishes a flash fiction every ten minutes or so throughout National Flash Fiction Day itself, is still open for submissions! We're looking for flash fiction of 500 words or fewer. For more information, checkout <a href="http://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.co.uk/p/submission-guidelines.html" target="_blank"><i>FlashFlood </i>submission guidelines</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353867339296316085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-27241541015933072212016-06-17T13:06:00.003+01:002016-06-17T13:06:51.073+01:00OUT NOW! A Box of Stars Beneath the Bed: National Flash Fiction Day 2016 Anthology.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>A Box of Stars Beneath the Bed: National Flash Fiction Day 2016 Anthology</i> is out now! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;">To purchase the paperback edition of the anthology, please follow this link here: <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Box-Stars-Beneath-Bed-Flash-Fiction/dp/1534712682/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466163480&sr=8-1&keywords=a+box+of+stars+beneath+the+bed" target="_blank">A Box of Stars Beneath the Bed</a></i>. The Kindle version of the anthology will be available soon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">We hope you enjoy reading the anthology. It really is mighty...a book full of star quality flashes!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">'An anthology of flash-fictions to celebrate National Flash-Fiction Day (UK), showcasing the very best on offer in this small literary form. The tales cross genres from horror to romance, from fantasy to dark reality, but each one will cause a new star to shine in your imagination. Authors include: Sarah Hilary, Angela Readman, Claire Fuller, Paul McVeigh, Santino Prinzi, Nik Perring, Meg Pokrass, Michelle Elvy, Tim Stevenson, Debbie Young, Kevlin Henney, Nuala Ní Chonchúir and NFFD Director, Calum Kerr.'</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353867339296316085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-45468470278020192772016-06-13T19:51:00.003+01:002016-06-13T19:51:35.797+01:00The Box of Stars Beneath the Bed - Cover RevealWell, I've spent all day with my crayons. I've done my best to stay inside the lines (I had my tongue peeking out of the corner of my mouth, and everything) and now have a finished cover for your viewing delectation.<br />
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So, here it is, hope you like it. On sale for National Flash-Fiction Day on 25th June 2016.<br />
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More information about all events at <a href="http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/">http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/</a>.<br />
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<br />National Flash Fiction Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541379999415231359noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-69823742900363236372016-06-11T13:17:00.002+01:002016-06-11T22:27:44.651+01:00Anthology Title and Full Track Listing<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, the anthology is now fully assembled, and we hope it will be available for sale online before the day. We can now reveal that the title will be <i>A Box of Stars Beneath the Bed</i>, taken from Jon Stubbington's story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We've also managed to include a series of commissioned stories from a range of wonderful writers - some familiar names, and some up-and-coming writers. The full 'track-listing' is below, with all the wonderful stories you'll be able to read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As well as online, we'll have copies of the book at the launch event in Bristol on NFFD itself. More information about that, all the other events, can be found on the website at <a href="http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/events.html">http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/events.html</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Before the Sun Comes Up Tim Stevenson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Miss
Scarlet in the Shed Tracy
Fells <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cold
Hands Rhoda Greaves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ambush Richard
Holt <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Outsider Laura
Huntley <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Theseus
in Belleville Anne Elizabeth Weisgerber<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bocca
Baciata Ruth McKee <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Health
and Pleasure, Glorious Sea! Sharon
Telfer <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gingerbread Virginia Moffat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A
Marionettist’s Musings While on a Park Bench Charley
Karchin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bubblegum
Barbie Emily Devane <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lifer Adam Trodd <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Shirts
– A Fable R J Dent <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sam,
29 Martha
Gleeson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Three
Kids, Two Balloons KM
Elkes <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Who?
What? Ashley Chantler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pub
Quiz Alison Wassell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sushi
and Kitty Cats Kaitlyn Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Desert
Blossom Annie
Mitchell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Premiums Ian Shine <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Misunderstanding Vivien
Jones <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wakes
Week David Hartley <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Burning
Faith Frankie McMillan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pigeon
English David
Cook <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kittiwakes Catherine Edmunds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The
Door Closes Kevlin
Henney<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Clippers Debbi
Voisey <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I
Go on the Morrow to Murder the King Joy
Myserscough<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Special
Delivery Calum
Kerr <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Grains Joanna Campbell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Panda Fat Roland <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Fish
Supper Laura Tickle <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The
Vineyard Catherine McNamara<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What
We Threw Into The Lake Rowan Hisayo Buchanan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The
Pleasure Principle Rob
Walton <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Onion Damhnait
Monaghan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My
Aunt Aggie Paul
McVeigh <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A
Box of Stars Beneath the Bed Jon
Stubbington<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A
Collection Diane
Simmons<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kelly
Loves Traffic Light Jelly Jeanette
Sheppard<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yellow Nuala
Ní Chonchúir<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">424
Likes Jennifer
Harvey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Manspreading Marie
Gethins <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wake
Up Oli
Morriss <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When
Dreams are Large and Tusked Ingrid Jendrzejewski<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ten
Things that Happened After
My Funeral Santino Prinzi <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What
the Therapist Said Jude
Higgins <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gregor
Samsa Quits the Track Team Beverly C. Lucey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Honesty’s
Not the Best Policy Brendan
Way <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Orphans Chris
Stanley <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And
the Red Flower Nina
Lindmark Lie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One
Last Pickup Sarah
Hilary <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sunday
Morning John
Holland <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">About
Unemployment and Rats Bernard
O’Rourke<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Captain
Strix Zoe
Gilbert <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Latchkey Fiona
J. Mackintosh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lips Nik
Perring <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Map
Reading Jane
Roberts <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">How
to Make Lolo Michelle
Elvy <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Family
Values Jonathan
Pinnock<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Blackbird
Singing in the Dead of Night Claire
Fuller <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hornet’s
Nest Sally
Burnette <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The
Taste of Sock and Rubber Cathy
Bryant <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In
the Café Sherri
Turner <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On
the Invisibility of the Deaf Debbie
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Flying
Ant Day Judy
Darley <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Marzipan
Bride and Groom Sal
Page <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I
Believe in You Meg
Pokrass <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When
She Was Good Safia
Moore <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Injuries
in Dust Poppy
O’Neill <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We
Can Be Asteroids FJ
Morris <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Purple
with a Purpose Amanda
Saint <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Little
Ghosts Jan
Carson <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The
Night Life of Wives Angela
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The
Jumper Anne
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #262626;"></span>A One-Word Yet... Ingrid
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #262626;"></span>Storm Gemma
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National Flash Fiction Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541379999415231359noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-32602475397979098292016-06-07T14:03:00.001+01:002016-06-10T15:11:12.065+01:00Anthology 2016Well, we've finally made it through to the other side, and now we are able to announce the stories which have made it into this year's National Flash-Fiction Day anthology.<br />
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We received nearly 500 stories (168,000 words, or thereabouts) and these are the 50 which made it in. So, if you were unsuccessful, please take comfort that it was a difficult decision from a large field of excellent work. The ones that we picked are the stories we felt would make the most compelling compendium, and a great snapshot of current flash-fiction.<br />
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To those of you who made it in: Congratulations!<br />
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As well as the stories listed below, the anthology will include the 10 micro-fiction competition winners, plus a range of commissioned stories from some truly exceptional writers.<br />
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The anthology doesn't have a name yet, but we hope to announce it very soon, and it will be on sale on National Flash-Fiction Day at the event in Bristol (and possibly elsewhere) as well as online in paper and e-book formats.<br />
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Anyway, with no further waffle, here are the stories which will soon be printed up and bound for your edification.<br />
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Adam Trodd - Lifer<o:p></o:p></div>
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Alison Wassell -
Pub Quiz<o:p></o:p></div>
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Amanda Saint
- Purple with a Purpose<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anne Elizabeth Weisgerber - Theseus in Belleville<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bernard O'Rourke
- About Unemployment and Rats <o:p></o:p></div>
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Catherine Edmunds
- Kittiwakes<o:p></o:p></div>
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Catherine McNamara
- The Vineyard<o:p></o:p></div>
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Charley Karchin
- A Marionettist’s Musings
While on a Park Bench<o:p></o:p></div>
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Chris Stanley
- Orphans<o:p></o:p></div>
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David Cook - Pigeon English <o:p></o:p></div>
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Debbi Voisey
- Clippers<o:p></o:p></div>
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Diane Simmons
- A Collection<o:p></o:p></div>
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Downith Monaghan
- Onion<o:p></o:p></div>
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Emily Devane
- Bubblegum Barbie<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fiona J. Mackintosh
- Latchkey<o:p></o:p></div>
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Frankie McMillan
- Burning Faith<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ian Shine - Premiums<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ingrid Jendrzejewski
- When Dreams are Large and
Tusked<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jan Carson - Little Ghosts<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jane Roberts
- Map Reading<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jeanette Sheppard
- Kelly Loves Traffic Light
Jelly<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jennifer Harvey
- 424 Likes<o:p></o:p></div>
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Joanna Campbell
- Grains<o:p></o:p></div>
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John Holland
- Sunday Morning <o:p></o:p></div>
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Jon Stubbington - A
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Jonathan Pinnock
- Family Values<o:p></o:p></div>
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Joy Myserscough
- I Go on the Morrow to Murder
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Jude Higgins
- What the therapist said<o:p></o:p></div>
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Judy Darley - Flying Ant Day<o:p></o:p></div>
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K M Elkes - Three Kids, Two Balloons<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kaitlyn Johnson
- Sushi and Kitty Cats<o:p></o:p></div>
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Laura Tickle
- Fish Supper<o:p></o:p></div>
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Marie Gethins
- Manspreading<o:p></o:p></div>
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Martha Gleeson
- Sam, 29<o:p></o:p></div>
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Michelle Elvy
- How To Make Lolo<o:p></o:p></div>
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Beverly C. Lucey - Gregor Samsa Quits the Track Team<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nik Perring - Lips <o:p></o:p></div>
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Nina Lindmark Lie
- And the Red Flower<o:p></o:p></div>
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Poppy O’Neill
- Injuries in Dust<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rhoda Greaves
- Cold Hands<o:p></o:p></div>
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Richard Holt
- Ambush<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
- What We Threw Into the Lake<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ruth McKee - Bocca Baciata<o:p></o:p></div>
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Safia Moore - When She Was Good<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sal Page - Marzipan Bride and Groom<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sally Burnette
- Hornet’s Nest<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sharon Telfer
- Health and Pleasure, Glorious
Sea!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sherri Turner - In the Café<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tracy Fells - Miss Scarlet in the Shed<o:p></o:p></div>
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Vivien Jones
- Misunderstanding<o:p></o:p></div>
National Flash Fiction Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541379999415231359noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-41249083269803744072016-06-06T14:04:00.000+01:002016-06-06T14:04:00.503+01:00In Dublin on Sunday 26th June 2016? Come to FlashDash!As a part of this year's National Flash-Fiction Day celebrations, Big Smoke Writing Factory are presenting FLASHDASH on Sunday 26th June 2016!<br />
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You can get involved by reading your stories at this event, enter their 105-word competition, or just come along and enjoy listening to some brilliant flash!<br />
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For more details about the event, how to submit writing for the competition, and if you'd like to be considered to read at the event, please check out the Facebook event page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1720717578171297/" target="_blank">here</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353867339296316085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547516141676705653.post-70187631970652246442016-06-04T13:02:00.001+01:002016-06-04T13:04:38.372+01:00Come to Bristol for National Flash Fiction Day 2016!<div style="border: 0px; color: #6e6c6a; font-family: vollkorn, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Only three weeks to go until it's <a href="http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s linear; border: 0px; color: #e47459; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">National Flash Fiction Day</a>! On <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday 25th June 2016</strong> we have lots of events going on in Bristol to celebrate! Oh, and they're all FREE! </div>
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In the morning (<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10:30–12:00</strong>) we have a Flash Walk around Bristol city centre and harbourside, with site-specific flashes being read by trained actors along the route. We're also looking for submissions, so do send your flash fiction to us for our Flash Walk! You can find out more details about the event and submissions by checking out our Facebook event page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1765961050308020/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s linear; border: 0px; color: #e47459; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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In the afternoon (<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">13:30–16:30</strong>) we have a workshop at Bristol Central Library led by award-winning writers Alison Powell and Ken Elkes. You can <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1601533443497411/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s linear; border: 0px; color: #e47459; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">find details here</a> about the workshop. </div>
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And in the evening (<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">19:00–22:00</strong>) at <a href="http://www.at-the-well.co.uk/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s linear; border: 0px; color: #e47459; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">At the Well</a> on Cheltenham Road, Bristol, we’ll have flash readings from local and not-so-local writers: <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Alison Powell, Calum Kerr, Diane Simmons, Freya Morris, Jude Higgins, Judy Darley, Ken Elkes, Kevlin Henney, Pete Sutton, Tim Stevenson, Tino Prinzi</strong> and <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tom Parker</strong>. You can <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/481800828677657/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s linear; border: 0px; color: #e47459; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">find more details here</a> about the evening event. </div>
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It's set to be a great day to celebrate flash fiction in Bristol this year, so do come along for the ride!</div>
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