NFFD Anthology 2013

Hello everyone!

Well, it has been very, very difficult to make a decision, but Holly Howitt and myself finally managed to whittle down the nearly 300 submissions for this year's anthology to the final 50.

With no more fanfare, the names and stories are:

Amanda Oosthuizen - ‘Perfectly Black Sky’

Amanda Quinn - ‘Changing Light’

Ana Martinez - ‘The Veronicas’

Ariel Dawn - ‘Life Drawing’

Bart Van Goethem - ‘The Meaning of Life’

Becky Tipper - ‘The Art of the TV Chefs’

Beverly C. Lucey - ‘Peppermint Just the One’

Brendan Way - ‘Why Do Fools Fall in Love’

C Norman - ‘The Lonely Heart’

Cathy Bryant  - ‘The Man with Hands Amid the Rich Tea’

Cathy Lennon - ‘A Forest of Hands’

Chris Connolly  - ‘Q&A’

Claire Collison - ‘Second Look: Goat With Lawnmower’

Claire Ibarra - ‘Scraps’

Clare Kirwan - ‘Finding Trainspotting’

Dan Powell - ‘Her 12 Faces’

Danielle McLaughlin - ‘The Woman in the Bowl’

David Gullen - ‘The Spade’

Diane Simmons - ‘Images’

Eabha Rose - ‘The Elephant Is Contagious’

Emma J. Lannie - ‘Annie’

Emma Shaw - ‘Shadows’

Freya Morris - ‘Feed a Fever’

H Anthony Hildebrand - ‘The Paper Oak’

Ian Shine - ‘www.medicaldictionaryforthewoundedheart.com/gonorrhoea’

J Adamthwaite - ‘Coffee’

James Coates - ‘Aspirations to Anonymity’

Jim O'Loughlin - ‘Celery’

Joanna Campbell - ‘Bright New Morning’

John Keating - ‘Vigil (After Bruno Schulz)’

John Paul O’Neill - ‘Autumn ‘

Judy Darley  - ‘Quench’

Kylie Grant - ‘Elsie Manor’

L.A. Craig - ‘Shoe Fly Baby’

Mark Kockelbergh - ‘Orpheus In The Underground’

Natalie Bowers - ‘Broom’

Paul Kavanagh  - ‘Religion’

R A Martens - ‘Omelettes’

Rachael Kealy - ‘Exile’

Sam Russell - ‘A Canvas Darkly’

Shelley Day Sclater - ‘In a Moment’

Siobhán McNamara - ‘Slipping’

Sonya Oldwin - ‘Orange ‘

Stella Turner - ‘Penitence   ’

Stephen McGeagh - ‘#’

Thaddeus Howze - ‘The Warden’

Thomas McColl - ‘Takeaway Poetry Joint’

Tim Stevenson - ‘The Almond Crumb Sofa’

Tracey Upchurch - ‘Rose Petal Eyes’

And each one is a little gem!

These will be appearing alongside stories commissioned from Jenn Ashworth, Tania Hershman, Jonathan Pinnock, Kevlin Henney, Vanessa Gebbie, Sarah Hilary, David Hartley, Alison Wells, Nuala Ní Chonchúir and Amy Mackelden, as well myself and Holly. 

We are currently working on a title for the book, and starting the typesetting process so that we can have the book ready for National Flash-Fiction Day on 22nd June. It will be available in print and Kindle formats. So, stay tuned for more information as we have it.

Thanks to all those who submitted, and sorry that we couldn't include more of you. 

All best

Calum Kerr - Editor and Director of National Flash-Fiction Day

Anthology - Final List

Hello again!

Well, the dust has settled, we have patched our wounds and salved our bruises, and we can finally announce the list of stories which have made it through into the first ever National Flash-Fiction Day Anthology.

The collection will be entitled Jawbreakers (taken from the story submitted by Jen Campbell) and is, well, just amazing!

The job of type-setting, proofing and publishing is already underway and we hope that the book will be available in the first week of May. Keep an eye on this blog, our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/nationalflashfictionday) and our Twitter feed (@nationalflashfd) for more news on that as we have it.

A big, big thank you to all of you who submitted, the standard was extremely high and we are just sorry we didn't have space to include you all. But, don't forget, there are many more opportunities (with others coming along all the time) listed on our site at http://www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/.

Now, without any more ado at all, here is the full list of pieces that will be in the anthology, commissions and accepted submissions:

Accepted Submissions:

‘Porcelain’ by Alex Thornber
‘Repetition’ by Amy Mackelden
‘Love’ by Benjamin Judge
‘Fiver’ by Bob Jacobs
‘Chemoids’ by Brian George
‘Arabesque’ by Brindley Hallam Dennis
‘Mauve’ by Carrie Etter
‘Peekaboo’ by Dan Powell
‘Cheese’ by David Gilbert
‘Marmite’ by David Morgan
‘Ciphers’ by Eli Goldstone
‘Elephant’ by Erinna Mettler
‘Boy’ by Jay Barnett
‘Jawbreakers’ by Jen Campbell
‘Blackhole’ by Jessica Patient.
‘Buttons’ by Kevlin Henney
‘Beauty’ by Kylie Grant
‘Superman’ by LA Craig
‘Rivals’ by Laura Wilkinson
‘Pink’ by Mark Sheerin
‘Wrapped’ by Martha Williams
‘Ash’ by Natalie Bowers
‘Favourite’ by Nathan Good
‘Bar’ by Nicholas Murray
‘Troll’ by Nick Garrard.
‘Inked’ by Rin Simpson
‘Ed! ’ by Rupan Malakin
‘Harps’ by Sal Page
‘Instructions’ by Sara Crowley
‘Summertime’ by Susan Giles
‘Celia’ by Susan Walker-Stokes
‘Shed’ by SJI Holliday

Commissioned Stories:

‘Quick’ by Ali Smith
‘Elsewhere’ by Alison Wells
‘Home’ by Calum Kerr
‘Bonding’ by David Gaffney
‘Bee’ by Emma Lannie
‘Waterman’ by Eunice Yeates
‘Fieldwork’ by Ian Rankin
‘Hammer’ by Jenn Ashworth
‘Camenbert’ by Jonathan Pinnock
‘Rapture’ by Kirsty Logan
‘Minutes’ by Nigel McLoughlin
‘Quinquireme’ by Sally Zigmond
‘Dinghy’ by Sarah Hilary
‘Natural’ by Sarah-Clare Conlon
‘Boom’ by Simon Thirsk
‘Stopwatching’ by Tania Hershman
‘Missing’ by Trevor Byrne
‘Space’ by Valerie O'Riordan
‘Flight’ by Vanessa Gebbie

And we will be including the winners of the Micro-Fiction competition too:

‘Relieving Mafeking’ by Alun Williams
‘Meredith’ by Amy Mackelden
‘The Worst Head in the World’ by Angela Readman
‘New Build’ by Clare O'Brien
‘Black Hole’ by Dan Carpenter
‘Sad Lover’ by Jason Bagshaw
‘New Shoes’ by Jenny Adamthwaite
‘She'll Leave You For a Man’ by Kirsty Logan
‘First Person’ by Martha Williams
‘Alterations’ by Tim Stevenson

Very many congratulations to everyone who made it in! It promises to be quite an amazing collection of stories. And thank you all for your support.

Anthology - The Long List

Submissions for the first NFFD Anthology closed last Tuesday and Valerie O'Riordan and myself have had a hard week reading through the 297 entries we received.

It's been a wonderful task, getting to read all your stories, but a hard one having to chose between them. Thank you to everyone who entered, we're so pleased you gave us such a difficult job!

Yesterday we finally managed to arrive at a Long List from which we will be choosing the final stories for the anthology. We managed to narrow it down to just under 90, and that has formed the list below.

Unfortunately, we now have to cut it still further to about half that number, which is going to be really tough, and probably cause us to argue and fall out!

This also means that some of you listed won't make it into the final selection, but we thought we would publish this list because we wanted you to know that even if you don't make it we really liked your story and it's only because of space that it's not going in!

We hope to finalising the list in the next couple of days, so watch out for more news, but now, without any more fanfare, here is the Long List:

Saved by Alex Josephy

Porcelain by Alex Thornber

Repetition by Amy Mackelden

Dare by Andrew Blackman

Endings by Angela Ramsell

Love by Benjamin Judge

Fiver by Bob Jacobs

Chemoids by Brian George

Arabesque by Brindley Hallam Dennis

Fun by Carly Holmes

Mauve by Carrie Etter

Waiting by Cathy White

Skyscraper by Charlotte Unsworth

Homeless by Colette Hill

Fat by Colin Watts

Peekaboo by Dan Powell

Cheese by David Gilbert

Threshold by David Hartley

Marmite by David Morgan

Burn by Denrele Ogunwa

Justice by Dorothy Evans

Retriever by Edward Price

Ciphers by Eli Goldstone

Recovery by Elizabeth Welsh

Courage by Emily Cleaver

Elephant by Erinna Mettler

Flight by Freya Morris

Manager by Gavin Inglis

Branch by Helen Ladderbird

Gum by Helen MacKinven

Thaw by Helen Pizzey

Bycatch by Holly Corfield-Carr

Rain by Isabel Rogers

Incoming by Jacky Taylor

Feathers by Jan Harris

Boy by Jay Barnett

Vertigo by Jayne Thickett

Jawbreakers by Jen Campbell

Potatoes by Jenny Adamthwaite

Blackhole by Jessica Patient

Cat-Cash by Joan Lennon

Calling by John Broken Willow

Watchdog by John Freebairn

Birdcage by Juliet Boyd

1800 by Katy Watson

Buttons by Kevlin Henney

Promotion by Kristian Jackson

Beauty by Kylie Grant

Superman by L.A. Craig

Rivals by Laura Wilkinson

Falling by Lorna Louise Hutchison

Procrastination by Maggie Storer

Skint by Mandy Taggart

Pink by Mark Sheerin

Wrapped by Martha Williams

Innocence by Michael Grafton

Cheesed by Michael Leonard

Whaler by Nasser Hussain

Ash by Natalie Bowers

Favourite by Nathan Good

Bar by Nicholas Murray

Troll by Nick Garrard

Tattoo by Nicola King

Misgivings by Norma Meechem

Crucifixion by Oscar Windsor-Smith

Freeman by Pauline Frisk

Rhubarb by Pauline Masurel

Kite by Peter Domican

Tarnished by Rachel Green

Space by Rhoda Thompson

Inked by Rin Simpson

Celia by Rosie Williams

Ed! by Rupan Malakin

Noose by Ryan Foster

Harps by Sal Page

Instructions by Sara Crowley

Unteachable by Sarah Schofield

Traditions by Shirley Golden

Zomband by Stephen Green

Crosswords by Stephen Partridge

Summertime by Susan Giles

Eyewitness by Susan Howe

Isolation by Susan Shipp

Shed by Susi Holliday

Valhalla by Tracy Fells

Misunderstanding by Vivien Jones