We're celebrating our 15th National Flash Fiction Day
on Saturday, 13 June 2026!
Want to get involved? Here's what's going on....
Read with us!
For 24 hours straight starting at 00:01 BST on Saturday, 13 June, FlashFlood, NFFD's curated online journal, will be publishing one flash every 5 to 10 minutes over at NFFD. Check in at half past the hour every hour from start to finish for our Debut Flash Series — new stories written by previously unpublished flash writers.
Write with us!
Over at NFFD’s sister project The Write-In, we’ll be posting a flash prompt every hour on the hour from 00:00 – 24:00 BST on National Flash Fiction Day, 13 June 2026. You'll then have 24 hours to submit your responses for a chance of publication. Publication of responses begins on 14 June 2026 and doesn't finish until the team is done reading through all the wondrous things you send us!
Publish with us!
At NFFD’s sister project The Write-In, we’ll be publishing selected responses to our prompts every hour on the hour from 00:00 – 24:00 BST on National Flash Fiction Day, 13 June 2026. You can submit work from the opening of the project at 00:00 BST on Saturday, 13 June until 23:59 BST on Sunday, 14 June 2026.
The submission windows for our 2027 calls for submission can be found below.
Celebrate with us!
National Flash Fiction Day's 2026 anthology will launch online at 7:30 pm on 13 June 2026. If you would like to join us, feel free to email us and we'll add you to the list!
Connect with us!
As usual, we'll be posting all our prompts and FlashFlood stories on BlueSky at @natflashfictionday and we will be around on Facebook at facebook.com/nationalflashfictionday.
Do you have other ideas for celebrating National Flash Fiction Day?
If you're running a flash event or have other ideas as to how to celebrate National Flash Fiction Day, feel free to get in touch so we can spread the word. We would love to hear from you, no matter where you are in the world.
Looking Ahead: Future Submission Windows
2027 Anthology
Submissions for the 2026 NFFD Anthology are now CLOSED. Our next submission window will open from 1 December 2026 to 15 February 2027.
2027 Microfiction Competition
Submissions for the 2026 Microfiction Competition are now CLOSED. Our next submission window will open from 1 December 2026 to 15 February 2027.
2027 FlashFlood Journal:
Submissions for the FlashFlood submission window are now closed. Our next submission window will be open from Sunday 18 April to 23:59 BST on Saturday 24 April 2027.