National Flash Fiction Day kicks off in less than fourteen hours! Here's what we've got going on tomorrow, and where you can find it.
FlashFlood
For 24 hours straight starting at 00:01 BST, we’re publishing one flash every 5 to 10 minutes over at NFFD’s online journal, FlashFlood. Then, on Sunday, we're featuring work from the Wandsworth Carers Writers Group, the latest in our Community Flash series.
The Write-In
Over at NFFD’s The Write-In, we’re posting a flash prompt every hour on the hour from 00:00 – 24:00 BST on 26 June 2020. You have until 23:59 BST on Sunday, 27 June to submit your responses for a chance of publication.
Workshop: Layers in Flash Fiction
1:30pm-2:30pm BST, 26 June 2021
Due to popular demand we are looking into recording the workshop and making the recording freely available to all. We'll post more details as soon as we can!
In this free, one-hour workshop, Farhana Khalique and Anita Goveas will cover how you can use imagery, structures and titles to develop layers in your flash fiction. Participants can look forward to a session packed with reading, writing exercises, and discussion. Places for the live event have now gone, but we are trying to arrange to make a recording available for all.
The Great Festival Flash Off (externally run)
11:00am - 8:00pm BST, 26 June 2021
including 3:00pm-3:45pm: Special Flash Addict session with NFFD
The wonderful folks at the Flash Fiction Festival are running a full day of fantastic flash fiction programming. Do have a look at their full schedule of events on 26 June and beyond. The directors of National Flash Fiction Day UK will be joining them from 3:00 - 3:45pm to discuss the history of NFFD and read some flash from the archives.
2021 NFFD Anthology Launch
7:00pm BST, 26 June 2021
Join us from 7pm BST for the 2021 NFFD virtual anthology launch. Four videos of readings from the anthology will be posted every quarter of an hour. Everyone is welcome to view the videos here, chat with us at our FaceBook event and join us on Twitter @nationalflashfd to share the love. Videos won't start appearing until 7:00pm BST on 26 June 2021, but they will be available to watch any time after that if you can't join us 'live' for the launch. All welcome!
Beyond 26 June...
Novella-in-Flash Panel
7:30pm-8:30pm BST, 30 July 2021
As part of our tenth year celebrations we are excited to announce a special event focused on the Novella-in-Flash, in plenty of time for anyone interested in submitting to our Novella-in-Flash Award. Johanna Robinson, author of Homing (Ad Hoc Fiction), will be our host for the evening, and will be discussing novellas-in-flash with Dan Crawley, Eleanor Walsh, Karen Jones, Jupiter Jones, and Tom O’Brien. (You can read more about everyone here.) This online event is free to attend. If you would like to receive a Zoom link please email Jeanette Sheppard at nffdnif@gmail.com.
And of course, keep an eye on our home page for an up-to-date list of submission windows for our various projects.