We are delighted to welcome Cheryl Markosky to the National Flash Fiction Day team as this year's guest editor for the 2025 National Flash Fiction Day anthology. She'll be joining NFFD's Anthology Editor Karen Jones in putting together this year's anthology of flash fiction from around the world. You can read more about this year's editors here.
The theme for this year’s anthology is SEASONS. What does the theme mean to you? It could be seasons of the year evoking tales of spring, summer, autumn and winter, or maybe a season of love, a season of war, a season of… whatever takes your fancy. Or will you take a different route and season food with herbs and spices, or season wood for burning?
Feel free to interpret the theme however you wish, in 500 words or fewer. Selected flashes will be published in National Flash Fiction Day's 14th Annual Anthology. Payment is one contributor's copy of the anthology. Two pieces will be chosen for an Editor's Choice Award which comes with a £50 prize.
The submission window is 1 December 2024 to 15 February 2025. Please see our submission guidelines here and submit work via Duosuma, our submission manager.