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FFM Links - 1 July 2022 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

FFM Links - 1 July 2022

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 1. It’s the first official day of Flash Fiction Month! A beautiful summer month looms before you, sunny and sparkling and full of hidden monstrosities. There’s no challenge for today, so feel free to dip a toe into the water before you jump in. Please note that Hydra is not responsible for lost toes or any other appendages. Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 1 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge you could win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags: #flashfictionmonth , #ffm2022 Reminders Comments are the best motivation. Help boost the FFM community

FFM Prompt Bank 2022 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

FFM Prompt Bank 2022

The Flash Fiction Month party approaches and it looks like someone ate all our tasty prompty snacks. Be a dear and refill the bowl… or else we’ll have to snack on something, or someone, else. Leave your delicious literary morsels in the bowl (bank) below so that hungry writers may feast upon them when needed. ______________________________________ Leave your prompts for FFM 2022 below! Writing prompts, music prompts, image prompts (dA links only, please), undead messages from the beyond, and anything else you can think of. As always, throughout July we shall sift through the spectral chatter in order to divine the true inspirational messages from beyond, and the chosen few will be featured and credited in our daily uploads. ______________________________________ Are you providing a musical, or visual prompt for our consumption? Please let us know the title and artist for the prompt you're linking to by creating a descriptive text link (or even just writing it beside the

FFM Links - 31 July 2021 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

FFM Links - 31 July 2021

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 31. The final day of Flash Fiction Month is upon us, and with it comes your parting challenge! We hope you've had as much fun as we have. But don't go just yet! There's still judging to be done for the challenge writers (after which the our prize winners will be announced). And we're still looking for nominations for the Golden Mug Awards (which are open to every story, by every FFMer)! August is also the perfect time to catch up on all that reading and commenting you missed out on during the month of July. But before all that can happen one more story awaits. VIVA! Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 31 in the comments below. If you write a story every day

FFM Links - 30 July 2021 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

FFM Links - 30 July 2021

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 30. You've almost made it, the end is nigh! But don't rest on your laurels just yet. For today you're safe, but tomorrow you might need a little help from your friends... ;) VIVA! Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 30 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge you could win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags: #flashfictionmonth , #ffm2021 Reminders Comments are the best motivation. Help boost the FFM community spirit, and take the time to read and comment on fellow FFMers work whenever you can. Inspire the masses! Donate prompts, music

FFM Links - 29 July 2021 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

FFM Links - 29 July 2021

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 29. What’s that you hear? No it isn’t Hydra’s collection of mix-tapes. That’s intro music, baby. Civilians beware, sounds like a superhero battle is about to commence. Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 29 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge you could win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags: #flashfictionmonth, #ffm2021 It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! Your main character must be considered a superhero. (Or villain, if you’re feeling fiendish.) No guys in tech suits here, real abilities only. We can’t all fly: An unconventional form of

FFM Links - 28 July 2021 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

FFM Links - 28 July 2021

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 28. Almost there! Just about half a week to go. You can do this! VIVA! Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 28 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge you could win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags: #flashfictionmonth , #ffm2021 Reminders Comments are the best motivation. Help boost the FFM community spirit, and take the time to read and comment on fellow FFMers work whenever you can. Inspire the masses! Donate prompts, music, and images to the 2021 Prompt Bank and help keep the writing doldrums at bay. Have questions? Need someone to

FFM Links - 27 July 2021 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

FFM Links - 27 July 2021

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 27. You're nearing the end now, but this exhausted lumbering towards the finish line just won't do -- oh no. We Hydra personally feel that it's high time for some ch-ch-changes. So let's put some of that pep back into your step with our favourite annual challenge... :la: VIVA! Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 27 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge, you will enter the history books as a writer of singular purpose, unbowed and unshaken by the perils of flash fiction month. You could also win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags:

FFM Links - 26 July 2021 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

FFM Links - 26 July 2021

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 26. You’ve made it to the final week, and we couldn’t be prouder. Just keep on rolling toward that finish line, and think of all the sleep you’ll be having once the week is over. :eyes: This week your final sidequest (should you choose to accept it) revolves around filter words. Some of you tackled a challenge on this subject last year. But for others, this might be a brand new concept, so we'll provide a quick primer. In essence filter words are anything that creates a narrative distance between the reader and the experiences of the character. They are insidious little beasts, and though there are no inherently "bad" words when it comes to writing, it's all too easy to become overly reliant on certain terms if you aren't careful. Thus for every story this week we want you to keep the following list of filter words in mind, and be on the lookout for their usage in your own work. Any variation of: felt, heard, looked, saw, smelled, touched

FFM Links - 25 July 2021 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

FFM Links - 25 July 2021

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 25. You’re really entering into the home stretch now, but there’s still more fun, and more stories, to be had. Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 25 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge, you will enter the history books as a writer of singular purpose, unbowed and unshaken by the perils of flash fiction month. You could also win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags: #flashfictionmonth, #ffm2021 Reminders Comments are the best motivation. Help boost the FFM community spirit, and take the time to read and comment on fellow FFMers work

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FFM Prompt Bank 2022 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

FFM Prompt Bank 2022

Golden Mug Awards Categories 2021 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

Golden Mug Awards Categories 2021

Flash Fiction Month is just around the corner, and that means it's time to announce this year's GOLDEN MUG AWARD CATEGORIES. This is where you come in. Yes, YOU, because FFM is nothing without our community, and we are relying on your suggestions to get things rolling. How does it work? Below you will find the various GMA categories for nomination. Nominations are only going to be needed at the end of July, so for the rest of FFM we want you to keep these categories in mind. If you read an FFM story that seems like a good fit for a particular category make note of it for later. We will be accepting nominations for all categories throughout the month of July. But you are also welcome to hoard your suggestions in secret like a word-hungry dragon, and give us all your top picks for each category at the end of FFM. NEW DEADLINE IS SUNDAY, AUGUST 8th - TELL YOUR FRIENDS. We've also made some small adjustments and added a couple of categories so be sure to skim over the available

FFM Prompt Bank 2021 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

FFM Prompt Bank 2021

Flash Fiction Month approaches, but still the future is shrouded in darkness. Are you brave enough to see what awaits? Will you convene with the spirits to uncover your true fate? Step into the soothsayers tent, and confer with Msr Hydra across the Spirit Board. Listen to the ghostly whispers, take their terrible secrets to heart - and then transcribe it all below so that the poor beleaguered Flash Fiction Month writers have some unearthly inspiration to call upon when they have need. ______________________________________ Leave your prompts for FFM 2021 below! Writing prompts, music prompts, image prompts (dA links only, please), undead messages from the beyond, and anything else you can think of. As always, throughout July we shall sift through the spectral chatter in order to divine the true inspirational messages from beyond, and the chosen few will be featured and credited in our daily uploads. ______________________________________ Are you providing a musical, or

Official FFM Prompt Bank 2020 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

Official FFM Prompt Bank 2020

It's nearly summertime and you know what that means: almost time for FFM shenanigans! But before we get to that, Hydra needs its annual sacrifice of prompts to flourish. Please submit any writing prompts, image prompts (deviations only), music prompts, and anything else that might catch your fancy below. After all, inspiration is one of the things that keeps Flash Fiction Month an exciting experience year after year. Thanks in advance for your nuggets of inspiration, and we look forward to seeing all your bright and shining faces come July!

Official FFM Prompt Bank 2018 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

Official FFM Prompt Bank 2018

When you were little your mother used to warn you about going off on adventures. Alas, if only you had listened to her sage advice. You probably wouldn't have ended up here, stranded in the midst of a Flash Fiction wilderness. It's been days since you left the edges of civilised reality. You're sweaty, tired, and covered in spider bites, and last night you were forced to share a cave with a desiccated corpse! Now night is falling, your machete's blunt, and you only have a few drops of inspiration left to see you through till morning. It's a jungle out there, all manner of beasts prowl the darkness, and to make matters worse there isn't a si

Suggestion Box by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

Suggestion Box

Welcome to the Suggestion Box! Do you have a staggeringly brilliant flash fiction challenge idea? Or do you have a specific challenge element that you think we could use in the future? Then you're in the right place because Flash Prompts wants your input! Suggestion Guidelines: Your suggestion can be vague, or ultra specific. Just make sure it's for a challenge idea (e.g. Write a story without any adverbs), and not a general prompt (e.g. "It's dangerous to walk the halls of the nunnery at night."). Unless of course you're suggesting that the prompt be used as a starting/ending sentence or something similarly devious, in which case we'r

Official FFM Prompt Bank 2017 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

Official FFM Prompt Bank 2017

The beast of Flash Fiction Month rises up before you, and it is both great and terrible to behold. To be honest, you aren't sure how you got here. You were just a humble farmhand/trapeze artist/travelling salesman/intergalactic overlord trying to mind your own business when you were accosted by a madman on the roadside, and conned into signing your name to some sort unholy writ. You should have realised it was more than just a petition to save the local Library when he asked you to sign the thing in blood, but it's too late to back out now. You've been press-ganged into a bizarre monster-hunt/month long literary marathon, and if you don't go

Flash Prompts FAQ and Resources by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

Flash Prompts FAQ and Resources

Flash Prompts: Frequently Asked Questions What is "Flash Prompts" about? Flash Prompts is a community writing event that revolves around the writing of flash fiction. Every two months on the 1st, we will post an optional flash fiction challenge, asking you to write a story containing various elements, and at the end of those two months we'll gather all those submissions together and feature them in one big journal. Flash Prompts will be posted on the following months: January, March, May, September, and November. The only time we won't post a Flash Prompt is during the month of July, when we host our annual writing event Flash Fiction M

Official FFM Prompt Bank 2016 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

Official FFM Prompt Bank 2016

You knew it was coming, but still you feel the slightest frisson of excitement now that the day is finally here. It's been a whole year since this place was last open to visitors, and as you wait in line at the ticket booth you watch as custodians pull dusty sheets from the cages, exposing their strange inhabitants to the light. It isn't so much a zoo as it is a menagerie, host to any number of unsettling creations, and after so many months in hibernation they have all become lean, and hungry. They need prompts, and you are the only ones who can slake their hunger! Be it mouthwatering dialogue, sumptuous turns of phrase, delectable musical

FFM 2016 SIGNUP by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

FFM 2016 SIGNUP

FLASH FICTION MONTH IS HERE ONCE AGAIN! VIVA! #FlashFictionMonth (https://www.deviantart.com/flashfictionmonth) July is nearly upon us, and we ask each of you to offer up your name. 31 days. 31 pieces of indecently exposed short fiction. Are you ready? If the answer is yes, leave a comment below declaring your intent to partake in the glorious, delirious, sleep deprived mayhem otherwise know as FFM 2016! In your sign-up comment, please also note the following: What you hope to get out of FFM 2016, plus any handy suggestions you might have for the future. On a rising scale from 1-10, (1 being "Positively giddy", and 10 being "Effusive with joy") let us know just how excited

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FFM 9: Summertime Blues by inksoaked, literature

FFM 9: Summertime Blues

Pepito poked at the dead earthworm on the pavers with a stick, scattering the flies that had laid their claim. He sighed. He hated it here. Tía’s house was an hour out from the city, far from everything he knew. This summer his friends were all outside, on their bikes and having fun while he was stuck here all summer long, in this weird house, in this weird hood, where the only kids on bikes were weird white kids named Aiden/Brayden/Cayden or whatever. He wished he had a friend. Pepito dug his stick into the earthworm, the flies scattering again. He scrunched up his nose and hit the worm three more times until there w

FFM2017day20 - Down Here by vigour-mortis, literature

FFM2017day20 - Down Here

Living in the city never prepares someone for how dark the night is. And it's nothing like the movies, where pitch black just means everything seems to have a grey filter on it. No. In the middle of the night, kilometres from the city, in the middle of a forest, at the bottom of an old well, it is dark. The amount of water I stand in varies throughout the day, but it never drops low enough for my shoes to dry out. I refuse to take them off even though my toes are well past the prune stage. The fetid stench of the thick slick that sits on the water's surface makes me adamant about that. Also, when I first woke up down here I disturbed a pile

FFM Day 20 - conversion by IntelligentZombie, literature

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You don't have to be everyone's hero, just mine by bookcrusher, literature

You don't have to be everyone's hero, just mine

Many came to my father's funeral, but they weren't really sad. Most were just relieved that the fireman had survived long enough to save their baby, crippled mother or grandfather. They had come out of obligation. I could see it in their eyes. “Your father was a hero, David,” they would say to my crying ten-year old self. And because they did not understand my pain, they thought they could make me feel better by saying that “he saved my daughter’s life.” I don’t need him to be your hero, I wanted to tell them, he’s my father, not yours. I stared at the crinkled paper in my hand. On it were a list

The devil went down to Georgia by DamagedHomewrecker, literature

FFM 13: The Presence You Miss by JayaLaw, literature

FFM 13: The Presence You Miss

You don't realize how long you're checking for someone's shadow until you've moved into their room completely. You find that you can use their pencil cases but not their clothes. You donate to charity. You don't think that anyone can be angry for years. But you are wormwood, and you have anger. They say having such a negative emotion will exhaust you. It instead keeps you doing. You don't realize you remembered a birthday until you see the number 13 popping up like a daisy. A number you wish would pass like any other day. You don't realize you want to send an angry missive, berating someone for all their sins. But that moment passes. One d

Broken Respite (tw) by ActualVictoria, literature

Broken Respite (tw)

“Where does this all end for you?” Elizabeth asked as they sat on her fire escape drinking separate cups of tea. The Mirror King took a long drag of his cigarillo and immediately blew the smoke out without taking the time to taste it. “In my throne room. Resplendent. Faithless courtiers currying for favor, pretending they didn’t do the same for my usurper. Training my brother’s replacement, after I murder him for never stepping in. Expanding my power so no one ever forgets what really happened once the deposed king regained his throne.” His tone was unreadable. All at the same time it sounded hopeful, bi

FFM/17 A day in the life of a forensic necromancer by MaggiefromSpace, literature

FFM/17 A day in the life of a forensic necromancer

The call came at 3:20. A.M., mind. Sometimes Laurent really questioned whether he shouldn’t have chosen a different profession. He slipped out of bed, threw on his suit - technically the suit was not required, but it always felt appropriate, as a gesture of respect - grabbed the keys, and got into the car. Ten minutes later he was in the university, in front of a professor’s office. He routinely checked with the crime scene unit where he could stand, asked the policemen to step back from the body - not a pretty sight, the head was detached from the rest - and reached out. Excuse me? Oh, hello. Am - am I dead? I’m afraid

FFM27: Blind Faith by toxic--sunrise, literature

FFM27: Blind Faith

Zadkiel didn't have a lot of faith in what his halo, or his station, stood for. Not so much anymore, anyway. The Almighty had created and moved the stars, purely for the sake of doing it, he supposed. But Zadkiel could also reason that he had cast so many of his creations out, men and women and those in between that had fallen to earth for asking questions, for the same reason. It was with best intentions that Zadkiel had accepted his post as an archangel. He'd wanted to be defined for his benevolence and his mercy, but he hadn't planned on this. So Zadkiel had taken a sabbatical. What was five years to timeless celestial beings? He'd gotten

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@FlashFictionMonth is a month long Flash Fiction writing event that has been running since 2009. Every July we ask you to write 31 pieces of flash fiction, providing you with numerous prompts, extra challenges, prizes, and an overwhelming amount of community love and support. For the last few years we have also organised these efforts through our group @FlashFictionMonth .

For the remaining 11 months of the year, you are welcome to share ANY and ALL (FFM related or not) flash fiction stories (under 1000 words, or thereabouts) to our "General Flash Fiction" folder for the edification of the masses.

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Flash Fiction Month 2022 Is Upon Us! by Flash-Fic-Month, journal

Flash Fiction Month 2022 Is Upon Us!

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Hark, the herald angels sing; GLORY TO THE FFM. Again, and again, and again we rise in righteous glory to bring forth the most anticipated literature event in the world*! Yes indeed, wordsmiths, littérateurs, and scriveners, we are here to celebrate the THIRTEENTH annual sojourn into the wild depths of madness to write for thirty one days straight– WELCOME TO FLASH FICTION MONTH 2022! *Our lovely Hydra-lic world. Here. On dA. Flash Fiction Month kicks off this year on Friday the 13th! Actually, it's the thirteenth on the first. Well, more accurately it's Friday, July 1st, the 13th year of Flash Fiction Month. Haven't signed up yet? DO IT NOW. :stare: MOREOVER! You may have noticed a theme in the last sentence. Yes! Precisely! It's Flash Fiction Month. For the thirteenth time. Don't know what Flash Fiction Month is? Find out the answers to your burning questions right here. 2022 News for Veterans and Newbies alike: 1. Scales et al.: We are working with a skeleton crew

FFM 2022!

FFM 2022 Sign-Up Page by Flash-Fic-Month, journal

FFM 2022 Sign-Up Page

Jun 9, 2022

Something sinister is coming. It slithers. It runs. It flies. It crawls. It stops and looks at you. It starts galloping straight towards you, papers full of words detailing the screams of the damned souls flying in its wake like a startled murder of crows. It’s yelling something about word counts and an ungodly challenge. You know exactly what it is. We know what you're thinking: It's dangerous. It's unseemly. It definitely doesn't fit in with my schedule! Writing 31 flash fiction stories in 31 days? Only a madman would undertake such a foolish venture. But luckily we're all mad here. If you'd like a chance to stretch your creative muscles, and push your fictional prowess to the limit, Flash Fiction Month is the event for you. Are you ready for a month of prompts, challenges, mixed metaphors and literary contortion-ism? Are you ready to witness the horrors, and wonders that lie beyond? Not sure what Flash Fiction Month is? Check out our shiny FAQ for all the sordid details,

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If you're looking for more information about the event, we suggest you take a look at the links below:

Find answers to all your burning questions in our Flash Fiction Resources and FAQ.
Offer up your name for the next event on the sign up page (coming June 2022)!
Provide some much needed inspiration for the struggling writers via the yearly prompt bank!
Meet your fellow writers (and Hydra) in the Official Flash Fiction Month Discord Channel
Follow @Flash-Fic-Month to get notifications and our official group @FlashFictionMonth to upload your flash fiction stories and keep track of current events.

FFM is run by a multi-headed, ever-changing roster of anonymous volunteers and past FFM participants, who are known collectively as HYDRA - hence the plethora of serpent/tentacle/Cthulhu/dark overlord references you will likely encounter during your time here. But we're a relatively friendly multi-headed be-tentacled cosmic entity, promise.

VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Due to the ever changing nature of our lineup, we are always in need of volunteers, and it's never too early or too late to offer up your time. Below we will list some of the ways that YOU can help FFM to continue.

Judging! Do you enjoy reading very short stories? Are you (mostly) available for the month of July? Consider volunteering to be a judge for Flash Fiction Month! As long as you're of a literary inclination we're happy to have the help!

Community Spirit! FFM is what it is because of the writers and readers who take part. Every contribution matters, and helps to foster the community spirit that makes this event so special.

If you're a reader, follow the group! Every day during July there are dozens of new stories uploaded for the daily prompts, and a kind comment goes further than you could possibly imagine.
If you're a writer, join in! Write whatever you want - our only hard and fast rule is that you keep it between 55-1000 words.

However you are willing to contribute and for however long, FFM has a place for you.

Donations! All FFM prizes are funded by our community. Have a few points to spare for some literary altruism? Throw them out way by using the "gift" option at the top of the @Flash-Fic-Month profile page - we promise to put them to good use.

Hydra-tion! As any past participant knows, FFM is run by an anonymous multi-headed collective (of varying numbers) behind the scenes. These daring individuals risk sleep and sanity every year to plan everything that goes into the running of the event; starting in June, and only resting once the final judging results are in and the winners are announced.

We always need more Heads, and every year they are (mostly) lopped off, only to grow anew from different locations for the next event. This means that sometimes there is only one person left carrying the FFM torch.

So if you have participated in at least one full year of FFM in the past and you want to help keep FFM alive, consider lending a hand. Send us a note at @Flash-Fic-Month declaring your intentions and we will absorb you into our scaly ranks. Many Heads make light work, so the more volunteers we have, the more smoothly the event will run.

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FFM 2021 Challenge Winners! by Flash-Fic-Month, journal

FFM 2021 Challenge Winners!

Aug 25, 2021

At last we are here to reveal the challenge winners of Flash Fiction Month 2021! To be eligible for the community-funded prize pool, writers needed to have completed all 31 days and all 14 challenges. Each week we asked you to choose your best and brightest challenge stories. These stories were submitted to various rounds of judging, where they poked and prodded, and their little story hearts were weighed on Anubis' scales to discover if they were +/- the weight of a feather. You know, all the standard stuff. For the thirteenth year running Flash Fiction Month is proud to reveal four overall winners based on the total challenge scores for the entirety of the month! The numbers have been tallied, and the tallies have been numbered, and now they have become sentient and started singing the praises of various writers. It's all a bit alarming to be honest. (On account of Eclipse, this is best viewed on a computer; we can't guarantee the behavior of formatting gremlins in any other

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May 11, 2022

Flash Fiction Month 2022 - DANGER Will Robinson!

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Hark! Yes, you read that correctly. Flash-Fic-Month is in danger! Hydra, the all seeing, all powerful beast is on the brink of extinction, and with that falls the mighty Flash Fiction Month, this delicious literature event that we've been running since 2009. We need volunteers in order to make this year happen. We need Hydra heads and we need Judges, but we can only look for judges if we have the infrastructure to run the event. Now, before you starting jonesing for it, please read the koalafications below. Hydra Head Requirements :bulletblue: COMMITTED: #1, first and foremost, above all things, hallelujah amen, Actually Available. Almost nothing else matters but this. Quite literally. Can you read? Doesn't matter. Be here. Now, we get that people have lives, because it'd be weird otherwise unless you’re a blob of neurons floating in space (no offense to any neurons floating in space, please apply), and truly that is why we have an evil, er, magnificent council of flesh--no

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Sep 15, 2021

Flash Fiction Month 2021: Golden Mug Awards!

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You'd almost given up hope, but here it is at last... These last couple of months have broken our hearts and maimed our limbs, but at last the (slightly worse for wear) Hydra have crawled back from the brink to deliver unto you the final FFM 2021 announcements. After great delay, and many hours of toil and judgement, we are delighted to bring you winners of the SECOND annual Golden Mug Awards!! (On account of Eclipse, this is best viewed on a computer; we can't guarantee the behavior of formatting gremlins in any other format. ) After last year's success with the inaugural Golden Mug Awards (or GMA's for the cool kids) we wanted to go big, and go bold! We asked the community for suggestions, and stocked the category shelves to the brim, and well... honestly we all probably got a little carried away. :giggle: But we have no regrets! We're going to start things off with the returning categories from last year, and then we'll dive into the new story/genre specific categories.

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Heyo! Was just wondering since FFM is this close: is it ok to post the FFM stories on some other platform and link to said platform? Or would a hybrid where the challenge entries are posted here on DA and the rest are posted only somewhere else be better? I'm trying to see how much I can avoid Eclipse in the following weeks when I get swallowed into the world of flashfic

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Jun 13, 2020

Our policy has always been open to people participating from different venues, so sure, go for it! As long as links are provided, and there's no need to sign up somewhere else to view it, it's all good.

WindySilver

Jun 13, 2020

Fantastic! Thank you so much!

Ladnavar

May 15, 2018

Hi! I'll be looking forward to this, though I have no idea where I'll be come July xD I will definitely be writing stories every day tho, maybe some short ones with added poetry

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