Flash-Fic-Month

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.

VIVA!