The Bath Flash Fiction Award reached its tenth anniversary in 2025 and we’re proud to produce Volume Ten of our anthologies containing winning and listed stories from our thrice-yearly Awards. 133 more stunning flash fictions of 300 words and under on all subjects and themes for you to read and enjoy.
“…the entries felt so much like snowflakes, each of them unique and beautiful and entirely original in their execution. I read stories drawn from “real life” while others were anchored in a speculative world; stories that commanded attention from a fist punch of a first sentence and others that started quietly yet stealthily and accrued power and tension with each sentence”
— writer and teacher, Sarah Freligh form the USA, (Judge of February Award)
“Hitting that submit button is always an act of writerly courage and I applaud the spirit of all who entered this round of the Bath Flash Fiction Award. It’s been a privilege to read this rich array of flash. The fifty long listed pieces revealed a wide range of approaches and areas of focus”
— writer, editor and teacher Marie Gethins from Ireland (Judge of June Award)
“Reading this long list reaffirmed my belief that flash fiction writers are where it’s at in the literary world. The stories in this round popped with pitch-perfect prose and demonstrated a deep understanding of how form impacts story”
— writer and teacher, Kathryn Aldridge-Morris (judge of the October Award)
Paperback ISBN 978-1-915247-80-3; 133mm x 203mm; 166pp
£11.99 GBP
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