WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR FLASH?

Improve your flash and support Brilliant Flash Fiction

Tired of rejections? Finding that your writing has plateaued?

From August 1 – September 30, you can support Brilliant Flash Fiction and work with our editors to improve one piece of flash fiction.

The way it works:

Step One: Donate $50 on our Home Page brilliantflashfiction.com

Step Two: Submit your flash story (1,000 words or less) to bffflash@gmail.com

Step Three: You are assigned an editor and will receive a critique within 2 weeks. You’ll be able to respond to this feedback, ask for clarification, and discuss edits with her/him for a further revision.

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WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TODD MITCHELL

Brilliant Endings for Flash Fiction

Zoom Workshop with Todd Mitchell

July 30, Noon – 1 p.m. (Mountain Time/Denver, CO, USA)

Suggested donation: $10 (Click the button on our Home Page to donate)

Join us Saturday, July 30, at noon (Denver time) to learn about creating dazzling endings for your flash fiction stories. Workshop leader Todd Mitchell is an award-winning author who directs the Beginning Creative Writing Teaching Program at Colorado State University. Read more about Todd here: toddmitchellbooks.com.

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GET READY TO WRITE!

Flash Fiction Workshop & Fundraiser

Learn how to write brilliant flash fiction, along with tips, tricks, and prompts to help you on your writing journey.

This one-hour virtual (Zoom) flash fiction workshop and fundraiser will take you from zero to finished flash fiction!

Date: Saturday, March 13, 2021

Time: Noon (Mountain Standard Time, USA)

Presented by: Cindy Skaggs

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FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP

For a $100 donation, Brilliant Flash Fiction is offering a rare 5-session online flash fiction workshop with Assistant Editor Ed Higgins, limited to 20 students. Don’t miss this opportunity to improve your flash writing with a master teacher, open to international students at all levels.

When:  January 23, 2021; January 30; February 6; February 13; February 20 at noon Pacific Standard Time. Use this link to convert to your time zone: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20201220T130000&p1=202

Where: Zoom address will be sent to you

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FEED US – WRITING CONTEST RESULTS

The FEED US Writing Contest was held June 1-September 1, 2019, in conjunction with the 2019 FoCo Book Fest in Fort Collins, Colorado, the new home of nonprofit organization Brilliant Flash Fiction. We received 376 international entries and shortlisted seven stories that were published in our first print anthology, Hunger: The Best of Brilliant Flash Fiction, 2014-2019. (Make a donation of $10 or more via the donation link on our homepage, and we’ll send you a copy of our new book as a thank you!)

Kathy Fish photo
Kathy Fish

Contest judge Kathy Fish selected the three prize winners and announced her decision at the anthology launch, October 19, in Fort Collins.

We would like to thank Kathy for taking time from her hectic schedule to spend two days in Fort Collins, not only judging our contest and speaking at the anthology launch, but also giving an inspirational free writing workshop that was filled to capacity with a waiting list. Continue reading “FEED US – WRITING CONTEST RESULTS”

FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP WITH KATHY FISH

Food_For_Thought_Bug_AlternateJoin us for a FREE flash fiction writing workshop with Kathy Fish during the Fort Collins Book Festival on Friday, October 19 at 11:15 am in the Storytime Room at the Old Town Library in Fort Collins, CO. We are thrilled to have Kathy Fish host a flash fiction event right in our hometown of Fort Collins, CO. Space is limited, so register online today! Continue reading “FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP WITH KATHY FISH”