NFFD winning stories published!

Posted: Monday Jul 03, 2023

NFFD 2023 winners in Aotearoa New Zealand

We are happy to share the June issue of Flash Frontier, with the top stories from this year's National Flash Fiction Day competition and accompanying features.

We begin with a hearty congratulations to this year's top winners:

FIRST: Moon landing – Margaret Moores / Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
SECOND: Wayfinding – Annabel Wilson, Ohinehou Lyttelton
THIRD: Revelations – Annette Edwards-Hill, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Shell game – P K Granger, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Uncle – Linda Collins, Ōtepoti Dunedin

These and all stories from the Short and Long Lists can be found in this month's publication, with judges' notes from David Eggleton Airini Beautrais. Find it all here. Congratulations to everyone!

Youth international competition

The youth winning stories are published at fingers comma toes, with an international mix of young writers showing their mettle in the short form. Congratulations to all the young people writing flash fiction, and especially the top winners there:

FIRST: mother – Kate K. Choi (age 18; Seoul, South Korea)
SECOND: Presumption of Death – Ocean Jade (age 18; Dunedin, New Zealand)
THIRD: Derivatives – Sophia Hall (age 17; Washington DC, United States)

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Hawaii – Claire Beeli (age 17; Long Beach, California, United States)

COMMENDED
Aim: To Find Out If It Is Possible To Reach A Velocity At Which The Gravitational Influence of a Small Town Can be Escaped From – Emma Philips (age 17; Ararua, New Zealand)

Micro Madness - with longlisted micros & videos

We also applaud those who were featured in the international Micro Madness series, judged this year by Mikaela Nyman and Kathy Fish, and dedicated to poet, Micro Madness winner and past judge and friend of this community Rose Collins. In this issue we share the Long List from the 2023 series, with video readings by contributors. The June 1 - 22 Micro Madness Short List can be found here, with the top three placegetters sharing their work on the last three days. Congratulations to:

Chris Cottom - First
Sherry Morris - Second
Kathryn Aldridge-Morris - Third

Feature interviews & new writing

We are glad to share a few special features this month, including: an interview with Margaret Moores, winner of the 2023 NFFD competition; new work from 2023 judges of our competitions David Eggleton, Airini Beautrais, Mikaela Nyman and Joanna Cho; video readings from participants in this year's Festival of Flash -- and the entire set of panels and discussions from the Festival can be found here, in case you missed it; and highlights from Events around Aotearoa.

Enjoy this full and festive issue of flash fiction from Aotearoa and around the world!

Forthcoming issues of Flash Frontier
And if you are interested in flash fiction, you might consider submitting at Flash Frontier. Forthcoming issues:

October RĀKAU / TREE - a NZ issue, deadline September 30
December MANU / BIRD - international issue, deadline November 30

Submissions info here.