The Top Ten
We are happy to announce the shortlist for the 2026 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize. Congratulations to the ten authors, listed alphabetically by first name, below!
Stay tuned for this year’s winners, as selected by final judge Finnian Burnett, which will be announced here on the blog on Wednesday, July 15th!
The 2026 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize Shortlist
Alex Kitt with ‘The Green Sound of Breaking’
Alex Reece Abbott with ‘The Right Hand Girl’
Amber Allen with ‘Vanished Species’
Antoinette Bekker with ‘On the Random Red Road’
Jaime Gill with ‘The Mysteries’
Jeffrey-Michael Kane with ‘Due Date’
Kath Healing with ‘Inventory’
Robert Runté with ‘Borrowing Isabel Fall’
Susan Down with ‘Baptism’
Trish Gauntlett with ‘Eyes in the Deep’
Congratulations to the shortlisted authors! And thank you to all those who entered for sharing your words and for supporting Pulp Literature.
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Looking for contest glory for yourself? Submit your work to the Kingfisher Poetry Prize until August 15th, 2026! Find all of the details here.
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