Announcing the 2026 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize Longlist!

Short Forms, Long List

Help us to ring in the first days of summer by celebrating the longlist for the 2026 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize!

Congratulations to all of the longlisted writers, listed alphabetically by first name below. Those with a number beside their name have multiple stories under consideration for this year’s shortlist!

The 2026 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize Longlist

Alex Kitt
Alex Reece Abbott
Amber Allen
Antoinette Bekker (2)
Avery Other
Boston Hall (2)
Chris Bruce
CK Kaur
Claire Lawrence (2)
Cordell Vos
Deniz Soykurumcetin
Derek Puddester
EJ Nash
Evan Kayne
Jaime Gill
Jeffrey-Michael Kane
John Green
Jullyana Ramos
Kath Healing
KT Wagner
Leslie Wibberley (2)
Madeleine Harlamovs
Martin Borden
Melissa Rosato
Meriwether Falk
Nicholas Stacey
Kare Rae
Petra Chambers
Rebecca Campobasso
Robert Runté
Robin Durnford
Sandy Bexon
Seàn Wootton
Stephen Kramer Avitabile
Susan Down
Trish Gauntlett

Congratulations to these authors and their forty longlisted stories, and thank you to all of those who entered the Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize this year!

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For those looking for contest glory of your own, The 2026 Kingfisher Poetry Prize opens this week on July 1st! Find all of the details here.