Flash Sale for ‘In Fifty Words!’ by Flash Fiction Master Bob Thurber!
99 Cents for 99 Hours! Our resident flash fiction contest judge Bob Thurber is running a holiday special for his flashtastic collection of micro-fiction, In […]
Bob Thurber
Now Open: The 2021 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize!
Write On! We are delighted to announce that the 2021 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize is now open! What super stories, what fabulous flash, what pleasing […]
The Winners of the 2021 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest!
The Results Are In! Oh, how we love to celebrate! And for this party, packed with what final judge Bob Thurber deemed a “fun batch” […]
Announcing the 2021 Bumblebee Shortlist!
The Top Ten Tales Oh, what a sweet and snappy bunch it is! We are delighted to announce the ten shortlisted stories for the 2021 […]
Announcing the 2021 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest Longlist!
Short but Sweet March has arrived and the Bumblebees have landed! We are delighted to share with you the longlist for the 2021 Bumblebee Flash […]
New Year, New Contests: The Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest Opens Today!
With Apologies to Toy Story … … how about we make 2021 our Buzz Write Year? Now wouldn’t that just be the bee’s knees? But […]
The 2020 Hummingbird Prize Shortlist
And then there were ten … Like their avian counterparts, the Hummingbird finalists are a brisk and bright bunch! We’re delighted to announce the shortlist […]
This Week on Friday Live …
It could be said that, as a global community, the sense of we’re all in this together has never been stronger. Although we must close […]
2020 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest Winner
As a fitting reminder to cut the suspense, a bumblebee buzzed past one of our editor’s windows today. From Bob Thurber, the humblest bumblebee we […]
The 2019 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize
It was a hard fought battle between our top ten feisty hummingbird entrants, and the skirmish between the final two was fierce indeed. After careful […]