For inspiration for our 27th £1460 prize fund Award, closing Sunday June 2nd, in just over two weeks (flash fictions up to 300 words) I posted the three third prize winning stories and one commended story by Tim Craig earlier this week. This post features more inspirational stories by award winning poet and prose writer, Debra A Daniel ,who won third prize in February 2022. She has also been highly commended twice, once in June 2021 and once in October 2022.

In addition, Debra has twice been successful in our Novella in Flash Awards and her wonderful novellas-in-flash The Roster, highly commended in our NIF Award in 2019 and A Family of Great Falls, shortlisted in the NIF Award in 2021. (are published by Ad Hoc Fiction and available on Amazon or Ad Hoc Fiction. (A Family of Great Falls is sold out on Ad Hoc Fiction bookshop)

Read Debra’s third prize winning story in February 2022 Grand Canyon Official Form 477D,her highly commended story In The Darkest Dark She Takes My Sleep in October 2022 and her highly commended story Across The Street The Old Man Clears Out His House June 2021

For Novella in Flash Inspiration, read the interview with Debra about The Roster. Our next NIF Award will open for entries in July with a closing date of September 30th 2024. Results January 2025. Judged by Jude