With just three days to go, we’re heading fast towards the closing date of our 32nd Award on 1st February, the first of our international flash fiction contests this year Thank you everyone for entering. As always there are some great titles for the stories coming in, one of which could end up being a title for the 2026 anthology.
It’s always exciting to find a title for the BFFA anthology from the stories that won, or were long or shortlisted during the year. The final choice is one which inspires our production editor to create an image. I love all the titles and images from the nine yearly anthologies we have published so far. At the flash fiction festival in Bristol last year, I offered a prize to anyone who could name one of the titles that mentioned animals or birds. Those are The Constancy of Woodpigeons Snow Crow, The Lobsters Run Free and With One Eye on the Cows
Here, in the correct yearly order are the covers of all the anthologies printed so far and posted out free to the worldwide to contributors.
Our tenth anniversary anthology from 2025 is now being compiled (a little late) and the title will be revealed soon. It doesn’t involve an animal this year! There are some brilliant stories to read within its pages.
