Longlist February 2026

Congratulations to all the authors who have made our Award long list and huge thanks to all who entered.

Author names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share that you are on the long list, we do ask that you do not identify yourself with your particular fiction at this stage.

Important
We receive many many entries, and occasionally some entries have the same title. We are in the process of sending an offer of publication email to all authors on the long list. (please check your spam). Please do not assume you are on the long list unless you have received that publication offer. If in doubt, contact us.

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Thirty-Second Bath Flash Fiction Award Long List
Title Author
A Hollow Place
A Kicking tba
A Long Drive Home from the Airport, Fog Softening the Edges of the Street Lamps, The Fuzzy Glow of a Warm Oven in a Dark Kitchen tba
Buenos Dias Don Fabio tba
Club Rats/Club Birds tba
Composition for Piano and Eggs tba
El Viento Blanco tba
Fourteen Years Old on Norwich City Wall tba
Hestia Dionysus tba
HowThey Remember tba
Hunting for a Dress with Mama tba
Just a Bunch of Mutts tba
Low Altitude tba
More tba
Mutiny on the Body tba
My Heart is a Wildlife Corridor That Covers Its Tracks tba
My Sister’s Bunker tba
NASCAR Sunday tba
Nairobi after Independence tba
On the Edge tba
One Foot in Front of the Other tba
Pulling Over tba
Somewhere, on a Farm, Cleo Frolics tba
Spooning Whiskey tba
Summersaults tba
Sunset Over Little Italy tba
The Back Court Ballerina tba
The Rabbit Hole I fall down at 3.07 am tba
The Lay tba
The Librarian’s Resolution tba
The Smoking Man tba
The Trolley Pusher tba
The Unreturning tba
The Floor is Lava tba
The Other Shoe tba
The Secret Thing tba
The Glass does not Crack tba
The X8 Traverses a Dying Planet tba
They announce a two-minute silence for the fallen in Morrisons tba
Things mt Brother Explains with Absolute Authority tba
Ten Things They Never Told You About Possum tba
Under the Table tba
Warding tba
When we Expect Nothing tba
Where have the china hippos gone? tba
Where the White Line Ends tba
Whilst your Mother was in Lourdes tba
Why Her tba
You’re 89 when you remember Sundance, Utah but you still remember the early years tba
Your Mother is a Kintsugi Vase at the end of year parent-teacher night tba

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