Quick reads of fantastic micro fiction & CNF!

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As always, special thanks to the generous volunteers who make this reading series run smoothly: Marcy Dilworth, Laila Miller, Madeleine Pelletier, Dana Cann, and Janna Miller.

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Past Events

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Best Small Fictions 2024 authors – part of NFFD New Zealand Festival of Flash!

June 11, 2025

• Avitus B. Carle
• Claudia Monpere
• Gillian O’Shaughnessy
• Joel Hans
• Loren Maria Guay
• Mikki Aronoff
• Robert Scotellaro (read by Jeff Friedman)
• Will Musgrove

The Festival of Flash recordings are here. To see the Best Small Fictions reading, scroll to the end of the videos. To see the readers’ bios, scroll to the bottom of the page.

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Short, Shorter, Shortest: A Reading of Flash and Short Stories

December 19, 2024

• Tara Isabel Zambrano
• DeMisty D. Bellinger
• Tara Campbell
• Avitus B. Carle

Featuring Special Guest Host Exodus Oktavia Brownlow

 

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Best Small Fictions authors!

A special weekend-long celebration of Best Small Fictions authors, including superstar authors from the 2022 & 2023 anthologies! The 2023 guest editor, Catherine McNamara will join us, as well as series editor, Nathan Leslie! Two readings are scheduled: April 27 & April 28, both at 10 am (US Eastern). Registration links below!

April 27, 2024 Readers

• Sara Hills
• Tommy Dean
• Sarah Freligh
• Francine Witte
• Patricia Q. Bidar
• Sean Ennis
• Melissa Llanes Brownlee
• Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
• Kathy Fish
• C.J. Erick

April 28, 2024 Readers 

• Catherine McNamara
• Laurie Marshall
• Kimberly Parko
• J.J. Peńa
• Valerie Bacharach
• Matt Goldberg
• Dustin M. Hoffman
• Fiona J. Mackintosh
• Malvika Jolly
• Pat Foran

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All-Star Micro Authors!

Some of the brightest stars in the micro universe!

April 6, 2023 Readers

• Tommy Dean
• Sarah Freligh
• Tara Campbell
• Francine Witte
• Erin Vachon
• Eric Scot Tryon
• Timothy Boudreau
• Amy Barnes
• Abbie Barker
• Patricia Bidar
• Kristina Saccone
• Eliot Li
• Gillian O’Shaughnessy