About Flash Fiction Armagh

Shortlisted for Best Regular Spoken Word Night in the Saboteur Awards 2019

What is Flash Fiction Armagh?

This is an event featuring Flash Fiction writers reading their work to an enthralled audience in Armagh. It differs from Open Mic in that the readers are selected ahead of time, based on their submission quality, and the evening follows a set programme.

Why?

Flash Fiction Armagh provides a platform for writers to experience immediate audience reaction to their work – a valuable resource for those who sit all day in a room by themselves writing. We aim to entertain and provide an opportunity to mingle and make friends. We encourage people to attend the event whether they write, read or prefer to listen.

And the best reason of all – it’s a bit of craic. Flash Fiction Armagh is based on Flash Fiction Forum San Jose, California. Hop over to their website to see how they do things. 

Who?

Entries are encouraged from:

  • Experienced writers
  • Authors who can extract a short section from their books
  • New writers
  • Poets whose poetry reads like prose

How?

  • You must be available to read at the event. Dates of events are here.
  • If you are not selected for your chosen date we reserve the right to
    invite you to read your submission at a subsequent Flash Fiction Armagh night.
  • We plan on having 3 or 4  per year, so no need to resubmit the same piece again.

We don’t mind if you submit work that has been submitted elsewhere or
that has already been published. Authors are welcome to bring copies of
their books to sell.

It is free to enter, but please only submit one piece of work.

The deadline for submissions is one month before the date of the event. Please email your 200 – 700 word submission to [email protected] with “Flash Fiction Armagh Submission” in the subject line and your story in the main body of the email. (No attachments, please.)