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    It's My Editor's Choice Week At SmokeLong!
    Helen Rye
    • Jun 2, 2019
    • 1 min

    It's My Editor's Choice Week At SmokeLong!

    It’s my editor’s choice week this week, and man, am I nerdily excited about it. We get anything from about 90-250 submissions a week, and...
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    National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2019
    Helen Rye
    • Apr 19, 2019
    • 1 min

    National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2019

    UK National Flash Fiction Day this year is 15th June and the line-up for the annual anthology to celebrate this has been announced. I’m...
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    Flashing Norwich - Flash Fiction Reading Event, May 1 2019
    Helen Rye
    • Apr 17, 2019
    • 2 min

    Flashing Norwich - Flash Fiction Reading Event, May 1 2019

    Flashing Norwich is excited to present a stellar cast of writers of flash fiction for this free reading event on Wednesday 1st May, 7-9pm...
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    Norwich, UK Workshop with SmokeLong Quarterly
    Helen Rye
    • Apr 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    Norwich, UK Workshop with SmokeLong Quarterly

    SmokeLong Quarterly, the international flash fiction journal I edit for, is running a half-day flash fiction workshop in Norwich on...
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    Adam Lock's Favourite Shorts: Review of What The Unicorns Saw
    Helen Rye
    • Apr 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    Adam Lock's Favourite Shorts: Review of What The Unicorns Saw

    Such a nice review of my story here from Adam Lock. Thanks, Adam! https://www.adamlock.net/adam-locks-blog/favourite-shorts-9-what-the-un...
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    Atticus Review - What The Unicorns Saw
    Helen Rye
    • Apr 5, 2019
    • 1 min

    Atticus Review - What The Unicorns Saw

    I love Atticus Review, and having this story published there a couple of weeks ago made me very happy. It started from a prompt in a...
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    AWP 2019 - Portland, Oregon
    Helen Rye
    • Apr 5, 2019
    • 1 min

    AWP 2019 - Portland, Oregon

    Here's the link to the SmokeLong AWP 2019 video, starring us and lot of very cool writers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk3B21-QXCs&t=...
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    SmokeLong on the Road Video Interview (Christopher and Helen)
    Helen Rye
    • Feb 14, 2019
    • 1 min

    SmokeLong on the Road Video Interview (Christopher and Helen)

    SmokeLong is travelling! The SmokeLong on the Road blog series will be featuring video interviews with as many of its editors and...
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    2019
    Helen Rye
    • Feb 3, 2019
    • 3 min

    2019

    It’s February, and I’ve finally accepted that the New Year is over and 2019 is definitely here. It’s been cold for approximately 400 days...
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    Ellipsis Zine - Love | Pride
    Helen Rye
    • Nov 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Ellipsis Zine - Love | Pride

    A few weeks ago someone posted in a Facebook writers’ group about a flash fiction competition which had published guidelines which...
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    Pushcart Prize Nomination
    Helen Rye
    • Nov 17, 2018
    • 1 min

    Pushcart Prize Nomination

    Unexpected and terrific news last week that my story, Reunion, published in the Ellipsis Zine Two anthology, was nominated for a Pushcart...
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    Bristol Short Story Prize—Joint 3rd!
    Helen Rye
    • Oct 19, 2018
    • 1 min

    Bristol Short Story Prize—Joint 3rd!

    Last weekend was the Bristol Short Story Prize ceremony at the beautiful, cathedral-like Reading Room of the Bristol Central Library....
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    Judging TSS Flash 400 - Results
    Helen Rye
    • Oct 14, 2018
    • 1 min

    Judging TSS Flash 400 - Results

    What wonderful stories we received in this contest. There were nearly 300 entries. I read every one of them, most of them at least twice...
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    Submissions Editor at SmokeLong Quarterly
    Helen Rye
    • Sep 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    Submissions Editor at SmokeLong Quarterly

    One of the happiest things that’s happened to me in approximately ever was being asked, this summer, to join the editorial team of the...
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    The Girl Who Eats Lightbulbs
    Helen Rye
    • Sep 10, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Girl Who Eats Lightbulbs

    I have a new story up at New Flash Fiction Review, here. It comes with a big content warning for eating disorders, although I didn’t set...
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    Bristol Prize Shortlist!
    Helen Rye
    • Jul 26, 2018
    • 1 min

    Bristol Prize Shortlist!

    I’m really, really happy to be on this list. This story is close to my heart – the characters live for me and, ridiculously, even though...
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    Bristol Short Story Prize Longlist
    Helen Rye
    • Jul 14, 2018
    • 1 min

    Bristol Short Story Prize Longlist

    I was at work scrubbing limescale off an Air B’n’B shower screen when one of my writer buddies messaged me to congratulate me on making...
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    Judging the TSS Flash 400 Contest
    Helen Rye
    • Jun 30, 2018
    • 1 min

    Judging the TSS Flash 400 Contest

    I’m honoured – and right now, a tiny bit emotional – to be judging the Autumn round of this terrific flash fiction competition with...
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    Guest Editing at SmokeLong
    Helen Rye
    • Jun 3, 2018
    • 1 min

    Guest Editing at SmokeLong

    I’m so excited to be guest editing at my all-time favourite literary journal this week. SmokeLong has always been my go-to place to find...
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    One Hundred Voices for One Hundred Years (audio recording)
    Helen Rye
    • Apr 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    One Hundred Voices for One Hundred Years (audio recording)

    http://www.100voicesfor100years.com/voice-of-the-day/2018/4/25/one-in-twenty-three This project is celebrating the 100th anniversary of...
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