KYSO Flash
Knock-Your-Socks-Off Art and Literature
“Flash isn’t a fad, it’s an art; and while I hope people can have fun with it, its pursuit should still be taken seriously.”
— Tara L. Masih, editor of Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction
Update: 6 Sept. 2019

Nominations for Best Microfiction 2020

KYSO Flash is pleased to announce the nomination of four works for the second annual Best Microfiction anthology. Thanks so much to these wonderful writers for publishing with us:


Nominations of up to four stories of 400 words or fewer, published during calendar year 2019, will be accepted until the first of December 2019. Best Microfiction 2020 will be published by Pelekinesis Press in the spring.

Widely published and distinguished author, editor, and professor Michael Martone will serve as final judge.

This anthology series is co-edited by Meg Pokrass, award-winning author of seven books and founding editor of New Flash Fiction Review, and Gary Fincke, Flannery O’Connor and Pushcart Prize-winning author.



Our nominations for previous editions:

Best Microfiction 2019


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