Flash Fiction Portrush

What is Flash Fiction Portrush?


Flash Fiction Portrush is the new younger sibling of Flash Fiction Armagh.

At Flash Fiction Portrush writers read their work to an audience at an event in Kiwis Bar, Main St, Portrush. It differs from an Open Mic in that the readers are selected ahead of time, based on submission quality.


Why?

Flash Fiction Portrush will provide 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, encouraging people to attend the event whether they write, read or prefer to listen. Also, Authors are welcome to bring copies of their books to sell.

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


Who?


Entries are encouraged from:

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


How?


  • The 2025 Submission window is from Wednesday, January 1st - Friday, February 14th
  • You must be available to read at the event in Kiwis Bar on Friday, 21st March, 2025.
  • There will be no charge for Submissions.
  • We don’t mind if you submit work which has been submitted elsewhere or
    which has already been published.

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How to Submit:

  • Please email ONLY ONE 200 – 700-word submission
  • to maryfarrell85@hotmail.com
  • with “Flash Fiction Portrush Submission” in the subject line
  • and your story in the main body of the email.

                (No attachments, please.)


Tickets will be Free for the inaugural event at Kiwis on March 21st, 2025.

At the Event:

  • Those sitting at each table in Kiwis will be invited to collectively score the readers 
  • Their Scoresheets will be added up at the end of the night
  • The top three Scorers will be announced.
  • The Submissions of these three Readers will be published in the next Online Magazine Issue from Impspired, and the subsequent Print Edition

Flash Fiction Portrush

Writers read their work to a large and enthusiastic audience at the inaugural event in Kiwi’s Brew Bar, at the resort’s Main Street


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