An under­grad­u­ate-cre­at­ed list of “strengths” in (very) short fic­tion.

In short, as an editor/submission read­er who has prob­a­bly read about 15,000 flash fic­tion sub­mis­sions, I can’t ever recall won­der­ing if a par­tic­u­lar sub­mis­sion is “good.”

A look at a strat­e­gy for cre­at­ing image pat­terns using Charles D’Ambrosio’s “The Point.”

A reprint from a chap­ter of Michael Kimball’s US, along with a crit­i­cal read­ing of Kimball’s use of uni­ver­sal­i­ty through speci­fici­ty.

Rose Met­al Press announces its 6th annu­al short short chap­book con­test

Mat­ter Press releas­es its sec­ond col­lec­tion of (very) short fic­tion, Jeff Landon’s TRUCK DANCE.

A link to new com­pressed, flash fic­tion from Michael Kim­ball at The Jour­nal of Com­pressed Cre­ative Arts.

The 150-word “Home­ward Bound” com­petes for $25,000 prize!

The Jour­nal of Com­pressed Cre­ative Arts is look­ing for, as you might guess, “com­pressed cre­ative arts.” 

Dzanc Books offers online flash writ­ing work­shops to begin Octo­ber 16, 2011.