Flash Fiction Feedback

Our team of flash fiction experts are here to help you become the best writer you can be, polishing your stories to perfection. 

You are welcome to use the critique service at anytime, as our team are separate to the competition process. You can also choose to submit stories that have been through the critique service to the competition.

What can you expect?
  • A quick guide to the process.
  • Detailed, honest and professional feedback from an expert on a story under 1000 words.
  • Guidance on how to approach the next stage of the editing process. 
  • Recommended reading, courses, and podcasts to help inspire you further.

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Our team

Marie Gethins

Marie is an award-winning writer and editor of the Irish flash ezine Splonk. Her stories have been selected for  2020 BIFFY50 , 2021 Best Microfictions, and 2023 Best Small Fictions. She has also been nominated for a British Screenwriters Award, Best of the Net, and three Pushcart Awards. Marie has a BA in Eng­lish Lit­er­a­ture, a Master of Studies in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Limerick. Her flash fiction has fea­tured in NFFD Anthologies, Bristol Short Story Anthology, Reflex, Jellyfish Review, Mslexia, Litro, NANO, Fictive Dream, Spelk, Ellipsis Zine, and many others.

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Freya Morris

Freya is an award-winning writer and Director of the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize. Freya’s collection ‘This is (not about) David Bowie’ was published by Retreat West and received a special mention in the Saboteur Awards for Best Short Story Collection in 2019. In 2021, they were awarded DYCP Arts Council funding for their novel in progress, Burning down the house.

Freya has been published in numerous publications in the UK and internationally, and shortlisted for a variety of awards. You can find Freya’s stories soaring the skies thanks to a short story vending machine, and gracing pillows in a hotel in Indonesia.

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