The seventh in-person literary festival entirely dedicated to flash fiction sponsored by Ad Hoc Fiction and Bath Flash Fiction Award is taking place 18th-20th July, 2025 at Trinity College, Bristol Trinity College, Stoke Bishop, Bristol UK. The College is in a beautiful part of Bristol, a short journey from the city centre and we love holding the festival there. It is open to all, experienced writers of short fiction and those new to the form.

Booking now Closed. contact us for last minute possibilities

As usual, we have a large selection of exciting workshops, panels, discussions and readings.from well-known flash fiction teachers and enthusiasts, listed below. The sessions run in parallel and over Saturday and Sunday, you have the choice of seven from more than 30 on offer.Check out the workshop page to see workshop details and bios of our presenters:

From the UK: Kathryn Aldridge-Morris; Laura Besley, Susmita Bhattacharya; Anika Carpenter; Stephanie Carty; Heidi Clark; Judy Darley, Emily Devane; K. M. Elkes: Carrie Etter; Vanessa Gebbie; Suzanne Greene; Sara Hills; Rosaleen Lynch; Farhana Khalique; Audrey Niven, Karen Jones; Ingrid Jendzrejewski, Michael Loveday; Rosaleen Lynch; James Montgomery; Jenny Rowe; Farhana Shaikh; Jeanette Sheppard; Diane Simmons; Shelley Roche-Jacques; David Swann; Sharon Telfer,
From Ireland: Marie Gethins and Fiona Mckay
From the US: Damian Dressick; Kathy Fish, Nancy Stohlman
From Canada: Finnian Burnett
From Germany: Christopher Allen
From Cyprus: Nora Nadjarian
From The Netherlands Jet Rotmans

The weekend begins on Friday afternoon with an extra optional three-hour pre-festival workshop,separate from the weekend packages, with reknowned flash fiction writer and teacher, Kathy Fish (More details here)
(£55).This workshop is open to those who are unable to come to the whole weekend and is limited to 30 people. Workshop Full

Also on Friday: meals cooked freshly in the grounds and served from 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm by this year’s caterer,Bristol Catering Company
Booked in advance.

Bristol Catering are catering for the whole event, buffet-type lunches on Saturday and Sunday and a special Saturday evening buffet.

The Pokrass Prize
Pariticpants have the opportunity to enter the festival mini contest,(now closed and Meg is judging) The Pokrass Prize. Meg Pokrass, one of the founders of the Flash Fiction Festival has, for the fourth year running, kindly offered a prompt and will judge the prize, open until midsummer’s day (june 2st. Meg will judge the entries and winners will be announced at the festival weekend. (prizes £50 in cash for the winner, plus books and publication. Two runners-up, books and publication).

Our Festival team members and volunteers will ensure everything runs smoothly. In the evening we offer karaoke entertainement hosted by team member, Helen Rye and Christoper Allen. And there is also a space for quiet chats in a separate room, or the lovely grounds.

There will also be a festival raffle. Prize money will be donated to the Penny Brohn Centre in Bristol, which offers amazing services to those diagnosed with cancer.

After the festival Participants can submit a story, ideally prompted by the workshops, for consideration in the 2025 Flash Fiction Festival Anthology. 250 words max. Check out our post on the latest anthology.

For you to get a sense of the festival atmosphere from the 2024 in-person festival, ccheck out the gallery of pictures taken by participants.