Been sitting on this news for a while but excited to share that I'll be a #VCCAFellow in December! I'm having all the mom guilt. But am excited to spend 20 full days focused on my writing, myself. Thank you, @VCCA.

Meet the In Short team, part 3! I’m Steph, the founder & EIC. I started this mag in 2023 and am so grateful to the 56 writers & artists who’ve shared their work with us so far 🖤

We are so thrilled to announce our 2025 Best of the Net nominations!

IT'S HERE! We're open! Send us your flash nonfiction through Nov 30. We can't wait to read your work 🖤

Am spiraling after this NYT article about The Tell, but can someone confirm this about memoir not being fact-checked?

Get your subs ready 🖤

Can’t wait to discuss this book live! Join us Oct. 26 at B&N Potomac Yard ✨

Happy fall, ya’ll 🍁 Today’s feature haunted us long after the final line. Check out Molly Wadzeck’s (@mollywadzeck) “farmhouse elegy” from Issue 3:

Ya’ll, I just finished DRAFT 12 of this memoir, and I think this one’s it ✨

Join us on Oct 26! I can’t wait for this conversation ✨

We open for subs in less than TWO WEEKS!! Get your flash ready & check out today’s feature for inspiration: Clifford Thompson’s The Telstar.” This 211-word micro knocked us out:

Did you know that we publish 100-word CNF? We call them “short-shorts”! And today’s feature is Melissa Hung’s “Border Crossings, Macau to Hong Kong, 1957.” We love its long, breathless sentence with an ending that cuts like a 🔪 https://t.co/FiYnlRMiHO

Today’s featured piece from Issue 3 is Matthew E Henry’s micro, “The Quiet Part.” This one had us from the title, and the structure, the use of the |, and all the things the narrator doesn’t have to say aloud, had us 👀 Read it here

Today’s featured piece is @SueSilverman’s “The Long Road Out of Eden.” We love the worm in the narrator’s strawberry, the perfect objective correlative. Read Sue’s piece, an excerpt from her new book Selected Misdemeanors here: https://t.co/R08lHrclGU

It’s September, which means we open for submissions THIS MONTH! We want your: ✔️ Flash nonfiction (<1,000 words) ✔️ Micros (<400) ✔️ Short-Shorts (<100) Submission is free, and we nominate for all awards! More at

Deep-Cleaning My Floors Instead of Building My Canvas Sites: A Back-to-School Memoir

Tried this new thing yesterday where I did my actual work before checking my work email and… wow, so much less anxiety, so much more done ☑️

So glad to see Childhood Cranes, which appeared @InShortLit up this week @MkenWrites Mondettes as chosen by @bronwengwriter https://t.co/D98uqbeStl https://t.co/ubxNTCiZBq

Today’s Short Read landed just the way we like it: with a beautiful punch in the gut. Read “What Are You?” by Sammi LaBue (@latenitepoetry) via @ShortReadsOrg at

Just beat my 6 year old at chess for the first time, so ya know, feeling pretty smug this morning

We love contributor @SueSilverman’s @brevitymag blog on writing flash today! Send us your bijous ✨ https://t.co/iKX6e1fCLd