Jude Higgins is published in Flash Frontier, The Blue Fifth Review, The New Flash Fiction Review, The Nottingham Review and The National Flash Fiction Day UK anthologies among other places. She has won, been placed or shortlisted in many flash fiction contests. Her debut flash fiction chapbook, The Chemist’s House, was published by V. Press in 2017. She founded the international Bath Flash Fiction Award and directs the Flash Fiction Festival, UK. @judehwriter
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The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online.
The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatically nominated for Best Small Fictions and any other prize we deem appropriate. In addition, we will pay the grand prize winner $1000. Second place: $500. Third place $300. Finalists: $100. All finalists and placers will be published in the December ’25 issue of SmokeLong.
Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.