EVENTS:
NZSA Northland Branch meeting
Tuesday 2 June 2026, 7.30 pm, via Zoom
Secretary, Trish Fenton, will send the Zoom link with the agenda.
POETS@ONEONESIX
116a Bank Street Whangārei
Wednesday 17 June 2026, 5.30 – 7.30pm
AN INVITATION!
National Flash Fiction Day 2026
Monday June 22nd 2026 at 6.00-7.30pm
YES! It’s a Monday but do come join us for a short sharp
literary celebration on the shortest day of the year!
Where? The Judge House of Ale, Walton Street, Whangarei
Flash & poetry readings Prizes announced
Food and drink available to purchase
Door prize
RSVP
whangareilibrary3.30flash@gmail.com
Thank you to everyone who attended our Indie publishing day. In all, there were 66 of us, including speakers, and it was one of the best networking events we’ve had. People chatting, getting to know each other and the books they wanted to publish, listening to a terrific range of speakers who imparted much wisdom and experience. Many attendees commented on how great it was to interact with the speakers in the breaks and ask more questions. Everyone loved the food!
BOOK LAUNCH:
Thank you to everyone who submitted to this year’s competitions for NFFD and Micro Madness. We hope you’ll shout to the rooftops if your title is here, but please refrain from announcing which title is yours, as the judges are still deliberating.
We appreciate the huge effort it takes to submit to competitions, and we congratulate everyone for sending your flash fictions and micros. We thank you all and encourage everyone to keep reading, writing and submitting.
The 2026 NFFD Longlists – Adult and Youth Competitions
Titles of the longlisted entries are posted at the NFFD site, here.
Watch for the short list coming soon!
The 2026 Micro Madness Longlist Follow Micro Madness with a micro a day, beginning today, June 01, here.
From June 01 to June 22 we’ll post a micro a day, leading up to the top stories and our celebration of National Flash Fiction Day!
We thank everyone who submitted and our judges:
Tania Hershman and Tim Saunders
Ingrid Horrocks and Louise Wallace
Josiah Morgan
LAUNCHED!
Congratulations, Lindy Kato (aka Toni Daly) on a successful launch of Bleak Expectations, the second book in her trilogy!
A talented and thoughtful writer with a significant story to tell.
– Susy Pointon
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