Tag: Flash Fiction

  • MICRO MADNESS JUDGING

    I am judging Micro Madness this year with Renee Liang, for Flash Frontier. Free and international competition for stories up to 100 words, opens April 15. We’re interviewed here today about the whole shebang. Image: Claudia Wollesen

  • IRISH TIMES STORY

    I have a seasonal short story in the Irish Times Magazine today, set by the sea in Donegal. You can read it here.

  • JUDGING ALLINGHAM FLASH

    A little reminder that I am judging the Allingham Flash Comp this year, and winners will be published in a special issue of the e-journal I edit, Splonk. See their Press Release below. 2024 Allingham Flash Fiction Competition Entries in the 2024 Allingham Flash Fiction Competition will be judged by Nuala O’Connor, acclaimed author of…

  • NORA & OTHER EVENTS – LATE ’21

    I have several events coming up, many around my novel NORA, which was published here in Ireland in April with New Island Books, so I thought I’d do a preview/round-up list: 12th Sep, 9am GMT: SUNDAY MISCELLANY: I’ll be on RTÉ Radio 1 on Sunday morning with a radio essay about my relationship with my…

  • FLASH PANEL IN NZ VIDEO

    You can now watch the Truth and Lies in Short Forms panel for National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand. Go here.

  • NZ FLASH FICTION PANEL

    On Friday 18th June, at 10pm IST, I’m in New Zealand, with National Flash Fiction Day NZ, discussing truth and lies in flash fiction with a bunch of flash aficionados. Join us here!

  • Flash – Fictive Dream

    I have a new flash at Fictive Dream today. TW for pregnancy loss. Read it here.

  • Birdie – Irish Times Review

    I’m very pleased with this review of my historical flash fiction chapbook, Birdie, in today’s Irish Times. Thanks to Ruth McKee. BirdieBy Nuala O’ConnorArlen House, €10.00 Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 06:00 As you would expect from O’Connor, this collection of flash fiction is a menagerie of exquisite language. The stories transport us to moments in…

  • Splonk 4 is now live!

    Splonk 4 is now live. Click here!

  • GIVEAWAY OF *BIRDIE*

    I’m doing a book giveaway over on my insta. One signed copy of *birdie* is up for grabs. This is an international giveaway. Go here to enter.