Best Micro Fiction 2025 Nominations
Many thanks to the good folks who put together the Best Micro Fictions anthology every year to highlight the wonderful tiny stories being published all around the world.
We’re delighted to reveal our nominations for this year and wish them the best of luck in the decision making. Thanks for sending us your brilliant stories! You can read them all below.
Bee by Debra Waters
Transmutation by
Snowed In by
Bee
Before my uncle died, he wrote to me from his house overlooking Hornsea Mere to say he was leaving his worldly goods to the Church. He felt I paid too much ...
Transmutation
When I woke, I found another tooth had come out. It lay on my pillow, glinting up at me with the reflection of light through the window, like a jewel.
Snowed In
It was Christmas and my boyfriend and I were sitting cross-legged on the threadbare carpet on our cold living room floor. Neither of us believed. But we had a tree ...
Want to be in with a chance of getting your story nominated next year? We’re open for submissions to the next themed edition of WestWord! Deadline to submit is end of January and the theme is ILLUSION.
Join our community (membership starts at just £6 a month and you’ll get submissions included as well as monthly workshops about all different aspects of short fiction writing.
