Prompt #19: Burning Bridges
Welcome to The Write-In! This year, we're celebrating the 2026 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology theme of Bridges. Throughout National Flash Fiction Day, we'll be posting one prompt every hours from 00:00 until midnight (BST), for a total of 25 prompts in all. You have until 23:59 BST on Sunday to submit your responses for possible publication here at the Write-In over the course of the next week.
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Write a story about a character intentionally severing a tie with someone or something, but frame it as a positive, freeing, or necessary act rather than a tragedy.
To make this extra challenging, avoid the themes of leaving a romantic relationship, an abusive relationship, or parents/relatives/partners who don't understand or approve of the narrator. Also, avoid using the words 'goodbye', 'leave', 'fire', or 'finally'.
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If you’re submitting
this to us, make sure to note that this is a response to Prompt 19: Burning Bridges
You can submit responses until 23:59 BST on Sunday,
14 June 2026 for a chance to be published here at The Write-In.
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