Prompt #23: Bridge Over Troubled Waters
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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Anyone who has ever read for a journal, contest or write-in knows that often the queue contains a lot of darkness. As we're moving toward the end of the day, we'd love to see some light in our inbox.
For this prompt, write a joyful flash with a genuinely happy ending. What counts as happy is entirely up to you, but it should feel earned.
If you're struggling, we encourage you to persevere; this is a challenging ask. It can be much harder to write joy than misery, but we know you can do it!
We'll be back at midnight with the final prompt for 2026....
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If you’re submitting
this to us, make sure to note that this is a response to Prompt 23: Bridge Over Troubled Waters
You can submit responses until 23:59 BST on Sunday,
14 June 2026 for a chance to be published here at The Write-In.
You can claim the badge for this prompt by visiting our badges page.
Photograph by Olivier Piquer via Unsplash.
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