NFFD 2026 Prompt #7: Bridge the Gap

Prompt #7: Bridge the Gap

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 two separate flashes, each no more than 100 words (and shorter is fine), that can stand alone but are connected by a single element: an object, a phrase, a location, a gesture. The element should appear in both but mean something different in each.  Let this element bridge the gap between these two distinct pieces.

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If you’re submitting this to us, make sure to note that this is a response to Prompt 7: Bridge the Gap.

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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Photograph of Tower Bridge by Inselmann via Wikimedia Commons.