Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There

Curious about how to move from publishing standalone flash to a body of work? This 2-hour workshop breaks down everything you need to know about turning your stories into a collection.

We'll dig into the world of flash fiction publishing—from chapbooks to full collections—and figure out what makes sense for your work. Should you go small with a chapbook? Wait until you have enough for a full book? What kind of publisher is right for you?

Through discussion and small group work, you’ll have a chance to reflect on your personal project and leave with a clearer picture of which publishing route might work best for you.

We'll explore:

• An overview of putting together a collection of stories
• Chapbook vs. mini vs. full collection—what's the difference?
• The publishing landscape for flash
• Issues, pitfalls and the heads-up from other flash authors

Bring along: One flash fiction or poetry collection by a single author or poet– we’ll reflect on the physical aspects of the book and think about how these might fit your goals or artistic vision

Whether you're sitting on your first potential collection or wondering what to do with your follow-up, this workshop is for writers ready to stop wondering "what if" and start figuring out "how."

Workshop Host: Kathryn Aldridge-Morris is a Bristol-based writer whose work has been widely published in anthologies and literary journals including Pithead Chapel, Aesthetica, The Four Faced Liar, Fractured Lit, Retreat West, Stanchion Magazine, Flash Frog, Fictive Dream, Bending Genres, New Flash Fiction Review and elsewhere. She has won the Bath Flash Fiction Award, The Forge’s Flash Nonfiction competition, Lucent Dreaming’s flash fiction contest, and Manchester Writing School’s QuietManDave Prize, and her work has been selected for the Wigleaf Top 50. She was recently awarded an Arts Council England grant to write a novella in flash. Her debut collection Cold Toast is out with Dahlia Books, May 2025.