Joani Reese is a writer and poet living in Texas, USA. Her most recent hybrid collection is called Night Chorus. Reese curates the AWP offsite reading series Hot Pillow.
Zoë Deans lives in Ōtautahi. Their poems have been published in places like takahē, The Spinoff and Overcom. They have a lot of respect for anyone who writes flash fiction!
🎉 Congrats 🎉 to our June 21 Micro Madness Second place 🥈winner Zoë Deans – Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand
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🎉 Congrats 🎉 to our June 20 Micro Madness Third place 🥉 winner Sue Barker – Waipu, Te Tai Tokelau Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand
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Sue Barker lives in Waipu, rural Te Tai Tokelau Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand. She writes short form fiction and some poetry. She’s been published in Fast Fibres Poetry, Flash Frontier and two anthologies of Northland flash and in 2025 in Te Moana o Reo | Ocean of Languages.
Marie Gethins featured in Winter Papers, Bristol Short Story Prize, Australian Book Review, REED, NFFD Anthologies, Fictive Dream and others. Selected for Best Microfictions, BIFFY50, Best Small Fictions, she is a Hawthornden Fellow, and the Banshee flash fiction editor.