Iridescent moments: a broom, a jar, a shining giant, a dandelion
A conversation from the Energy in Motion conference explores creativity, crisis, and connection—linking Edinburgh, Ōtepoti, and voices around the world.
Artist feature: Star Gossage on ‘becoming emotionalist’; a kōrero with Moata McNamara
It is emotion. ‘Emotionalist’ is just a word I made up. Mostly for myself when trying to explain to other people when they say “what do you paint?"
‘Keep the kōrero open’: Iona Winter talks with Michelle Elvy about her new book, A Counter of Moons (artwork by Kirstie McKinnon)
‘Keep the kōrero open’: Iona Winter talks with Michelle Elvy about her new book, A Counter of Moons (artwork by Kirstie McKinnon).
New book: Rachel Smith talks with Mikaela Nyman about her new collection The Anatomy of Sand
Rachel Smith: Mikaela, congratulations on your new poetry collection, The Anatomy of Sand, published by Te Herenga ...
Hēmi Kelly: A Tradition of Māori Translation
In Aotearoa we are witnessing a social shift in attitudes toward te reo Māori. The Māori language is seen, heard ...
New book: Neema Singh talks with Erik Kennedy about his third poetry collection Sick Power Trip and all things poetry
Neema Singh: Kia ora Erik! Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts with us at Flash Frontier. Congratulations on ...
Songlines: Emerging voices + Otago artists conjuring creativity in the face of climate change
June saw a range of projects produced locally for National Flash Fiction Day. In Ōtepoti, a call for submissions went out for emerging writers to write a micro around the theme Climate and Creativity
NFFD 2025: A big day out!
We had a good representation of readers from Poto! and NFFD youth and adult shortlisted entries. All gave amazing readings, full of heart and emotion.
Feature: Claris Harvey, 2025 NFFD winner
I always start with a character. Often it is someone I have met or observed from a distance that I want to know more about. I won’t lie, I eavesdrop, and I watch
Art feature: Mataaho Ōpure – Stained glass windows
Moata McNamara talks with Suzanne and Ben Hanly
In St. Faith’s Anglican Church, Ohinemutu, a Māori Christ in ...
New book: Michelle Elvy talks with Robert Shapard about his award-winning collection Bare Ana and other stories – plus flash around the world
This month, Michelle Elvy talked with the 2025 Best Small Fictions Guest Editor Robert Shapard, whose new ...
Introducing our new editors, Moata McNamara & Neema Singh
We are thrilled to welcome Moata McNamara and Neema Singh to our editing team. As Features Editor, Neema will ...
Interview: Neema Singh talks with NFFD Youth Judge Shilo Kino
The National Flash Fiction Day youth competition is open! Details are on the NFFD website. Flash Frontier Editor ...
TE MOANA O REO | OCEAN OF LANGUAGES
Edited by Michelle Elvy and Vaughan Rapatahanapublished by The Cuba Press
Te Moana o Reo | Ocean of ...
Micro Madness: Introducing the 2025 judges Renee Liang and Nuala O’Connor
We are thrilled to speak with the judges for the 2025 Micro Madness competition, award-winning writers Renee Liang ...
Interview: Rachel Smith talks with NFFD judges Brannavan Gnanalingam and Vana Manasiadis
The National Flash Fiction Day competition is open! Details are on the NFFD website. Flash Frontier Editor Rachel ...
Author interview: Jeff Friedman – ‘the world we live in is comic and absurd’
Michelle Elvy: You are the author of several collections. How do you go about pulling together a set of stories ...
Art feature: Moata McNamara’s circles cycles
Moata McNamara, TwiningCircles on the screensaver of my phoneOutside on a wild wind circling seagulls soarA circle ...
Feature interview: Rachel Smith and the ‘non-linear process’ of writing for screen
Here at Flash Frontier, we know Rachel Smith as one of our careful and insightful editors – and of course writer ...
Kōrero since 2019
For the last five years, we’ve been running the Kōrero series. Vaughan Rapatahana has interviewed leading ...
Sins of omission: Alex Reece Abbott in conversation with Iona Winter
Alex Reece Abbott is an award-winning NZ-Irish writer, who currently resides in the UK, with work that has been ...
New book: Sharni Wilson’s One to many and other experiments
Launched in August 2024, Sharni Wilson’s hybrid collection, One to many and other experiments, won the At The Bay 2023 flash manuscript award for hybrid writing.
‘Stifled by the truth’: Tina Barry in conversation with Michelle Elvy
‘Stifled by the truth’: Tina Barry in conversation with Michelle Elvy about her imaginative new collection, I Tell ...
Out of time: myth, mystery, story
Four writers sharing flash fictions that operate outside of the bounds of time, with audio for your listening ...
Tiny stories: Vanuatu’s love of storytelling
Mikaela Nyman introduces us to the Sot Sot Storian / Microfiction competition and talks with Anna Naupa and ...
Sot Sot Storian: Vanuatu’s microfiction competition winners
With an interview with joint winner Leina Isno
VANUATU SOT SOT STORIAN 2024 FINALISTS
JOINT FIRST PLACE – ...
Kōrero: Vaughan Rapatahana and Ruby Solly
Vaughan Rapatahana: Ngā pātai. Can you please tell us your tribal affiliation(s)?
Ruby Solly: Ko Kāi Tahu rātou ...
Kōrero: Vaughan Rapatahana and Arihia Latham
In this issue's Kōrero, Vaughan Rapatahana talks with Arihia Latham, author of poetry collection Birdspeak, which was published last year by Anahera Press.
Art feature: Nod Ghosh and rock art
We invited former Flash Frontier editor Nod Ghosh to tell us about her recent adventures in rock art.
Ekphrastic micros: emerging voices from Ōtepoti
In June, the Dunedin National Flash Fiction Day community contributed to the year-long UNESCO City of Literature ...