EPISODE · Jun 28, 2026 · 5 MIN
Flash Fiction 2026 Winner Kim Martins reads her award-winning story
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Kim Martins has won this year's National Flash Fiction Day adult competition with a story that began life at 2000 words before being cut right back to fit the 300-word limit. The Other Jim draws on a real conversation Kim once had with her father about Apollo 13, reconstructed through memory and woven together with the more recent Artemis II mission. She joins Culture 101 to read the story and talk about the art of knowing what to leave out.
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Kim Martins has won this year's National Flash Fiction Day adult competition with a story that began life at 2000 words before being cut right back to fit the 300-word limit. The Other Jim draws on a real conversation Kim once had with her father about Apollo 13, reconstructed through memory and woven together with the more recent Artemis II mission. She joins Culture 101 to read the story and talk about the art of knowing what to leave out.
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Flash Fiction 2026 Winner Kim Martins reads her award-winning story
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