Enter GHOST(dancing girl press) andThe Quiet Spy(Pindrop Press). Relatively new to flash fiction, her stories have been nominated forBest Microfictions 2023and Best of the Net 2024. She has been shortlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Award and she won the Pokrass Prize for her story‘Miracle...
The competitions listed on this page used to be included on my short story competitions page, but as flash fiction competitions and micro fiction contests are growing in popularity, I decided to create a separate resource for them.What Is Flash Fiction? Flash fiction refers to a story of extre...
Fish Anthology 2024 Vivid, astute, gripping, evocative. These stories utterly transported me. – Sarah Hall (Short Story) In the landscape of emotion and folly, Flash writers are a fearless lot – these stories prove it. – Michelle Elvy (Flash Fiction) ...
We host two international flash fiction writing competitions; the Bath Flash Fiction Award, and the Bath Novella-in-Flash Award. In addition to winning cash prizes, entrants have the opportunity to appear in our print and digital anthology collections, and also as single author novellas-in-flash...
Fall 2024 Flash Fiction Contest Update 1/8/2025: Critiques were sent back to all writers who purchased a critique. If you purchased one and didn't receive it (entry dates: September 1 - December 1, 2024), please check your spam folder and if it's not there, email us at contestinfo@...
Flash Frontier began in 2012, in the far north of New Zealand. We have been building a community of short fiction writers, one small story at a time, ever since.
before passing her Creative Writing MA with a Distinction. Hannah has gained recognition in many international competitions, including receiving Highly Commended in the Bridport Flash Fiction Prize 2022 and winning the £2000 Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction 2024 – the biggest flash prize in the ...
We keep things fresh and exciting on our website by continuously adding new and diverse stories from authors all around the world. We run regular author competitions to provide an opportunity for writers to showcase their talent and receive recognition for their work. ...
Although the story should have all the elements of a longer short story, such as characters, plot and so on, how you tell the story is up to you. Think of a reporter writing a story within a set number of words; this could be seen as the basis of flash fiction. If you don’t ...
WD Competitions ResourcesRobert Scotellaro: Writing Flash Fiction That's Short But Not Slight Robert Scotellaro, author of five full-length story collections, including his most recent What Are the Chances?, shares his fascination with flash fiction, three critical components to writing su...