Flash Fiction Competitions

Flash fiction writing contest

The Renegade Word, is holding our first flash fiction contest this summer and I was hoping you’d be able to put up a listing on Creative Writing Contests and help us spread the word. We’re offering a $100 prize for the best story under 1000 words. There is no entry fee. You have until midnight, PST on August 31st, 2013 to submit your entries. All stories need to be based on one of the writing prompts published on our site. Writers...

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WILDA HEARNE Flash Fiction Contest

 Deadline: October 1. $500, publication in Big Muddy. Best short-short story, 500 words or less. $15 fee includes copy of Big Muddy with winning story. Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest, Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650 One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Website:http://www6.semo.edu/universitypress/hearne.htm

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INKTEARS FLASH FICTION COMPETITION 2013

Now open for entries. Age 18+  Closing date 31 July 2013   There are six prizes available:   Winner:  £250  GBP       Runner Up:  £50 GBP                4 x Highly Commended:  £25.00 GBP   All prize-winners will have their story published to the InkTears Readership and their Bio published on the InkTears website.   Submissions must be 500 words or less in length, any theme.   Fees: 1 entry £3.00 GBP; 2 entries £5.00 GBP; 3 entries £6.50 GBP; 4...

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THE BULWER-LYTTON FICTION CONTEST

Normal 0 DEADLINE: June 30, 2013 GENRE: Humour DETAILS:  Write a bad opening line to a novel.  The sentence shouldn’t be longer than 50 – 60 words.  All genres accepted. Multiple entries accepted. All original and unpublished. PRIZES:  a pittance URL:  http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/ 

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The Return of the Miami University Press Novella Contest!

After a brief hiatus, Miami University Press invites submissions to the 2014 Novella Contest. This award has been given annually since 2005 to a novella length manuscript of original fiction. The winning manuscript will receive $750 and publication. Submissions are currently open. All entries will be reviewed blindly. Deadline: October 14, 2013 Submission Fee: $25 Judge: Joseph Bates, author of Tomorrowland For more information on how to enter,...

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drawkcaB Fiction Contest

Normal 0 June 22 is National Flash Fiction Day in the U.K. and many places around the globe. To commemorate this auspicious day, Postcard Poems and Prose will sponsor a flash fiction contest based on the theme “Backward”. Since this is our second fiction contest and the deadline is June 22, the winning author will receive an Amazon gift card valued at $26.22 in US dollars. (2 & 6/22 — We like to be different.) We will publish three winning...

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