Writer Advice seeks flash fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction running 750 words or less. Enlighten, dazzle, and delight us with your prose. Finalists receive responses from all judges. Submit your work to the 8th WriterAdvice Flash Prose Contest  Deadline: April 18, 2013 Complete details and Submittable link at www.writeradvice.com

Announcing the 2013 Pikes Peak Branch National League of American Pen Women Flash Fiction Contest Attn: This contest is open to everyone–you don’t need to be a member; open to men and women. Write a complete, but very short story of 100 words or fewer Deadline: Postmarked/received by email by May 1, 2013 Entry Fee: $10 first manuscript, $8 each additional manuscript, $10 optional critique fee Prizes: First-$100, Second-$50, Judge’s...

NICOLE BLIZZARD SHORT STORY CONTEST NO ENTRY FEE Radical Arts for Women encourages writers to write and sponsors the Nicole Blizzard Short Story Contest, open to all women living in Alaska. The fiction pieces must be between 250 and 5,000 words and contain some lesbian content. The grand prize is $500. Deadline March 15, 2013. Visit the website for details:...

ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE (Poetry & Flash Fiction) – $500 prize each & publication Judges: Kelly Sherry – poetry; Thaisa Frank- fiction Deadline: February 15, 2013 (There are entry fees) Read the guidelines & ENTER now! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABLE MUSE BOOK AWARD (Poetry) – $1000 prize, plus book publication Judge: X.J. Kennedy Deadline: March 31, 2013 (There is an entry fee) Read the guidelines...

WRITER ADVICE 8TH FLASH PROSE CONTEST http://www.writeradvice.com/ — $13 ENTRY FEE WriterAdvice seeks flash fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction running 750 words or less. Enlighten, dazzle, and delight us. Finalists receive responses from all judges. Deadline: April 18, 2013 First Place earns $200; Second Place earns $100; Third Place earns $50; Honorable Mentions will also be published. Visit the website:...

Free Flash Fiction is hosting a new flash fiction writing contest every month. Each month’s contest will have its own unique theme. There will be one First Prize winner and a number of stories chosen for a shortlist. Entry Fee: Free First Prize: $10, publication at freeflashfiction.com, inclusion in an upcoming anthology, a badge for your website, and the right to claim that you’re an award-winning author. Shortlist Prizes:...