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FFF are pleased to announce the FFF Competition Thirty Longlist...
Thank you to all who entered C30.
#writingcompetitions #flashfiction
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FFF are pleased to announce the FFF Competition Thirty Longlist...
Thank you to all who entered C30.
#writingcompetitions #flashfiction
freeflashfiction.com/competition-...
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A drum roll, please...
FFF are pleased to announce the FFF Competition Thirty Longlist...
Thank you to all who entered C30.
#writingcompetitions #flashfiction
freeflashfiction.com/competition-...
FFF are pleased to announce the FFF Competition Thirty Longlist...
Thank you to all who entered C30.
#writingcompetitions #flashfiction
freeflashfiction.com/competition-...
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Now there’s one actual week left, if you count the deadline day as a day and today as a day. $1,000 1st; $500 2nd; $300 3rd; $100 finalists. Winners and finalists published in the December issue of SmokeLong Quarterly. 250 words max. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Now there’s one actual week left, if you count the deadline day as a day and today as a day. $1,000 1st; $500 2nd; $300 3rd; $100 finalists. Winners and finalists published in the December issue of SmokeLong Quarterly. 250 words max. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
Ethos Literacy's 7th annual story contest (word limit 100) to support literacy opens December 15, 2025 and ends March 1, 2026. Topic choice: chicken(s), detour, purple, something lost. Submission fee $15. www.ethosliteracy.org/storycontest
Short Short Story Contest | Ethos Literacy
Flash Fiction Writing Contest - supports nonprofit literacy programs - 100 words - 4 topics - prizes - e-publication. Open to ages 14+. $15 fee.
www.ethosliteracy.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Ethos Literacy's 7th annual story contest (word limit 100) to support literacy opens December 15, 2025 and ends March 1, 2026. Topic choice: chicken(s), detour, purple, something lost. Submission fee $15. www.ethosliteracy.org/storycontest
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One week to go until #TheMikey deadline. Although that’s 8 days, today being Saturday and there being until midnight next Saturday to enter. We know yesterday’s post said 7 days, but that person “doesn’t count the same”, so November 15 is also now further away. Did we say we aren’t numbers people?
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
One week to go until #TheMikey deadline. Although that’s 8 days, today being Saturday and there being until midnight next Saturday to enter. We know yesterday’s post said 7 days, but that person “doesn’t count the same”, so November 15 is also now further away. Did we say we aren’t numbers people?
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I made the finalists' list for the London Independent Story Prize. It's about David Bowie's brother. Very happy to place this one. It was born in March Micro Marathon, thank you @smokelong.bsky.social
I made the finalists' list for the London Independent Story Prize. It's about David Bowie's brother. Very happy to place this one. It was born in March Micro Marathon, thank you @smokelong.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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I made the finalists' list for the London Independent Story Prize. It's about David Bowie's brother. Very happy to place this one. It was born in March Micro Marathon, thank you @smokelong.bsky.social
I made the finalists' list for the London Independent Story Prize. It's about David Bowie's brother. Very happy to place this one. It was born in March Micro Marathon, thank you @smokelong.bsky.social
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The editor who has control of the cursor right now thinks there are 10 days left to enter #TheMikey, because it’s open until midnight on November 15, so November 15 is totally one (1) day, no I won’t give it back
Okay so every year we fight about how countdowns work, so this time we're just doing a choose-your-own-countdown countdown where you do the math, because we can't. The comp ends the Saturday after this one. You're more likely to know how many days that is than us.
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The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The editor who has control of the cursor right now thinks there are 10 days left to enter #TheMikey, because it’s open until midnight on November 15, so November 15 is totally one (1) day, no I won’t give it back
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Okay so every year we fight about how countdowns work, so this time we're just doing a choose-your-own-countdown countdown where you do the math, because we can't. The comp ends the Saturday after this one. You're more likely to know how many days that is than us.
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...
www.smokelong.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Okay so every year we fight about how countdowns work, so this time we're just doing a choose-your-own-countdown countdown where you do the math, because we can't. The comp ends the Saturday after this one. You're more likely to know how many days that is than us.
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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Please submit to this, I love reading the results so much (I’m just a passionate onlooker not a reader for Weird Xmas or anything)
Do you like to enjoy Christmas by being horrified, disillusioned, and ontologically unsettled? Sure! We all do! That's why you'll submit to this year's Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest/Anthology!!!
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Announcing the EIGHTH Annual Weird Christmas Flash Fiction ConThology!
Yes, the (non) contest is alive, and, yes, it’s late. It’s been a rough year, and I’ve lost a lot of the time for REAL work because of all that half-ass work that actually pays. I had to figure out…
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November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Please submit to this, I love reading the results so much (I’m just a passionate onlooker not a reader for Weird Xmas or anything)
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It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2025!!
A huge thank you to our wonderful team of readers & the judges María Fernanda Ampuero and Shome Dasgupta
Read the winning entries: oxfordflashfictionprize.com/2025-winners/
A huge thank you to our wonderful team of readers & the judges María Fernanda Ampuero and Shome Dasgupta
Read the winning entries: oxfordflashfictionprize.com/2025-winners/
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2025!!
A huge thank you to our wonderful team of readers & the judges María Fernanda Ampuero and Shome Dasgupta
Read the winning entries: oxfordflashfictionprize.com/2025-winners/
A huge thank you to our wonderful team of readers & the judges María Fernanda Ampuero and Shome Dasgupta
Read the winning entries: oxfordflashfictionprize.com/2025-winners/
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A story of mine titled "Debbie Was Different" won second place in this year's Science-me a Story contest. (It's an international competition focusing on stories for kids featuring science.)
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(None of these pictures are me.)
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(None of these pictures are me.)
6th Edition of “Science-me a story” Resolution - Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom
Science and literature join forces: SRUK/CERU announces the awardees of “Science-me a story”, October 2025 The Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK/CERU) announced on October 26t...
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November 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A story of mine titled "Debbie Was Different" won second place in this year's Science-me a Story contest. (It's an international competition focusing on stories for kids featuring science.)
sruk.org.uk/6th-science-...
(None of these pictures are me.)
sruk.org.uk/6th-science-...
(None of these pictures are me.)
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🚨 ATTENTION, STORYWRITERS 🚨
It's your last week to submit for the UK's largest children's story writing competition! ✍️✨
Competition closes 9pm Friday 7 November 2025. For more details and to read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Notices go to bbc.co.uk/500words.
It's your last week to submit for the UK's largest children's story writing competition! ✍️✨
Competition closes 9pm Friday 7 November 2025. For more details and to read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Notices go to bbc.co.uk/500words.
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨 ATTENTION, STORYWRITERS 🚨
It's your last week to submit for the UK's largest children's story writing competition! ✍️✨
Competition closes 9pm Friday 7 November 2025. For more details and to read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Notices go to bbc.co.uk/500words.
It's your last week to submit for the UK's largest children's story writing competition! ✍️✨
Competition closes 9pm Friday 7 November 2025. For more details and to read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Notices go to bbc.co.uk/500words.
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Congratulations to the winners of this year's Words of the Wild competition: Rosie Howat, Jessica-Joy Ibarra-Nagy, Abby Kumar, Faith MacLachlan, Finola Scott and Cairistìona Stone.
Read the full story – and all the finalists’ entries – on our website:
scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/winners...
Read the full story – and all the finalists’ entries – on our website:
scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/winners...
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Words of the Wild competition: Rosie Howat, Jessica-Joy Ibarra-Nagy, Abby Kumar, Faith MacLachlan, Finola Scott and Cairistìona Stone.
Read the full story – and all the finalists’ entries – on our website:
scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/winners...
Read the full story – and all the finalists’ entries – on our website:
scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/winners...
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Call for submissions! Join The Florentine and Florence Literary Society for a flash fiction contest to capture the essence of Florence in 150 words or fewer.
Flash fiction contest with The Florentine and Florence Literary Society | The Florentine
Join The Florentine and Florence Literary Society for a flash fiction contest to capture the essence of Florence in 150 words or fewer through one of three lenses.
www.theflorentine.net
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Call for submissions! Join The Florentine and Florence Literary Society for a flash fiction contest to capture the essence of Florence in 150 words or fewer.
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Happy Halloween and welcome to 718. First, we meet the four runners-up and one winner of our first ever Halloween Flash Fiction Contest. Then, a classic tale about a man who inherits a house and the dark history that comes with it.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy Halloween and welcome to 718. First, we meet the four runners-up and one winner of our first ever Halloween Flash Fiction Contest. Then, a classic tale about a man who inherits a house and the dark history that comes with it.
talestoterrify.com/episodes/718-halloween-flash-contest-e-f-benson
talestoterrify.com/episodes/718-halloween-flash-contest-e-f-benson
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Many congratulations to our winners! 5 brilliant stories selected by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social
1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social
Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com
1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social
Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com
Bath Flash Fiction Award
International Rolling Flash Fiction Competition
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October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Many congratulations to our winners! 5 brilliant stories selected by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social
1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social
Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com
1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social
Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com
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How thrilling! Congratulations to the other winners and many thanks to @bathflashaward.bsky.social and @kazbarwrites.bsky.social
I am so so so happy.
I am so so so happy.
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How thrilling! Congratulations to the other winners and many thanks to @bathflashaward.bsky.social and @kazbarwrites.bsky.social
I am so so so happy.
I am so so so happy.
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What an honor! Check out my story, “Vagina First”
Congratulations Emily Rinkema! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/2nd-...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
What an honor! Check out my story, “Vagina First”
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Congratulations Debra A Daniel! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/octo...
3rd Prize October 2025 Award: Debra A Daniel
My Husband Watches Henry the Donkey by Debra A Daniel When the news is overwhelming, my husband turns to Youtube. “Here comes Henry,” he says. Henry’s owner brings treats and the donkey prances to …
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October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Congratulations Debra A Daniel! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/octo...
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Congratulations Emily Rinkema! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/2nd-...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Congratulations Emily Rinkema! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/2nd-...
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Congratulations Adam Brannigan! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/1st-...
1st Prize, October 2025 Award: Adam Brannigan
Two Nude Night Owls by Adam Brannigan Its past midnight, and I’m sitting at my fire pit, burning old letters from old girlfriends. Old photos. Old birthday cards. Trinkets and whatever. It’s time t…
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October 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Congratulations Adam Brannigan! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/1st-...
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Thank you to our 31st Award judge Kathryn Aldridge Morris for her excellent choices & comments. Do have a read www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/judg...
Judge’s report
Thank you to our 31st Award Judge, Kathryn Aldridge-Morris, for her excellent and detailed comments on her reading process and the winning stories Judge’s report Reading this longlist reaffirmed my…
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October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Thank you to our 31st Award judge Kathryn Aldridge Morris for her excellent choices & comments. Do have a read www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/judg...
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1058 entries for this round. Thank you very much to everyone.
1058 entries for this round. Thank you very much to everyone.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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1058 entries for this round. Thank you very much to everyone.
1058 entries for this round. Thank you very much to everyone.