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Writer Advice's Flash Fiction Contest
Writer Advice
Genres: Flash Fiction
Writer Advice seeks flash fiction (750 words or less). Draw us in. Open our eyes. Dazzle, delight, and entice us. Winners receive cash prizes and are published. Low fee for solid feedback. Deadline: 06/02/24. Details, tiered fees, and cash prizes: www.writeradvice.com.
Top Prize:
$300 divided between 5-7 winners
Additional prizes:
Publication
💰 Entry fee: $5
📅 Deadline: June 02, 2024
The Lascaux Prize in Flash Fiction
Lascuax Review
Genres: Fiction and Flash Fiction
Stories may be previously published or unpublished, and simultaneous submissions are accepted. True stories are welcome as long as they’re written in a narrative style. Winner receives $1,000 and a bronze medallion. Finalists receive $100. Winner and finalists are published in The Lascaux Review.
Top Prize:
$1,000
Additional prizes:
Finalists: $100
💰 Entry fee: $15
📅 Deadline: June 30, 2024
Parsec Short Story Contest
Parsec Inc.
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, and Short Story
2023 Contest Theme is: Preserve or Purge. We ask that authors try and incorporate both concepts into their speculative work. This can be conveyed in the setting, plot, characters, dialogue; the only limit is your imagination. The theme must be integral to the story in some way and not just mentioned in passing.
Top Prize:
$200
Additional prizes:
2nd: $100 | 3rd: $50
💰 Entry fee: $0
📅 Deadline: March 31, 2024 (Expired)
Fusilli Flash Fiction
Fusilli Writing
Genres: Flash Fiction
Flash fiction competition for stories up to 200 words with a twist. Competition always open, with a winner announced and published online after 50 entries received (story count on website). Entry fee: £2.50, winner receives £30 plus publication on the website. All shortlisted entries get their entry fee refunded.
Top Prize:
£30 + publication on website
Additional prizes:
Social media promotion
💰 Entry fee: $3
📅 Deadline: December 31, 2024
Fanstory Writing Contests
Fanstory
Genres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, and Short Story
Subscribe to Fanstory for $9.95 a month and enter as many contests as you like from their list of writing and poetry contests, updated daily. All participants receive feedback from a community of writers, and the winner of each contest receives a cash prize of up to $100.
Top Prize:
Cash prizes of up to $100
💰 Entry fee: $10
📅 Deadline: January 31, 2023 (Expired)
The Paul Cave Prize for Literature
Tim Saunders Publications
Genres: Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Horror, Humor, Mystery, Novella, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story, Thriller, and Young Adult
The Paul Cave Prize for Literature, established in 2023 by Tim Saunders Publications, is in memory of Paul Astley Cave-Browne-Cave (1917 to 2010), a hugely inspirational magazine and book publisher. What we are looking for All forms of poetry: haiku, free verse, sonnet, acrostic, villanelle, ballad, limerick, ode, elegy, flash fiction, short stories and novellas. Work must be new and unpublished. International submissions welcome.
Top Prize:
£100
Additional prizes:
Best Short Story: £50 | Best Flash Fiction: £25 | Best Poem: £25
💰 Entry fee: $15
📅 Deadline: September 30, 2024
Write By The Sea Literary Festival 2024
Write By the Sea
Genres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Memoir, and Poetry
Write By The Sea is a dynamic boutique literary festival set in the beautiful fishing village of Kilmore Quay, County Wexford. The independent panel of judges will select the winners of each category and winners will be invited to read their work as part of the Festival.
Top Prize:
€500
Additional prizes:
2nd: €300 | 3rd: €200 | Publication
💰 Entry fee: $10
📅 Deadline: June 21, 2024
Voice.club Monthly Flash Fiction Contest
Voice.club
Genres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, and Short Story
Voice.club Writing Contests: Express yourself in a supportive international community, as you develop your writing skills. We invite you to write a story of 350 words or less, based on our current prompt. Our monthly contests are open to writers aged 13 and older from any country, but each story must be written in English. Our April prompt is "Magic."
Top Prize:
$25 USD Amazon Gift Card
Additional prizes:
Publication
📅 Deadline: April 30, 2024
