The Best Flash Fiction Writing Contests of 2022
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Dillydoun International Fiction Prize
The Dillydoun Review
International fiction contest open to all genres, themes, and subjects. 8,000 word max / no minimum. Short story, flash fiction, self-contained excerpts from longer works welcome. Entries must be written in English.
Top prize
$2,000
Additional prizes
2nd $1,000, 3rd $500, Honorable Mention $50, Publication in Print Anthology
Entry requirements
💰 Fee: $25
Deadline: October 31, 2021 (Expired)
Genres
Fiction, Flash Fiction, Short Story
View contestEdinburgh Award for Flash Fiction
Scottish Arts Trust
The Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award is open to writers worldwide, published and unpublished, and for stories on any topic up to 250 words. Chief judges are the celebrated authors Zoe Strachan and Louise Welsh. The top twenty authors will be given free tickets to our annual Flash Bash at the Scottish Arts Club in Edinburgh, where everyone will present their stories and the prize-winners will be announced.
Top prize
£1000
Additional prizes
Second £300, Third £150, Publication for top twenty in our next anthology
Entry requirements
💰 Fee: $10
Deadline: August 31, 2021 (Expired)
Genres
Fiction, Flash Fiction
View contestDialogue Only
The Write Contest and Community
The Write Contest and Community is now accepting entries to our Dialogue Only Contest. The Dialogue Only Contest is an opportunity to create a clear and compelling story using nothing but dialogue. Your entry can be up to 250 words.
Top prize
$200
Additional prizes
Cash prizes for top three entries.
Entry requirements
💰 Fee: $20
Deadline: June 18, 2021 (Expired)
Genres
Fiction, Flash Fiction, Script Writing, Short Story
View contestNowhere Emerging Travel Writers' Prize
Nowhere Magazine
We are looking for never-been-published travel writers from anywhere in the world to send us stories—fiction, nonfiction, essay or poetry—that possess a powerful sense of place, people and time.
Top prize
$500
Additional prizes
Publication in Nowhere Magazine
Entry requirements
💰 Fee: $15
Deadline: March 31, 2021 (Expired)
Genres
Essay, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, Short Story
View contestAn Axe to Grind - Flash Fiction Contest
The Darling Axe
Tell us a story in fewer than 1000 words for a chance to win from a growing prize pool, plus publication on the Chopping Blog.
Top prize
$700
Additional prizes
Publication on the Chopping Blog
Entry requirements
💰 Fee: $5
Deadline: March 31, 2021 (Expired)
Genres
Fiction, Short Story, Flash Fiction
View contestMichael McLaverty Short Story Award
Linen Hall Library
The Linen Hall Library in Belfast has announced the 2020 Michael McLaverty Short Story Award. Entrants must have been born in, or are citizens of, or resident in Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland. Maximum word count 3000. Adjudicators are multi-award-winning writer Donal Ryan and Patsy Horton, Managing Editor of Blackstaff Press.
Top prize
$2,600
Additional prizes
$300 each for the two runner-ups
Entry requirements
💰 Fee: FREE
Deadline: January 31, 2021 (Expired)
Genres
Fantasy, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Mystery, Short Story, Thriller, Young Adult
View contestZizzle Literary Flash Fiction Contest
Zizzle Literary
Every week during our submission period, we’ll post one-sentence dialogue writing prompts on our social media platforms. Choose a dialogue prompt that inspires you and write a story that includes the prompt.
Top prize
Additional prizes
1000
Entry requirements
💰 Fee: $5
Deadline: March 15, 2021 (Expired)
Genres
Fiction, Flash Fiction
View contestWomen's National Book Association Writing Contest
Women's National Book Association
Do you want to show the world your writing? Then enter the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can enter your work in four categories: fiction, creative nonfiction, flash prose, and poetry.
Top prize
$250
Additional prizes
Publishication in an anthology
Entry requirements
💰 Fee: $20
Deadline: December 01, 2020 (Expired)
Genres
Fiction, Flash Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Short Story
View contest2021 Microfiction Contest
River Styx
500 words maximum per story, up to three stories per entry fee. (Additional stories are accepted with additional fees.)
Top prize
$1,000
Entry requirements
💰 Fee: $15
Deadline: December 31, 2020 (Expired)
Genres
Flash Fiction
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