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Writing competitions: Quarterly
#flashfiction
Annual
#shortstory
Annual
#novels
Just a few hours left to enter!
flash500.com/flash-fiction/
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FINAL DAY! International flash fiction competition for stories up to 500 words (excluding title) closes for entries at midnight TONIGHT (31 March).
flash500.com
Prizes: £300/£200/£100 plus publication
#fiction
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Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion
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Honoured to be in
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with so many great differently abled and neurodiverse creatives, with a cnf piece about my boobs. Thanks
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and team for this great litmag. Thanks for reading 🙏🏾
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FINAL DAY! International flash fiction competition for stories up to 500 words (excluding title) closes for entries at midnight TONIGHT (31 March).
flash500.com
Prizes: £300/£200/£100 plus publication
#fiction
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TOMORROW WILL BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ENTER! Our international
#flashfiction
competition closes for entries at midnight tomorrow (31 March).
flash500.com
This is for stories up to 500 words (excluding title). Prizes: £300/£200/£100 Judge:
@rachaeldunlop.com
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TOMORROW WILL BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ENTER! Our international
#flashfiction
competition closes for entries at midnight tomorrow (31 March).
flash500.com
This is for stories up to 500 words (excluding title). Prizes: £300/£200/£100 Judge:
@rachaeldunlop.com
#fiction
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Debbi Voisey
3 days ago
Point of view shapes everything. It decides what the reader sees, knows, and feels. Choose it deliberately. Don’t default to what feels easiest.
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ENTRIES CLOSE ON TUESDAY! International flash fiction competition for stories up to 500 words (excluding title) closes for entries on Tuesday 31 March.
flash500.com/flash-fiction/
Judged by
@rachaeldunlop.com
Prizes: £300/£200/£100
#fiction
#writerslife
#writerscommunity
#flashfiction
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Rachael Dunlop
5 days ago
Get your flash stories read by me! Deadline 31st March for the OG of flash competitions, judged this quarter by yours truly.
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Debbi Voisey
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Place your character somewhere uncomfortable—a place they don’t belong. Watch how their behaviour, dialogue, and thoughts shift under pressure.
#SaturdaySpark
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FOUR-DAY COUNTDOWN FOR ENTRIES! International flash fiction competition for stories up to 500 words (excluding title) closes for entries on Tuesday 31 March.
flash500.com/flash-fiction/
Prizes: £300/£200/£100 plus publication
#fiction
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NOW ONLY FIVE DAYS TO CLOSE OF ENTRIES! International flash fiction competition for stories up to 500 words (excluding title) closes for entries on Tuesday 31 March.
flash500.com/flash-fiction/
Prizes: £300/£200/£100 plus publication
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author
6 days ago
#writingprompt #storystarter #amwriting #writingcommunity #wordsprint
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Six Awesome Prompts to Break Writer’s Block
• Open story with foreshadowing• Sensuous dissection • Objects you pass daily • Observe your thoughts • Draw upon personal turmoil• Tell what you feel/d…
https://inventingrealityediting.com/2018/07/31/six-awesome-prompts-to-break-writers-block
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SIX DAY COUNTDOWN TO CLOSE OF ENTRIES! International flash fiction competition for stories up to 500 words (excluding title) closes for entries on Tuesday 31 March.
flash500.com/flash-fiction/
Prizes: £300/£200/£100 plus publication
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Debbi Voisey
8 days ago
I am off to this today. My book, Only About Love, was selected as the book for 2021, part of one book for every year of Stoke on Trent's centenary. Lisa Blower has worked so hard at this. You can read all about it on her blog here:
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There is just ONE WEEK LEFT to enter our international
#flashfiction
competition for stories up to 500 words.
flash500.com/flash-fiction/
Entries close 31 March. Judged by
@rachaeldunlop.com
#amwriting
#writerscommunity
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Flash Fiction Competition
Welcome to the Flash Fiction Competition by Flash 500! This is a flash fiction competition where the prize money truly reflects the skill required to enc...
https://flash500.com/flash-fiction/
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Rachael Dunlop
9 days ago
A reminder that
@flash500.bsky.social
closes at the end of the month and I’m judging!
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Sam Szanto
9 days ago
Great to see my story on this list! Thank you
@flash500.bsky.social
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The long list is up on the website for the 2026 short story category. Is your title there?
flash500.com/category/ann...
Good luck to all for the next stage of judging.
#shortstories
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Announcements Archives - Flash 500
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Just two weeks left to enter! Flash fiction
#writingcompetition
up to 500 words
flash500.com/flash-fiction/
Closes for entries 31 March
#flashfiction
#amwriting
#vss
Prizes £300/£200/£100
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Debbi Voisey
15 days ago
2 Min Read - New Blog Post - Musing, and Character Conflict. Please read and leave me a comment under the blog. Would love to hear from you.
#writing
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Why Characters Need Obstacles (Or Your Story Won’t Move)
I trust everyone’s week has started well. We just had Mothers’ Day in the UK so I had my mum and brothers over and a total day off writing or even thinking about it. I got right back to work...
https://www.debbivoisey.co.uk/musings/march-17th-2026
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Just two weeks left to enter! Flash fiction
#writingcompetition
up to 500 words
flash500.com/flash-fiction/
Closes for entries 31 March
#flashfiction
#amwriting
#vss
Prizes £300/£200/£100
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Debbi Voisey
16 days ago
Quick
#writingtip
: Give your character conflicting desires: e.g.They want independence, but also approval. Conflict in the character creates the most powerful scenes. What is one internal conflict your character faces?
#TipTuesday
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Love writing flash fiction? Are you looking for a
#writingcompetition
with good prize money?
flash500.com/flash-fiction/
Entries close 31 March Prizes: £300/£200/£100 plus publication
#flashfiction
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Flash Fiction Competition
Welcome to the Flash Fiction Competition by Flash 500! This is a flash fiction competition where the prize money truly reflects the skill required to enc...
https://flash500.com/flash-fiction/
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author
23 days ago
How to ramp up your story's dramatic tension #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtip #writer #inventingreality
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Don’t miss out! It’s the final day to enter our international short story competition up to 3,000 words!
flash500.com/short-stories/
Entries close at midnight (28 February). Prizes: £500/£200/£100 The theme is open and we accept all genres.
#writers
#amwriting
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Debbi Voisey
about 1 month ago
NEW BLOG POST - February Sidles Out - Please read and comment ☺️
#writing
#writingcommunity
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February Sidles Out
As February sidles towards its end, I am in a very musing kind of mood. I just turned up at one of my daily Time to Write meetings – the evening one – and we all decided to do what we call...
https://www.debbivoisey.co.uk/musings/february-sidles-out
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author
about 1 month ago
#writerssupportingwriters #writethestory #writesky #Writingprompt #AmWriting
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Writing Inspiration: Who are you?
Being authentic requires that you be in touch with yourself. Ask yourself who you are (That is, how how do you define yourself?). What makes you happy? What are your passions (beyond writing, …
https://inventingrealityediting.com/2016/11/28/writing-inspiration-who-are-you
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Do you have a short story (up to 3,000 words) ready for submission? Entries close TOMORROW for our open-themed international short story competition! Prizes: £500/£200/£100
flash500.com/short-stories/
#amwriting
#shortstory
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Just three days left to enter our international open-themed short story competition for up to 3,000 words! Prizes: £500/£200/£100
flash500.com/short-stories/
#amwriting
#shortstory
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Just three days left to enter our international open-themed short story competition for up to 3,000 words! Prizes: £500/£200/£100
flash500.com/short-stories/
#amwriting
#shortstory
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There are now only four days left to enter our open-themed international short story competition. Do you have stories up to 3,000 words ready to submit? Don’t delay. Entries close 28 February. Prizes: £500/£200/£100
flash500.com/short-stories/
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#shortstory
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Debbi Voisey
about 1 month ago
Before you write, pause for 2 minutes. What can you hear? Smell? Sensory description matters. If you try to force a story, it won't work, so use your senses to make the foundations, and build from that.
#TuesdayThoughts
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#PayAttention
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author
about 1 month ago
#writer #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #writers
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Create main character that readers bond with
Virtually every story aims to establish a bond between the main character and the reader. After all, why would a reader continue to read a story about an unlikable character?Granted, there are…
https://inventingrealityediting.com/2019/05/11/create-main-character-that-readers-bond-with
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There are now only four days left to enter our open-themed international short story competition. Do you have stories up to 3,000 words ready to submit? Don’t delay. Entries close 28 February. Prizes: £500/£200/£100
flash500.com/short-stories/
#amwriting
#shortstory
#WritingCommunity
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FINAL FIVE DAYS! There are only five days left until close of entries for our international short story competition up to 3,000 words! Prizes: £500/£200/£100 The theme is open and will be judged by
@wendyclarke.bsky.social
flash500.com/short-stories/
#amwriting
#shortstory
#WritingCommunity
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FINAL FIVE DAYS! There are only five days left until close of entries for our international short story competition up to 3,000 words! Prizes: £500/£200/£100 The theme is open and will be judged by
@wendyclarke.bsky.social
flash500.com/short-stories/
#amwriting
#shortstory
#WritingCommunity
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There are now just 7 days left until close of entries for our open-themed international short story competition for up to 3,000 words! Prizes: £500/£200/£100
flash500.com/short-stories/
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#shortstory
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Ten-day countdown until close of entries for our international short story competition up to 3,000 words! Prizes: £500/£200/£100 The theme is open and will be judged by
@wendyclarke.bsky.social
flash500.com/short-stories/
#amwriting
#shortstory
#WritingCommunity
#writersofbluesky
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Ten-day countdown until close of entries for our international short story competition up to 3,000 words! Prizes: £500/£200/£100 The theme is open and will be judged by
@wendyclarke.bsky.social
flash500.com/short-stories/
#amwriting
#shortstory
#WritingCommunity
#writersofbluesky
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We have the following international competition categories open for 2026: Quarterly
#flashfiction
– closes for entries 31 March Annual
#shortstory
– closes for entries 28 February Annual
#novels
– closes for entries 31 October
flash500.com
#writing
#writers
#writerslife
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Debbi Voisey
about 2 months ago
As you end this
#writing
week and look ahead to the next, try writing without asking what it’s for. Just roll with it and see what happens. Come write with me 😊
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Mickey Revenaugh
about 1 month ago
Crosswalk
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#hustleandbustle
#writingprompt
#randomclick
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Kathy Fish
about 2 months ago
Today’s story from BASS of the Century was “Bright and Morning Star,” by Richard Wright, 1939, from New Masses. Read with my heart in my throat, too thoroughly gripped by the story to do much underlining or writing in the margins. Found an analysis here:
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Analysis of Richard Wright’s Bright and Morning Star
In 1938, when Richard Wright published Bright and Morning Star in the magazine New Masses, and in 1940, when he added it as the last of the stories in a collection entitled Uncle Tom’s Children, he…
https://literariness.org/2021/05/08/analysis-of-richard-wrights-bright-and-morning-star/
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Don’t miss out on your chance to enter our international short story competition for up to 3,000 words! Entries close 28 February. Prizes: £500/£200/£100 The theme is open and we accept all genres.
flash500.com/short-stories/
#writers
#amwriting
#Writerslife
#ShortStory
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June Gemmell
about 2 months ago
A gorgeous piece, Anna. So much in so few words. Breathless, emotionally immersive. Love the ending. 🥭
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Entries close at the end of this month for our international short story competition up to 3,000 words! Prizes: £500/£200/£100 The theme is open and will be judged by
@wendyclarke.bsky.social
flash500.com/short-stories/
#amwriting
#shortstory
#WritingCommunity
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Short Stories Competition
Welcome to our short stories competition category. This is an open-themed competition and we accept all genres, including those written by or for children.
https://flash500.com/short-stories/
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Our flash fiction winners, as judged by
@lunchontuesday.bsky.social
, are up on the website. Well done to the winning writers and many congratulations to all who made the long and short lists. The standard was high!
flash500.com/flash-fictio...
#flashfiction
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Flash Fiction: Winners
https://flash500.com/flash-fiction-current-winners/
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Our flash fiction winners, as judged by
@lunchontuesday.bsky.social
, are up on the website. Well done to the winning writers and many congratulations to all who made the long and short lists. The standard was high!
flash500.com/flash-fictio...
#flashfiction
#fiction
#WritingCommunity
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Flash Fiction: Winners
https://flash500.com/flash-fiction-current-winners/
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Entries close at the end of this month for our international short story competition up to 3,000 words! Prizes: £500/£200/£100 The theme is open and will be judged by
@wendyclarke.bsky.social
flash500.com/short-stories/
#amwriting
#shortstory
#WritingCommunity
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Short Stories Competition
Welcome to our short stories competition category. This is an open-themed competition and we accept all genres, including those written by or for children.
https://flash500.com/short-stories/
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