It’s a write-off! Write a 500-word story based on 3 prompts to compete for thousands in cash prizes and print publication! Later, stick around for the podcast afterparty where the judges unpack the comp stats and celebrate the top stories! 🌏Open to writers worldwide. 🌱Suitable for beginners!

Our friend, Vanessa, created a cute little new ad for us to help lure in new unssupecting victims to the world of flash! If you see it in your travels, please like, share and comment on it so people know this comp is the real deal ❤️ www.facebook.com/share/v/17xT...

Shoutout to our 5th and final Daredevil for the April round, newcomer Andy Blakely Sterling! Can't wait to strip off that first-timer glow 😈

Congrats to all* the NQW Prize fam who made it through to R2 of the @nycmidnight microfiction 250! Go team!

Don't forget! If you entered the January Not Quite Write Prize, you can upload your own audio to the Community. If you end up shortlisted, the EDitor-in-Chief may play your version!

Pointless statistic to feed the wolves... Half of our shortlisted stories were resubmissions!

We have a WINNER! 🤩🏆🤩 We also have a winning team! (Remember: if you were a member of the winning team and don't win cash, you'll go in the draw to win a special bonus prize.) Results will be announced by 8 March. We can't wait to share these top stories with you!

We have a shortlist! It's going to be an agonising wait until we release the results. We hope to give you some other fun stuff to chew on while you wait!

We have a January Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction longlist! We can't wait to share the results with you! Longlist results should be delivered on schedule on or around 1 March.

All January entries have now been read by at least two judges, and we have officially moved into the second phase of judging. Some fates are already all but sealed...

We now have our fourth Daredevil for the April round. Welcoming Lisa Vitale to flash fiction critique hell! 😈 Just ONE place remains... Last one in's a rotten egg!

A fresh BAREdevil has entered the dungeon, and she’s itching to bare all. We’ll be getting our hands all over Zarah Elouis-Ro’s FLESH Fiction entry on-air, delivering a fully exposed, unfiltered critique. We can’t wait to see how this Baredevil takes her whipping😈

Introducing the newest member of the NQW family, Knevil (pronounced NEH-vuhl)! Knevil enjoys long dirt bike rides on the beach with Knigel and Knathan, and luring writers into on-air critiques! There are only 2 Daredevil places left for April, but be quick - they will sell out!

The January Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction has closed! We received 323 entries and some interesting results in terms of team allegiance. Judging has now commenced, so follow @akscotland.bsky.social @quitewriteed.bsky.social and @deankoorey.bsky.social to enjoy the live judging posts!

Please join us in welcoming our third Daredevil for the April Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction, Maria Beker! Let’s hope what she lacks in common sense, she makes up for in writing talent! 😈 Only 2 places remaining!

She’s gone and done it! Holly Candy Sadowski has signed up for yet another spanking, this time as a BAREdevil! 😈 Will Johnson make another grand entrance? You’ll just have to wait to find out!

Well that’s just peachy! 🍑 We have our first BAREdevil for FLESH Fiction @j--town.bsky.social! Not gonna lie, we’re just as excited as you are to bring more filth to the airwaves 😈

If you entered FLESH Fiction, you should have now received an email with your rewards! Those who've clicked the link may have noticed another little opportunity for the bravest soldiers among you...😈 Will *anyone* be mad enough to take the plunge? Only time will tell!

We have our first 2 Daredevils for the April round! Shoutout to 2-time shortlister @chloepaige.bsky.social, and 2-time longlister @holly-realski.bsky.social! Both troublemakers in their own right... We can't wait to teach them each a lesson they won't soon forget! 😈

Always love to see it when a NQW story finds its forever home! Congrats @mrscavedowrites.bsky.social!

Creative weekend, crafting a #shortstory for the #NotQuiteWritePrize for #FlashFiction run by the @notquitewrite.com podcast. Here's the story I wrote for last January's competition, with help from my uncle in The Afterlife! ✍️ #writers #writing #writesky www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor...

Please join me (Amanda) in wishing a Happy Birthday to our EDitor-in-Chief @QuiteWriteEd, whose birthday gift this year is a shitload of flash fiction reading and over 24 hours of FLESH Fiction podcast content to edit. Woo! 🥳

The January Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction has closed! We received 323 entries and some interesting results in terms of team allegiance. Judging has now commenced, so follow @akscotland.bsky.social @quitewriteed.bsky.social and @deankoorey.bsky.social to enjoy the live judging posts!

We don’t want to see any DNFs! Even your worst story ever will be eligible for the bonus prize draw if your team wins. It doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to be done!

You’re free to declare your allegiance at any time!

Sending our condolences to our Daredevils at this stressful time…

We’ve received our first 2 entries from a couple of very keen beans… This means war.

Get off the fence!

I'm so excited! A massive welcome to anyone who joins my team (A.K.A. the best team). Can't wait to read your stories!

Time to commit! Team Amanda all the way, baby!

The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction has begun! Choose a team and write a 500-word story based on your team’s prompts to compete for thousands of dollars in cash prizes & print publication! There’s still time to enter... 👀

'"Not all writers write books," I told myself. Some of us write little glimmers, tiny one hundred-word gems.' Former Not Quite Write Prize winner, Autumn Bettinger, shares her journey from writing comp novice to writing comp winner in this delightful article. www.tadpolepress.com/post/finding...

Well, well, well, looky what we have here... Only 24 HOURS until the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction begins! ✏️Write a 500-word story based on 3 writing prompts 🕰️60 hours to write 🤑AU$4,000 cash prizes 📗Publication for the Top 6 stories Open to writers anywhere in the world. Sign up now!

Just 2 days until the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction kicks off! You could be just 500 words away from the top prize 🤩 And what is that...? It couldn't be...? It's not... A CLUE?! If you haven't signed up yet, there's still time! Hit our website for all the details.

Please like this reel. It took ages to make 😂 More importantly, please join us for the first ever write-off! Prompts drop this Friday 12PM AEDT ✏️500 words 💰AU$4,000 in prizes ➕(Currently) a 1:35 chance of winning a cash prize and a 1:1 chance of winning our hearts!

Total recording time so far for FLESH Fiction reveal, and we haven’t even read a single story yet 😅

There's just one week to go until the Write-Off! Compete for a share in AU$4,000 plus print publication (not to mention that infamous weapon we call a trophy!) Who's excited? Nervous? Impatient to see the new format?

A VERY generous benefactor has donated entries to the upcoming Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction to support writers on low income! If you've always wanted to enter but struggled to find the means to do so, please email us at [email protected] 1/2

FLESH FICTION UPDATE! We have now (finally) finished judging all categories! We will be recording our announcement this weekend. If you entered, we will notify you by email when the announcement drops. If you’d like to join the fun of the longlist announcement episode, send us a voicemail!

"If you feel that quiet doubt, use it. Let it be the reason you stop holding back the unique, specific, ‘weird’ heart of your story. Send that version." Check out our interview with former Not Quite Write Prize winner, @eldaorozco.bsky.social, and gain valuable insights to follow in her footsteps!

More FLESH Fiction updates to be found in the NQW Community as we approach the final stages of judging! 😱

The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction is less than 2 weeks away, so we thought we’d provide a little sneak peak of the accompanying artwork for our first ever Write-Off! What’s it all about..? Guess you’ll see pretty soon, but only if you sign up!

Eighth (and final 🥳) page of the #WritingCompetition list New Year updates completed: #FlashFiction. 87 active contests plus 5 other list providers. It's great to see so many opportunities for publishing stories and all #creativewriting out there 😊 www.christopherfielden.com/short-story-...

Congratulations to two-time Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction shortlister @chloepaige.bsky.social who has just WON the @nycmidnight 500-word fiction challenge! This woman is unstoppable 🤩

@kurosh-daily-draw.bsky.social is up as our final Daredevil for 2025. Did he manage to deliver an emotional payload, or did the Daredevil bomb go off in his own face? To find out, search Not Quite Write wherever you get your podcasts for one of our toughest critiques yet 😈

*Another* FLESH Fiction announcement just dropped in the NQW Community! If you're feeling charitable to your fellow entrants, like and/or repost this post so it will make it to their feeds. This announcement is big. We're talking REALLY BIG. HUGE.

We’ve been making some changes to the website to improve website speed in advance of the next round. Please let us know if you notice anything funky, specifically in the Community.

Amanda has been busy in the Not Quite Write Community forum this morning posting more juicy details about the new 'write-off' competition format, plus a detailed update on FLESH Fiction 👀 Log in to the Community now to learn more!

During this quiet period, we’ve been delighted to find the space to catch up on #FLESHfiction judging. We can’t wait to share with you the wildest ways in which the supposedly “unsexy” can become irresistible. You’ve ruined us for mundanity forever!

Daredevil #4 is live and it’s a bromance of epic proportions courtesy of @rudexvirus.bsky.social! To join us for a deep dive into this flash fiction piece, search Not Quite Write wherever you get your podcasts!