Short Story Comps
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Posts and reposts about short story / flash / micro competitions in the UK and beyond.
Looking to submit to one of @mslexia.bsky.social's #Writing 2026 competitions? #Submissions for #Novel, #ShortStory, and #FlashFiction are due on 21 September. Click on the link below for details for these and other competition opportunities: mslexia.co.uk/competitions/
Competitions : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.
Competitions : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.
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The Mslexia Short Story Competition is open ✨ This year's judge is Ingrid Persaud. Enter your unpublished short stories of up to 3,000 words. The winning story will receive £3,000, publication in Mslexia and inclusion in the Best Women's Short Fiction anthology 2026. Deadline: 21 September.
Having a story of mine come second place out of hundreds of entries in a competition judged by Donal Ryan means so much to me!! Thanks to Donal for his kind words and to the team at @frazzledlit.bsky.social for running such a great competition. open.substack.com/pub/authorjm...
Announcing the WINNERS!
Donal Ryan's decisions are in!
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🚨New blog post: winning ain't everything, but it is something. And that something is validating. @welkinpress.bsky.social tomljanovic.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/w...
Welkin Genre Prize
I won! I’ve never won anything before unless you count the third prize runner-up ribbon I got for “Tatiana and the Horrible No Good Very Bad Day” at the Spruce Grove county fair f…
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Do you know about The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest? It's an annual comp now, open to fiction, CNF, prose poetry, previously published and unpublished, and also translations. We want it all. Deadline Nov 15. 250 words or fewer. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
Deadline: Jun 30: The 10th To Hull And Back Humorous Short Story Competition. Submit a humorous short story up to 2,500 words to win £1,000. Fee: £10 (early bird), £12 (regular) | https://creativewritingink.co.uk/competitions/the-10th-to-hull-and-back-humorous-short-story-competition/
Btw, our 1,000-Word Story Competition closes in TWO WEEKS! ⏰ #writersky #writingcontest penstricken.com/competitions
Competitions
Competitions The Penstricken 1,000-Word Story Prize Update: We have added a deadline to this competition. See below for full details. Can you tell a story in 1,000 words? Fancy winning £100? The Pe…
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Huge thanks to everyone who submitted an entry to our Sean O’Faolain Short Story Competition. The Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition and Southword Editors Poetry competitions are open for entries. For all the information and details go to – www.munsterlit.ie #writing #poetry #shortstories
Deadline: Sep 30: The Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2026. Submit a short story up to 3,000 words to win £1,000. Fee: £12 | https://creativewritingink.co.uk/competitions/creative-writing-ink-short-story-competition-2026/
Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2026 » Creative Writing Ink
The Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2026 is open for entries. You can find the full details of the prize on our website, including how to enter.
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Before I take a bit of a break from Welkin things, it would be remiss of me not to say one big massive thank you to @chriscottom.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @mynachang.bsky.social & @susmitab.bsky.social for their brilliant judging. Also, a big thank you to everyone who entered...
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · last wk.So sad that the Welkin Genre Prize has come to an end. Missed any of these brilliant pieces? Or just want to read them again? So many gems to discover / re-discover here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stories
The results are in! Read the winning Q2 flash fiction entries, as judged by Gaynor Jones, on the website. Congratulations to the winners and to all who made the long and short lists. The standard was extremely high. flash500.com/flash-fictio... #flashfiction #writers
Flash Fiction: Winners
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An update on the 2027 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
So sad that the Welkin Genre Prize has come to an end. Missed any of these brilliant pieces? Or just want to read them again? So many gems to discover / re-discover here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stories
Welkin-stories | MattKendrick.co.uk
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So, so excited to be judging the next @bathflashaward.bsky.social (deadline 4 Oct). I want to read your flashes! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/08/q-a-...
Q & A with Jo Gatford, Judge 34th Award
Jo Gatford is an award-winning writer, editor and mentor. Her short fiction has been selected for the Wigleaf Top 50, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfictions, and published in 70+ anthologies and l…
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Flash fiction 250 words, judged by Meg Pokrass, first prize £2,000 (yes! two grand!) Deadline 31 August www.scottishartstrust.org/flash
Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction — Scottish Arts Trust
Britain's biggest flash fiction prize - open to writers worldwide
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Judging is underway for our Literal Contest—but a new contest lurks on the horizon. It smells like pumpkin spice and too much candy and... rhymes?
Odd Embers Writing Contest
Join the Odd Embers Flash Fiction Contest to spark creativity with strange prompts. Submit stories, receive feedback, and compete for prizes and publication.
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ICYMI, The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest will open for entries on August 1st! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2026 - 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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Love writing flash fiction? Check out the F(r)iction Fall Flash Fiction Contest! I’m stoked to be judging this great contest. Learn more at link in comments. #writingcontests #flashfictioncontests #flashfictionwriters
🧝🧚🧙♂️ WINNER of the Firefly Prize, "And Also, In the Woods a Spaceship Landed" by Jo Withers: A piece that marries together a speculative event with a deeply personal tragedy. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
And Also, In the Woods a Spaceship Landed | MattKendrick.co.uk
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🫀🫁🦴 WINNER of the Body Prize, "Dear Walt Whitman" by @sarahillswrites.bsky.social A lyrical, emotionally taut gem of a micro in epistolary form: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Dear Walt Whitman | MattKendrick.co.uk
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Lithium. Cobalt. Helium. Rare earths. The materials shaping our future are also rich sources of stories. Our 2026 competition theme is inspired by @morethanadodo.bsky.social new exhibition 34: The Critical Raw Materials Shaping Our Future by Oxford EARTH. Find out: oxfordflashfictionprize.com
Oxford Flash Fiction Prize
Greats in Flash
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Searching for writing competitions? flash500.com Flash 500 has three open categories #contests #writing #flashfiction #novels #shortstories
Flash Fiction writing competition
Flash 500 is the home of writing competitions for Flash Fiction, Short Stories and Novels. Enter yours today and win cash prizes.
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Room Magazine Fiction Contest (Fiction; pays) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
Re-opening: Room Magazine Fiction Contest
Room Magazine Fiction Contest (Fiction; pays) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com/contest/room-magazine-fiction-contest-25953 #amwriting
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Odd Embers Writing Contest @oddembers.com (Fiction; pays) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
Re-opening: Odd Embers Writing Contest
Odd Embers Writing Contest @oddembers.com (Fiction; pays) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com/contest/odd-embers-writing-contest-40014 #amwriting
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🌎🌎🌎 WINNER of the Earth Prize, "Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Nose Hill Park" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social A piece that's wonderfully vivid and wonderfully alive: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Nose Hill Park | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The results are out! Congratulations to the winners - your stories sound amazing and I'm incredibly chuffed to have a story on the shortlist and in this year's print anthology alongside you. Huge thanks to the BSSA team for all your hard work 🙏. www.bathshortstoryaward.org
THE BATH SHORT STORY AWARD
International Short Story Competition
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Shortlisted in the Firefly Prize, "the day after you bury him in the garden" by @wordsfromemorra.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
the day after you bury him in the garden | MattKendrick.co.uk
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Shortlisted in the Joy Prize, "Behold the Adam and Eve of Huntingfield" by @kawalker.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Behold the Adam and Eve of Huntingfield | MattKendrick.co.uk
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Read a bit about my thoughts as I was doing the Welkin Genre Prize longlisting 👇
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 2w agoMy #CraftArticle for August is a reflection of my thoughts from doing the @welkinpress.bsky.social Genre Prize longlisting. What makes a piece a no, what to think about to turn it into a yes: prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/pick-me-pi...