@smokelong.bsky.social 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 It's an annual comp now, open to fiction, CNF, prose poetry, previously published and unpublished, and also translations.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...

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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The Village with All of the Flash Writers@heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 3d ago

@smokelong.bsky.social 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 It's an annual comp now, open to fiction, CNF, prose poetry, previously published and unpublished, and also translations.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...

Writers' & Artists' short story competition 2027 www.writersandartists.co.uk/competitions...

Deadline: Sep 30: Henshaw Press Short Story Competition. Submit up to 2,000 words on any theme to win £200. Fee: £6 | https://www.henshawpress.co.uk/

Deadline: Oct 31: Flash Fiction Competition. Submit short stories of up to 1000 words, excluding children's and young adult fiction to win £500. Fee: $9 | https://fiction-factory.biz/flash-fiction-competition/

Sponsored > Win $1,000 for a story of 1,000 words or fewer in the 18th annual Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest. Five additional cash prizes. Entry fee: $8. Deadline: Monday, Aug 31. Winners featured online in fall issue. https://gemini-magazine.com/flash-fiction-contest-2026/

Deadline: Oct 17: TulipTree Review Humor Story Contest. Submit a humorous fiction, nonfiction, or poetry story to win $1,000 and publication. More details on website. Fee: $20 | https://www.tuliptreepub.com/ttr

‼️It's the final weekend to work on your submission to our 2026 Ficition Contest! ‼️ 🐸 Judge: Kirti Bhadresa 🐸 Deadline: September 1, 2026 🐸 Prize: $2000 + publication 🐸 Guidelines: thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fic... 🐸 Submit: thefiddlehead.submittable.com/submit

Deadline: Sep 1: Plough Short Fiction Contest. Submit short fiction that honors the mysterious nature of reality and finds transcendence and redemption in unexpected places up to 5000 words to win $2,000. Fee: $10 | https://www.plough.com/short-fiction-contest

Mimi Kawahara has been awarded the 2026 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize for Disaster preparedness test, ex post facto, described by judge Ottessa Moshfegh as a “devastatingly intimate” portrait of mourning. 👇

Mimi Kawahara wins 2026 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize

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Last chance to enter our August 50 Word Fiction competition, on the theme of 'sailing'. Get your entry in before the end of the day tomorrow! ✍️⛵ www.scottishbooktrust.com/50-word-fict...

50 Word Fiction competition: write a story about sailing

Closing date: Tuesday 25 August 2026 at 11.55pm

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Congratulations to Jeffrey Michael Kane for winning our fiction contest with the story "Say It Right." You can read the whole piece from our Summer Issue here: buff.ly/HURjxgo

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

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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 · 3w ago

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

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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Holy wow

The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 4w ago

🏛️🏰📜 WINNER of the History Prize, "Outside a Vet’s Office: Boston, 9/11/2001" by @sfreligh.bsky.social A brilliantly-rendered microcosm that projects outwards in such a tragic way towards global events: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

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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