Flash fiction should tell a complete story, with a clear beginning, middle and end. The essential quality of this genre is its limited scope, which leads forcefully (yet logically) to an impact. Plot, ...

Ladies and gentlemen, start your imaginations. The Indie 500 flash fiction contest — a short-form writing competition — is back. All writers are invited to submit a story of up to 500 words. Each ...

Adults and children ages 6 years and older are invited to enter the Schaumburg Library's Flash Fiction Contest, which ends at midnight Saturday, July 31. Categories will be divided into youth, teen ...

Writers, start your imaginations! The Indie 500 flash fiction contest — a short-form writing competition — is back. All writers are invited to submit a story of up to 500 words. Each story must ...

Ligonier Valley Writers is seeking submissions for its 15th Flash Fiction Contest. Deadline is midnight Aug. 15. No fees are charged and cash prizes are awarded, according to publicity director Judith ...

What steps do you take to figure out how the human brain processes memory? You hold a fiction writing contest, record people's brains while listening to the winners, and crunch your data, of course.

Carroll County writers have a chance to win $100 in a Flash Fiction Contest sponsored by the county chapter of Maryland Writers. The contest is open to residents 16 and older. There is no cost to ...

As part of the One Read program in September, the Daniel Boone Regional Library invited community members to take inspiration from “The Turner House,” and tell a story about a haunting in 250 words or ...

The Fish Flash Fiction Prize is an opportunity to attempt one of the most interesting and rewarding tasks – to create, in a ...

This year’s Flash Fiction Writing Contest, as part of Daniel Boone’s Regional Library’s One Read Program, asked participants to write a climate fiction story in 250 words or less inspired by author ...

Jillian Van Hefty has won first place in the adult category of the 2021 flash fiction contest sponsored by the Arts Consortium of Carver County. In her story, “Speechless,” a mother’s love and ...

ISOLA (Indian Society of Landscape Architects) Mumbai (MMR) Chapter is delighted to invite entries for Flash Fiction (short story up to 750 words) set in past, present or future and based on the theme ...