COMPETITION NEWS OCTOBER 2020

We've got lots of competition news to share with listings, winners, deadlines, the new micro fiction prompt for October and an extended deadline.

First up, congratulations to the winners in the Best Opening Page competition! The winner, Victoria Richards, has won a week's stay at Casa Ana in Spain. You can read her novel opening and see the full results here.

The winners of the September Monthly Micro Fiction comp, as chosen by public vote, have also been announced. See the results here. Congratulations to both winners and all of the shortlisted writers! The prompt for the October competition has gone live today and you have until 23.59 (UK time) on Sunday 11th October to submit your stories to win cash prizes and get published on the website.

The deadline for the 1000-Word Photo Competition has been extended until 18th October so get writing and send us your stories based on the prompt. See the full details and enter here.

The deadline for the annual Short Story and Flash Fiction prizes is almost here! You have until 25th October to send your stories to win great cash prizes and get published in the winners' anthology. Get inspired by last year's winners in the fantastic, How to Hold an Umbrella, anthology, which was published last month and has been flying off the shelves and was recommended by Kathy Fish to the students on her Flash Flash course! This year's judges are Peter Jordan for the short story prize and Susmita Bhattacharya for flash fiction.

We're busy reading the entries for September's Themed Flash Competition and will announce the longlist on 22nd October. It's time to get writing for the final themed flash comp of the year, which has a deadline of 29th December. The theme is BRIDGES and the judge is award-winning author, Sandra Arnold, who published her brilliant flash fiction collection, Soul Etchings, with us last year.

Happy reading and writing!

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COMPETITION NEWS SEPTEMBER 2020

We've got lots of competition news to share with listings, winners and stories that need your votes, as well as a deadline coming up this weekend.

First up, congratulations to the winners in our Micro Fiction Course competition who have won some great prizes for their 150-word stories from the photo prompt above. See the results and read the stories here.

Congratulations also go to the longlisted writers in the Best Opening Page competition, you can see the story titles that went through here. We have the shortlist coming up on Friday this week and the winners who get to go on a writing retreat at Casa Ana in Spain will be announced on 30th September.

The shortlisted stories in the September Monthly Micro Fiction competition are now online and need your votes! You have until Monday evening to read and choose your favourite. Winners will be announced on Tuesday.

Finally, the deadline for this quarter's Themed Flash Competition is upon us! You have until 23.59 (UK time) on Sunday 27th September to send us your stories inspired by the theme GLASS. The judge is award-winning short story writer, Amanda Huggins, and the winners get cash prizes and published on the website.

Happy reading and writing!