Flash Fiction Competition
We love comps at Retreat West and we love flash fiction! So our latest competition is to win a place on the October 2018 Fantastic Flashing online course (15th to 28th). Designed and taught by me, it’ll get you creating oodles of new work, reading lots of flashes to learn about different styles, and I’ll give you feedback on a story at the end. Get more info on the course here.
To win a place on the course you have to write a flash story based on the prompt below and send by the deadline. Submit stories through Submittable using the button below.
Two writers will be chosen and they’ll both get a free place on the course. Two second place writers will get a half price place on the course.
Competition Prompt
Write a list of things associated with autumn and then pick three of them to build a story around.
1st Prize (two available)
A place on the October Fantastic Flashing course.
2nd Prize (two available)
A 50% discount on the October 2018 Fantastic Flashing course (so course costs just £87.50)
All writers that enter will also receive a free ebook edition of the What Was Left anthology of winning stories from the 2016 RW Short Story and RW Flash Fiction Prizes and a £20 discount if they book on the September course (Retreat West Author Members will get the £20 discount on top of their already discounted course fee).
Entry Fee: £5
Deadline: 30th September 2018
Competition Rules
- Submit stories written in English through Submittable using the button below by 23.59 GMT on the deadline date (sorry late entries will not be included).
- Do not include your name on the document or submission title but provide a short bio in the body of the email. All entries are read anonymously so any submissions showing the author’s name will be automatically disqualified.
- Your story must not exceed 200 words. Entries that exceed the word count will be automatically disqualified.
- The story must be based on the prompt and not have been published online or in print, or have won any other competitions.
- By entering the competition you agree to take part in the September 2018 Fantastic Flashing online course if you win a free or discounted place.
- Stories can be in any genre apart from children’s fiction and erotica. YA is allowed.
- You can enter as many times as you like but all entries must be made separately and the entry fee paid each time.
- The judge’s decision is final.
- There are no alternative prizes.
- Winners will be announced by the 7th October 2018.