We hold four contests a year. Click on the Current or Latest Contest box on www.writeradvice.com for details.
Questions? Please ask. Thanks!
Seeking Flash Fiction & Other Flash Prose at https://writeradvice.com/seeking-flash-prose/
We invite you to participate in Writer Advice’s 2025 Flash Fiction & Other Flash Prose Contest. You could submit fiction, creative non-fiction including memoir, a letter, a list, a monologue, or even an op-ed that is not inflammatory.
Because this is a flash contest we are looking for pieces that are 750 words or less. Focus on a critical moment in your protagonist’s life or a specific point you want to make.
How can you tell your story in 750 words or less? It’s not necessarily the whole story; it’s a crucial moment that changes the main character.
Some Tips:
- First, focus on the moment or realization that changed the narrator.
- Then, start far into the story.
- Be clear.
- Also be insightful.
- Cut everything that isn’t essential.
- Let your verbs and nouns describe.
- Allow tone, attitude, and behavior as well as dialogue get your ideas across unless you want the piece to be dialogue only.
- Can’t fit it into 750 words? Plenty of other sites are looking for longer pieces, but you might ask a trusted reader if s/he sees anything that’s not essential to the story.
“I like to let the most mundane things that catch my attention have the chance to be flashes of lightning.” ~~Unknown
PRIZES? PUBLICATION? ABSOLUTELY! for the best 3 to 8 pieces. All can call themselves winners in Writer Advice’s 2025 Flash Memoir Contest. We no longer rank as first, second, and third place. There are small cash prizes for everyone who is published.
You can find some samples of Flash Prose in Prior Winners
How do you enter? Use this Submittable link or the one at the bottom of the page. The contest will close on September 2 at midnight ET.
Want to see the rubric that guid for the best 3 to 8 pieces. All can call themselves winners in Writer Advice’s 2025 Flash Memoir Contest. We no longer rank as first, second, and third place. There are small cash prizes for everyone who is published.
Questions? Please ask.
We want to share your stories about your publishing journey and your writing life here. Write to entertain, to enlighten, and to advise (but not preach). Write to share your gratitude, amazement, and disbelief.
Share the good, the bad, and the silly, but don’t share them all in one submission. Think of a blog post or a short-short story. No epics.
No fiction here. These are real-life stories ranging from 250 to 750 words. Less is more. Make your point clearly and move on.
Who knows what your experience might inspire?
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$6 submission fee covers our time, possible editing, and the
decision-making process.
You get a credit for your resume plus a brief bio and the satisfaction of sharing your experience Sorry that we do not have the income to pay you at this time.