Tuesday 26 February 2019

Flash 500 #FlashFiction Competition


I was delighted to come third in the winter 2018 Flash 500 flash fiction competition. Now in its tenth year, this quarterly open-themed competition has closing dates of 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December 2019. The results are announced within six weeks of each closing date and the three winning entries each quarter are published on the website.

Entry fee: £5/€6.50 for one story, £8/€10 for two stories
Optional critiques: £10/€13.50 per story

Prizes are as follows:

First: £300
Second: £200
Third: £100

Highly commended: Paperback copies of Retriever of Souls, Notes from the Margin and Vlad the Inhaler - Hero in the Making

The judge, Louise Philips, has this to say about my piece:

"This story explores a darkness many of us understand. It is raw, touching, and it makes the reader want to reach into the narrator, and tell them to hold tight. The emotion and the magic in this piece of prose is found in the minuteness, in the ordinary, in the sparse use of words and phraseology, while all the time bringing the reader further in, until we too, feel the pain."

You can read my piece here

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