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Lots of news of various kinds about short story competitions, in the UK and beyond

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D.E. Hardy (@dehardywriter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

😱 I am floored to announce that I won the Baltimore Review flash fiction contest! 💚 baltimorereview.org/summer_2025/co…

Fractured Lit (@fracturedlit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ready for the opportunity to turn reality on its head? We're bringing back our Elsewhere Prize! Guest Judge Jemimah Wei will choose three prize winners. We're excited to offer the first-place winner of this prize $3,000 + publication! Learn more: fracturedlit.submittable.com/submit/329943/…

Ready for the opportunity to turn reality on its head? We're bringing back our Elsewhere Prize! Guest Judge Jemimah Wei will choose three prize winners. We're excited to offer the first-place winner of this prize $3,000 + publication!

Learn more: fracturedlit.submittable.com/submit/329943/…
The Bridport Prize (@bridportprize) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Stay in the loop with key competition dates, both for Memoir (closing 30 September) and our other categories that closed at the end of May: Memoir: bit.ly/memoiraward-ke… Flash fiction, short story, poetry: bit.ly/bridportprize-… Novel Award: bit.ly/novel-award

Stay in the loop with key competition dates, both for Memoir (closing 30 September) and our other categories that closed at the end of May:
 
Memoir: bit.ly/memoiraward-ke… 
 
Flash fiction, short story, poetry: bit.ly/bridportprize-… 
 
Novel Award: bit.ly/novel-award
WOW! WomenOnWriting (@womenonwriting) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations to Sophie for her flash fiction piece, “Downsizing!” Check out her words of wisdom: Interview with Sophie Niell: Runner-Up Winter 2025 Flash Fiction Contest muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2025/07/interv… #flashfiction

Congratulations to Sophie for her flash fiction piece, “Downsizing!” 

Check out her words of wisdom: Interview with Sophie Niell: Runner-Up Winter 2025 Flash Fiction Contest muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2025/07/interv…

#flashfiction
Free Flash Fiction (@fffict) 's Twitter Profile Photo

FFF Competition Twenty-Nine Ends 23/8/25 at 10pm Flash fiction between 100 / 300 words 1 Winner £150.00 2 Highly Commended £70.00 3 Shortlisted £60.00 £3.95 via PayPal or Stripe £2.65 via BACS Judge: Amy Photiou #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/current-compet…

FFF Competition Twenty-Nine
Ends 23/8/25 at 10pm

Flash fiction between 100 / 300 words
1 Winner £150.00
2 Highly Commended £70.00
3 Shortlisted £60.00
£3.95 via PayPal or Stripe
£2.65 via BACS
Judge: Amy Photiou

#writingcompetitions #flashfiction

freeflashfiction.com/current-compet…
Dark 'n' Light (@darknlightzine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'Antarctica' by Michael Allen Rose won first prize in our short fiction contest 'Stories at the End of the World'. You can read it here: darknlight.com/projects/short…

'Antarctica' by <a href="/realflooddamage/">Michael Allen Rose</a> won first prize in our short fiction contest 'Stories at the End of the World'.

You can read it here: darknlight.com/projects/short…
Christopher Fielden (@chrisfielden) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The second of Tadpole Press's 2025 writing contests is open for subs until 30th November. Theme: “truth-telling”. 100 words max. $15 entry fee. Top prize is $1,000. The total value of all prizes is over $15,000. tadpolepress.com/100-word-writi…

The second of Tadpole Press's 2025 writing contests is open for subs until 30th November. Theme: “truth-telling”. 100 words max. $15 entry fee. Top prize is $1,000. The total value of all prizes is over $15,000. tadpolepress.com/100-word-writi…
Historia – the HWA (@historiahwa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just 7 days left to enter! ✍️Short story writers! Historical fiction writers! We're EXTENDING the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition deadline to 11.59pm on 1 August. We're looking for up to 3,500 words, set all or mainly 35+ years ago. See more at historicalwriters.org/ddshwass-award…

Just 7 days left to enter!
✍️Short story writers!
Historical fiction writers!
We're EXTENDING the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition deadline to 11.59pm on 1 August.
We're looking for up to 3,500 words, set all or mainly 35+ years ago.
See more at historicalwriters.org/ddshwass-award…
Writing Magazine (@writingmagazine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’re entering the final week of our Summer Words Writing Challenge! 🌞✍️ We’ve loved reading all of your incredible responses. 💌 Today’s word is: Thunderstorm.  Write 150 words and send them to [email protected] to be featured.

We’re entering the final week of our Summer Words Writing Challenge! 🌞✍️ We’ve loved reading all of your incredible responses. 💌

Today’s word is: Thunderstorm. 

Write 150 words and send them to writerssocial@warnersgroup.co.uk to be featured.
SaveAs Writers (@saveaswriters) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Send us your stormiest writing! Fiction & poetry competition entry deadline 31 Aug in homage to Turner's paintings of tempestuous conditions (image Storm-Hannibal & army crossing the Alps 1812) bit.ly/3TiUEko #WritingCommunity @tate #Turner250 #fiction #painting #Storm

Send us your stormiest writing! Fiction &amp; poetry competition entry deadline 31 Aug in homage to Turner's paintings of tempestuous conditions (image Storm-Hannibal &amp; army crossing the Alps 1812)
bit.ly/3TiUEko
#WritingCommunity @tate #Turner250 #fiction  #painting #Storm
Pithead Chapel (@pitheadchapel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our submission window for our annual short story contest opens this Friday! This year, we welcome Andrew Porter as our guest judge. We're excited to share our Q&A with him on craft, writing, and more!

Our submission window for our annual short story contest opens this Friday! This year, we welcome <a href="/AndrewPorter01/">Andrew Porter</a> as our guest judge. We're excited to share our Q&amp;A with him on craft, writing, and more!
ShortStoryComps (@shortstorycomps) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Galley Beggars Press has launched its Short Story Prize 2025/26. Entry fee £11 with low-earner slots available. First prize £2,500. galleybeggar.co.uk/short-story-pr…

Tommy Dean (is open to queries) (@tommydeanwriter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm so thrilled to announce that I won the The Lascaux Review Flash Fiction contest! Big thanks to the editors! I'm excited for you to read this story soon! lascauxreview.com/contest-result…

BathShortStoryAward (@bathstoryaward) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exciting news! The results of the 2025 BSSA are out. Congratulations to all our winners and of course our short and long listed writers - and, of course, to Cleo Heywood our 1st Prize Winner. bathshortstoryaward.org