Flash Fiction Competition 2023: “Mistakes”

We had some terrific entries for our recent Poetry Competition and we’re hoping for a similar response for our latest Flash Fiction challenge.

This time the prompt is “Mistakes”. The word limit is 300 (not including title) but remember that every word should count – you’re looking to distil the very essence of your story into its purest form while at the same time immersing the reader into the scene. And also remember that 300 words is a limit, not a target. If you can achieve what you want in 219 or 73 words, that’s fine.

You can enter via hard copy or by email with docx/pdf attachments.

Deadline is 19 August with winners announced on 6 September 2022. Full details and rules are on our Competitions Page.

If you want to see some past winners, click here for 2022, 202120202019 and 2018. Judging will be by Fosseway’s very own C.L. Peache. Ah, you see, that turned out to be mistake 😉 . Judging will actually be by the awesome Alex Davis.

Good luck!

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