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New publisher listing for: Marroween Flash Fiction Contest (Fiction; Horror; pays; fee-based). #WritingCommunity

Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Conthology (Fiction; Open; pays) opened to fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com/contest/weird-christmas-flash-fiction-conthology-26800 #amwriting

The New Voices Fiction Contest, run by Creatives Project Ghana, announced its longlist on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

FFF Competition Thirty-Five Judge's Report by Kate Axeford   1st October 2026   I was about to set off to End Of The Road music festival when a zip file of fifteen fabulous flash fiction stories arriv...

There are pictures of the dead whale in the local paper.   I sit in the dunes staring at it’s grey bulk, arms wrapped around my knees, marram grass scratching the backs of my legs and I think of your ...

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Allingham Arts Festival, Five days of arts, music, history, and storytelling - featuring local, national, and international artists in Donegal.

Every morning Darragh walked the cliffside path alone. Not ritual. Penance. Always within his eyeline stood an unmoving figure. Stolid. Silent. Lingering on the horizon with its gaze fixed upon him. A...

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New publisher listing for: Silver Wings Review Contest (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; non-paying). #WritingCommunity

Adult Winners (available via the story’s link) :  First Place: Leslie Spitz-Edson (“Fireflies“) Finalists:  Fiona Mackintosh (“Absent Without Leave“)                  Marina Koestler Ruben (“Licking“)...

WestWord Prize @retreatwest.bsky.social (Fiction; pays) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com/contest/westword-prize-36514 #amwriting

This inaugural flash fiction competition welcomes entries from writers across the globe writing in English, aged 16 years old and over at the time of the closing date. Entries should write on the NAWE...

Anthology Magazine Short Story Competition (Fiction; pays) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com/contest/anthology-magazine-story-competition-31279 #amwriting

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...

Some emotions resist easy translation, and for our April 2026 Flash 405 contest, guest judge Ashley C. Lanuza invited writers to explore one of them: “saudade”. We received an incredible collection of...

By Barbara Byar (Winner - 2nd place)

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...