Flash Fiction Competition Welcome to the Flash Fiction Competition by Flash 500! This is a flash fiction competition where the prize money truly reflects the skill required to enc...

Could your #flashfiction win you £300? flash500.com/flash-fiction/
International competition for stories up to 500 words - must be written in English.
#amwriting #writers

Flash Fiction Competition Welcome to the Flash Fiction Competition by Flash 500! This is a flash fiction competition where the prize money truly reflects the skill required to enc...

Could your #flashfiction win you £300? flash500.com/flash-fiction/
International competition for stories up to 500 words - must be written in English.
#amwriting #writers

"Direct and compelling, it is the literary equivalent of making good eye contact."

Such a good craft article from @kathyfish.bsky.social on using second person in flash fiction. I want to try out the prompt in here straightaway but I have to work 😒 so saving this for a future date 🤩

You don’t need to start at the beginning of everything, just the beginning of *this* story.
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#TechniqueTuesday #WritingTips #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #AmWriting #Beginnings

Utilize Chekhov’s gun to make plot work You’ve probably read at least one story in which upon reading their climax in which the hero uses some object to help him achieve victory, thought to yourself, “How convenient that it was ther…

#editingtips #fiction #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...

Short Stories: Winners Judge’s report 2026 by Wendy Clarke

Short story 2026 results are up! You can read the winning entries and the judge's report by @wendyclarke.bsky.social on the website:

flash500.com/short-storie...

#shortstories #fiction

The beginning of your story makes a promise to the reader. Make sure it’s a promise you’re excited to keep.
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Short Stories: Winners Judge’s report 2026 by Wendy Clarke

Short story 2026 results are up! You can read the winning entries and the judge's report by @wendyclarke.bsky.social on the website:

flash500.com/short-storie...

#shortstories #fiction

Just a few hours left to enter!
flash500.com/flash-fiction/

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FINAL DAY!
International flash fiction competition for stories up to 500 words (excluding title) closes for entries at midnight TONIGHT (31 March).

flash500.com

Prizes: £300/£200/£100 plus publication
#fiction #writerslife #writerscommunity #flashfiction

Honoured to be in @nervetowrite.bsky.social with so many great differently abled and neurodiverse creatives, with a cnf piece about my boobs. Thanks @sfmontgomery.bsky.social and team for this great litmag. Thanks for reading 🙏🏾 www.nervetowrite.com/post/mammary

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FINAL DAY!
International flash fiction competition for stories up to 500 words (excluding title) closes for entries at midnight TONIGHT (31 March).

flash500.com

Prizes: £300/£200/£100 plus publication
#fiction #writerslife #writerscommunity #flashfiction

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TOMORROW WILL BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ENTER!
Our international #flashfiction competition closes for entries at midnight tomorrow (31 March).

flash500.com

This is for stories up to 500 words (excluding title).
Prizes: £300/£200/£100
Judge: @rachaeldunlop.com
#fiction #writerslife #writerscommunity

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TOMORROW WILL BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ENTER!
Our international #flashfiction competition closes for entries at midnight tomorrow (31 March).

flash500.com

This is for stories up to 500 words (excluding title).
Prizes: £300/£200/£100
Judge: @rachaeldunlop.com
#fiction #writerslife #writerscommunity

Point of view shapes everything. It decides what the reader sees, knows, and feels. Choose it deliberately. Don’t default to what feels easiest.
#MondayMusing #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky

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ENTRIES CLOSE ON TUESDAY!
International flash fiction competition for stories up to 500 words (excluding title) closes for entries on Tuesday 31 March.

flash500.com/flash-fiction/

Judged by @rachaeldunlop.com
Prizes: £300/£200/£100

#fiction #writerslife #writerscommunity #flashfiction

Get your flash stories read by me! Deadline 31st March for the OG of flash competitions, judged this quarter by yours truly.

Place your character somewhere uncomfortable—a place they don’t belong. Watch how their behaviour, dialogue, and thoughts shift under pressure. #SaturdaySpark #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky

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FOUR-DAY COUNTDOWN FOR ENTRIES!
International flash fiction competition for stories up to 500 words (excluding title) closes for entries on Tuesday 31 March.

flash500.com/flash-fiction/

Prizes: £300/£200/£100 plus publication

#fiction #writerslife #writerscommunity #flashfiction

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NOW ONLY FIVE DAYS TO CLOSE OF ENTRIES!
International flash fiction competition for stories up to 500 words (excluding title) closes for entries on Tuesday 31 March.

flash500.com/flash-fiction/

Prizes: £300/£200/£100 plus publication
#fiction #writerslife #writerscommunity

Six Awesome Prompts to Break Writer’s Block • Open story with foreshadowing• Sensuous dissection • Objects you pass daily • Observe your thoughts • Draw upon personal turmoil• Tell what you feel/d…

#writingprompt #storystarter #amwriting #writingcommunity #wordsprint inventingrealityediting.com/2...

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SIX DAY COUNTDOWN TO CLOSE OF ENTRIES!
International flash fiction competition for stories up to 500 words (excluding title) closes for entries on Tuesday 31 March.

flash500.com/flash-fiction/

Prizes: £300/£200/£100 plus publication

#writersoftwitter #fiction #writerslife #writerscommunity

I am off to this today. My book, Only About Love, was selected as the book for 2021, part of one book for every year of Stoke on Trent's centenary. Lisa Blower has worked so hard at this. You can read all about it on her blog here: www.lisablower.co.uk/restoking-th...

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Flash Fiction Competition Welcome to the Flash Fiction Competition by Flash 500! This is a flash fiction competition where the prize money truly reflects the skill required to enc...

There is just ONE WEEK LEFT to enter our international #flashfiction competition for stories up to 500 words.

flash500.com/flash-fiction/

Entries close 31 March.
Judged by @rachaeldunlop.com
#amwriting #writerscommunity #writing

A reminder that @flash500.bsky.social closes at the end of the month and I’m judging!

Great to see my story on this list! Thank you @flash500.bsky.social

The long list is up on the website for the 2026 short story category. Is your title there?
flash500.com/category/ann...
Good luck to all for the next stage of judging.
#shortstories #fiction #writingcommunity #writerscommunity

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Just two weeks left to enter!
Flash fiction #writingcompetition up to 500 words
flash500.com/flash-fiction/
Closes for entries 31 March
#flashfiction #amwriting #vss
Prizes £300/£200/£100

Why Characters Need Obstacles (Or Your Story Won’t Move) I trust everyone’s week has started well. We just had Mothers’ Day in the UK so I had my mum and brothers over and a total day off writing or even thinking about it.  I got right back to work...

2 Min Read - New Blog Post - Musing, and Character Conflict. Please read and leave me a comment under the blog. Would love to hear from you. #writing #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky www.debbivoisey.co.uk/musings/marc...

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Just two weeks left to enter!
Flash fiction #writingcompetition up to 500 words
flash500.com/flash-fiction/
Closes for entries 31 March
#flashfiction #amwriting #vss
Prizes £300/£200/£100