Overall winner badge for the Not Quite Write Prize for FLESH fiction awarded to Jayne Rice for the story As They Like It.
SHOCK, as I didn’t hope to win.
JOY, as I actually did!!
Thank you @notquitewrite.com for an amazing #FLESHfiction contest that took me well out of my comfort zone! (So far out I chose the pen name Hester Prymme. 😅) So many wonderful stories, so many talented writers. ♥️ Check out the NWQ podcast!
Congratulations to longlisters & special badge winners, shortlisters & category winners, to the winner of the whole dang thing!
And to every single person who submitted! It was an honor to read, and the @notquitewrite.com #FLESHfiction episodes have been such a delight! So excited for #BareDevils!
Strong @notquitewrite.com #fleshfiction vibes here…
Two main non-writing takeaways from this episode:
1- @holly-realski.bsky.social had it right. If you're a daredevil, you need to establish dominance immediately in the title of your story.
2- @akscotland.bsky.social really wanted this to be a #fleshfiction submission.
Time to fess up, and these delightful badges make it so much easier! Sadly, no #FleshFiction longlist, but stoked with a couple of shout outs on the podcast. And thank you @notquitewrite.com for such a unique opportunity with this comp. I doubt I'd have attempted such a story otherwise.
Well, I didn't make the Not Quite Write #FleshFiction longlist, but my story did get a shout out on the podcast from @elisescott.bsky.social, which was nice. Thanks, Elise 😊
The whole episode was a great listen. I'm looking forward to hearing the ones for the individual categories.
Might not have longlisted, but happy to step into this particular spotlight… 🍋
@notquitewrite.com #FleshFiction
I know something you don't know! 🙊
#FLESHfiction
During this quiet period, we’ve been delighted to find the space to catch up on #FLESHfiction judging.
We can’t wait to share with you the wildest ways in which the supposedly “unsexy” can become irresistible.
You’ve ruined us for mundanity forever!
If you submitted to @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction with a human/nonhuman story, and you don't shortlist, this might make a good home for your story! There were SO MANY great ones! And this mag accepts NSFW!
Our guest judge, @juliaboggio.bsky.social has finished judging the Erotic Romance category of the Not Quite Write Prize for #FLESHFiction! 🌹
Here are her stats:
DQ/No: 71 (64%)
Maybe: 12 (11%)
Maybe+: 14 (13%)
Yes: 9 (8%)
Favourite: 4 (4%)
A HUGE thank you to our guest judge, @elisescott.bsky.social for dedicating so much time to very thoughtfully reviewing our #FLESHFiction entrants' stories.
We can't wait to get into the nitty gritty on the podcast and learn together what it takes to write compelling erotic fiction!
I'm sad to announce I've finished judging for @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction. Authors, it's been a boundless, soul-warming honor to read your stories. @akscotland.bsky.social & @quitewriteed.bsky.social, thank you for letting me!
Final Stats:
DQ/No: 121
Maybe: 70
Maybe+: 43
Yes: 18
Favourite: 3
Fingers crossed! That's so sweet of you to say! I'm convinced in sounds 100x better because of @quitewriteed.bsky.social reading it! And oh my gosh, I'm so excited to read all the teasers and wonder if they're about my story! Though I'm going to miss reading #FLESHFiction. They're SO good!!
Gah! I only have 31 @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction stories left to read (so I'll probably finish day after tomorrow), and friends, I'm going to be SO sad when I finish! It is such an honor and such a joy to read your brilliant, dark, sweet, funny, twisted, steamy, berserk stories!
@notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction story 2788 might be my favorite story I've read so far! I laughed aloud multiple times and enjoyed the whole romp thoroughly. This might be your story if you played with tropes. I can't wait to see what @akscotland.bsky.social & @quitewriteed.bsky.social think of it!
Oop. Accidentally wrote another dissertation in the comments box of a @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction story. Sorry, @akscotland.bsky.social and @quitewriteed.bsky.social. Who wants to take bets on whether I'll ever be invited back to guest-judge again. 😳🤣
Know what I just realized? Soon(ish), I'll be reading @akscotland.bsky.social nd and @quitewriteed.bsky.social WriteEd's teasers for #NotQuiteWritePrize, wondering if they're about ME! 😃But this one is for #FLESHFiction 3476, who did something new w/ a common trope! YES from me! @notquitewrite.com
In a break from working on my @notquitewrite.com flash fiction entry, I read some #FLESHFiction, and dang, 3424 is gorgeous, demure, short, and has something I *never* would have put in erotica, yet it features in 3 of my Yes/Favourite selections. What are you people doing to me?
@notquitewrite.com t #FLESHFiction story 3472 got a Yes from me, as well as making me snort-laugh. In my notes for @akscotland.bsky.social and @quitewriteed.bsky.social , I am now wishing for a long-running prime time TV series centered around this narrator.
Someone has done it again. Story 3512 earned a Yes from me. This one could be yours if nobody in your story has a name. The prose on this @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction was daring and utterly lush. I'm keen to discover what @akscotland.bsky.social & @quitewriteed.bsky.social think of it.
@notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction story 2719 had several elements, including the title, convincing me before I started reading that it was going to be a no. But instead, it was a YES! This story might be yours if it had a wordcount of significantly less than a thousand.
@notquitewrite.com t #FLESHFiction story 3238 resonated with a melancholy beauty that earned it a yes from me! Is it yours? The food featured this story isn't eaten by the characters.
Really not sure whether @akscotland.bsky.social and @quitewriteed.bsky.social are going to agree with me, but I gave @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction story 3383 a Yes. This story might be yours if you featured another language besides English.
I hit a bit of a dry patch in @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction stories, but the one I just read was lush, gorgeous, and a definite yes from me. 3301 might be yours if your story includes at least one sunset.
One more comment wraps up my @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction posts for tonight. I probably gave @quitewriteed.bsky.social and @akscotland.bsky.social WAAAAAAAY more information than they wanted on a certain topic in entry 2678. Sorry, guys. 😳
Wow. That was... that was weird. Maybe one of the weirdest things I've ever read. Did I love it? Yep, I sure did! I marked it FAVOURITE! Only my second one so far! Did you write story 3223? If so, I appreciate your robust vocabulary. @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction
Reading @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction, and 2759 got a yes from me. If your story had a painful ending, this could be it!
Not being able to get a submission in for #FleshFiction might be my biggest disappointment of 2025.
Please tell me this comp will come back next year
Just read my last @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction entry for today, and it was another YES! Story 3518 is almost entirely lacking in visual imagery. Is it yours? We'll just have to wait and...see!
