FFF Competition Thirty-Two Judge’s Report by Kerri McCourt | Free Flash Fiction FFF Competition Thirty-Two Judge's Report by Kerri McCourt   28th March 2026   On a snowy March morning, I curled up with a cup of coffee, my dog Cedar, and fifteen superb stories to keep me company. ...

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FFF Competition Thirty-Three
Flash fiction 100 and 300 words
1 Winner £200.00 and publication
2 Highly Commended £100.00 and publication
3 Shortlisted £80.00 and publication
Judge: Rosaleen Lynch
Closes 23.4

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Competition Thirty-Two Highly Commended: Those Glorious Waves – Free Flash Fiction I know exactly when I should have died. Not in any mystical, predestined sense—in the same way there’s an optimum moment for shareholders to sell before prices plummet.   May 18th 1998, Bali. That’s w...

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Those Glorious Waves
by
Jaime Gill
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Competition Thirty-Two Highly Commended: I Wake on Our Tenth Anniversary to a Slate-Grey Saturday and Tom Already Running – Free Flash Fiction He used to sleep in the spare room only before a race, in case I snored or woke up crying. Now he’s training so hard he’s there every night. While he fartleks up Slitherstone Hill, I butter a baking t...

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I Wake on Our Tenth Anniversary to a Slate-Grey Saturday and Tom Already Running
by
Chris Cottom
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Competition Thirty-Two Shortlisted: Trying – Free Flash Fiction “It’ll make you feel better,” he’d insisted.   And although she hadn’t wanted to, she’d made the effort. But somewhere along the shore road, her mood darkened, and she felt anger seep into the space b...

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FFF Competition Thirty-Two Shortlisted:

Trying
by
Joanna Miller

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Competition Thirty-Two Shortlisted: The Pledge – Free Flash Fiction Her plums were not as good as mine; no-one with eyes to see could have thought so. One of them had a huge bruise. And she’d polished them; there was a whiff of Pledge in the air. I told the judges, bu...

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FFF Competition Thirty-Two Shortlisted:

The Pledge
by
Julie Roxburgh

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FFF and Free Flash Fiction are pleased to announce the FFF Competition Thirty-Two Shortlist - As Chosen by Judge Kerri McCourt

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Free Flash Fiction Flash Fiction stories of around 500 words. Links to authors profile.   Welcome to the Free Flash Fiction website   The Free Flash Fiction website is a space to ...   Promote a broad range of flash fic...

FFF and Free Flash Fiction would like to say a big thank you to all who entered FFF Competition Thirty-Two and for keeping this flash fiction project alive and vibrant!

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Greene & Heaton Project. Agent Zoom 1:1 for 10 successful writers. Closing Date 27/03/26. See website for T&Cs.

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PPGJLI writing competitions invite Saint Paul residents and Minnesota youth to share stories rooted in culture and justice.

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FFF Competition Thirty-Two
100 to 300 words
1 W £165.00
2 HC £77.00
3 SL £66.00
£4.40/ £2.95 p.entry
Judge: Kerri McCourt
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FFF Competition Thirty-Two
100 to 300 words
1 W £165.00
2 HC £77.00
3 SL £66.00
£4.40/ £2.95 p.entry
Judge: Kerri McCourt
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And well done to everyone who made the shortlist and longlist this year – the quality of entries was fantastic so this is a great achievement.
The Writing Magazine Children’s Book Prize will be running again this autumn if you'd like to give it a go!
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FFF Competition Thirty-Two
100 to 300 words
1 W £165.00
2 HC £77.00
3 SL £66.00
£4.40/ £2.95 p.entry
Judge: Kerri McCourt
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FFF Competition Thirty-One Judge’s Report by Caroline McKenzie | Free Flash Fiction FFF Competition Thirty-One Judge's Report by Caroline McKenzie   26th January 2026   It was a pleasure to take part in the judging process for this competition. I very much enjoyed reading the fifteen...

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Competition Thirty-One Winning Flash Fiction: Sun, Moon, Stars – Free Flash Fiction You told me there are three stages of a dandelion—sun, moon, and stars—while our tandem kayak glided across the lake, and beside us, the field shimmered gold. Remnants of sunshine kept us warm, bathin...

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Sun, Moon, Stars
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Competition Thirty-One Winning Flash Fiction: Sun, Moon, Stars – Free Flash Fiction You told me there are three stages of a dandelion—sun, moon, and stars—while our tandem kayak glided across the lake, and beside us, the field shimmered gold. Remnants of sunshine kept us warm, bathin...

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Sun, Moon, Stars
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Kerri McCourt

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Competition Thirty-One Highly Commended: Where the Apple Reddens – Free Flash Fiction As he hefts another crate into the whitewashed cool of the apple store, Clem asks if I’m yet fifteen, if I like being in service, if I have a bed to myself, whether there’s a rug to save my knees when...

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As chosen by Judge Caroline McKenzie
Highly Commended:

Where the Apple Reddens
by
Chris Cottom
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Competition Thirty-One Highly Commended: When the Night Took Notice – Free Flash Fiction The night on the mountain should have been silent, but nothing stays silent when Folake dances.   Captured far from the river that raised her, she now moved before foreign eyes, Portuguese nobles who ...

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As chosen by Judge Caroline McKenzie
Highly Commended:

When the Night Took Notice
by
Charon Maseka

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Competition Thirty-One Highly Commended: Where the Apple Reddens – Free Flash Fiction As he hefts another crate into the whitewashed cool of the apple store, Clem asks if I’m yet fifteen, if I like being in service, if I have a bed to myself, whether there’s a rug to save my knees when...

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FFF Competition Thirty-One Highly Commended:

Where the Apple Reddens
by
Chris Cottom
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Competition Thirty-One Shortlisted: Wet Brain – Free Flash Fiction “Suzie.”   “Suzie.”   “Suzie.”   Your voice rises with each repetition. I lower my book and force a smile.   You’re leaning forward, elbows on knees. Your frown pulls your eyebrows down, smoothing you...

FFF Competition Thirty-One
As chosen by Judge Caroline McKenzie
Shortlisted:

Wet Brain
by
Jaime Gill
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Competition Thirty-One Highly Commended: When the Night Took Notice – Free Flash Fiction The night on the mountain should have been silent, but nothing stays silent when Folake dances.   Captured far from the river that raised her, she now moved before foreign eyes, Portuguese nobles who ...

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FFF Competition Thirty-One Highly Commended:

When the Night Took Notice
by
Charon Maseka

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Competition Thirty-One Shortlisted: The Abiding Hills – Free Flash Fiction “I’m a pluviophile,” she’d said, tracing her finger down the pane, following the raindrops’ paths. “It makes me feel safe.”   As if to satisfy her, all October brooding clouds swathed the hills, inces...

FFF Competition Thirty-One
As chosen by Judge Caroline McKenzie
Shortlisted:

The Abiding Hills
by
Joanna Miller

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Competition Thirty-One Shortlisted: I Made A Cubist-inspired Portrait Of Our Marriage – Free Flash Fiction For the background I used that wallpaper we stashed in the garage. Remember? Beige, with the egg-yolk coloured teddy-bears? Then I added glimpses of your on-off vintage leather bomber jacket. The litt...

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As chosen by Judge Caroline McKenzie
Shortlisted:

I Made A Cubist-inspired Portrait Of Our Marriage
by
S.A. Greene
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Competition Thirty-One Shortlisted: Wet Brain – Free Flash Fiction “Suzie.”   “Suzie.”   “Suzie.”   Your voice rises with each repetition. I lower my book and force a smile.   You’re leaning forward, elbows on knees. Your frown pulls your eyebrows down, smoothing you...

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FFF Competition Thirty-One Shortlisted:

Wet Brain
by
Jaime Gill
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Competition Thirty-One Shortlisted: The Abiding Hills – Free Flash Fiction “I’m a pluviophile,” she’d said, tracing her finger down the pane, following the raindrops’ paths. “It makes me feel safe.”   As if to satisfy her, all October brooding clouds swathed the hills, inces...

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FFF Competition Thirty-One Shortlisted:

The Abiding Hills
by
Joanna Miller

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