Duets & Duvets Award Part 1
Making sweet music together.
Making sweet music together.
The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children. -Jessica Lange
Some say they just arrived, while others believe they’ve always been here.
For this award authors are asked to use a short poem by Virginia Woolf as a prompt for writing a dual narrative story.
it’s time to get in touch with your inner demons.
The big list of small fiction. Regular contests from around the web all in one place, including daily, weekly and quarterly awards.
Why does the sugar go missing, only to reappear in the afternoon? What is that strange laughter by night? And why do daisies grow in circles… Blood circles.
Write a story based on a misunderstanding, where characters act under a false belief, be it deliberate or otherwise. Engage the reader with dramatic irony and create tension through the story.
{Due 9 Aug 2015) Engineers and their achievements are often overlooked in modern fiction. It’s time to correct that. A writing contest with structural integrity.
A fantasy fiction contest that pits two estranged siblings into a chance first encounter. 700 Words. Due 2 August 2015.
Taking your cues from the master of cyberpunk, write a flash fiction story that uses the unequal distribution of technology as a main theme or plot point.
FlashThis winter has been the longest in memory, and the town’s reserves are dwindling. You have been elected (on account of drawing the shortest straw) to venture out into the cold and dark and see how the neighbouring town fares. […]
Horror, while you were sleeping…
Using one of of the prompts from Writing Prompts For Science Fiction Stories as a starting point, write your best science fiction story of no more than 700 words. Make sure you follow all the guidelines listed below, including how to […]
In this short story contest, authors are asked to write a piece of fiction where the protagonist received unexpected news.
{Closed} In this contest we ask authors to write a film treatment / synopsis / brief about a film in which the characters have no sense of irony.
Short List & Winner Announcement Read the full short list and winner announcement here: TRIGGER WARNING SHORT STORY CONTEST GUIDELINES The Samurai and Western Genres both occupy the territory of the revenge narrative, often involving a lone hero or […]
Catherine Miller took out first place for this award. Read the Winner Announcement: 1.Mr Right Is Definitely Out There by Ash Warren A tongue in cheek bit of Clickbait about love bots for sale that gives new meaning to […]
This award is now closed. Read the winner announcement 1. Blanket Rules – Sean C Sydney’s Dystopian Future laid bare on a slow train to nowhere (Read more). 2. Process of Elimination – Ash Warren A Sci Fi short about […]
There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion. Edgar Allan Poe