Prompt: None – Let your imagination run wild
No Entry Fee
Word limit: 350 words, excluding title
Deadline: March 15, 2026
Submissions: email to bffwritingcontest@gmail.com
Awards:
$200.00 first prize
$50.00 second prize
$50.00 third prize
$20.00 and publication on our website for seven shortlisted stories
Judge: Brilliant Flash Fiction Editors
Contest Rules:
One entry per author. Open to writers worldwide, no age requirement. English language only. No AI-generated material, please.
Send your entry pasted into the body of an email and also as a Word attachment (in the same email) to bffwritingcontest@gmail.com. Please place your story title in the subject line of your email.
Formatting requirements: Please submit your story double-spaced using font-size 12 pt. Times New Roman. Please submit a brief author bio (60-word limit) in a separate attachment with your contest entry. Results will be announced sometime before June 30, 2026.
Authors retain all rights to submitted work.
Fiction only, please. No poetry or essays.
All entries must be original and unpublished. This means submissions that have been accepted for publication anywhere else, including blogs, radio broadcast, personal web pages, etc., are not eligible.
Entries of more than 350 words (excluding title) or entries found to be published anywhere else will be immediately disqualified.
All winning and shortlisted entries will be published on our website.
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