LET’S BE BRILLIANT!

January 1, 2023 ~ Brilliant Flash Fiction

2023 Brilliant Writing Contest

Judged in-house by Brilliant Flash Fiction editors, our next writing contest has no theme—only a request for brilliant, beautiful writing.

Although we accept international entries, only stories written in English will be considered. Writers of all ages and levels of experience are welcome to submit.

No Entry Fee

Word limit: 400 words, excluding title

Deadline: April 15, 2023

Submissions: email to bffwritingcontest@gmail.com

Awards:
$200.00 first prize
$100.00 second prize
$50.00 third prize

$20.00 and publication on our website for shortlisted stories

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WE NEED YOUR HELP!

November 9, 2022 ~ Brilliant Flash Fiction

Dear Writers: can we ask a favor?

When you shop for Amazon products, please order through AmazonSmile, and select Brilliant Flash Fiction as your nonprofit organization of choice.

What is AmazonS mile?

AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. AmazonSmile is available at smile.amazon.com on your web browser and can be activated in the Amazon Shopping app for iOS and Android phones. When you shop with AmazonSmile, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added benefit that AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to Brilliant Flash Fiction.

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WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR FLASH?

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 ~ Brilliant Flash Fiction

Improve your flash and support Brilliant Flash Fiction

Tired of rejections? Finding that your writing has plateaued?

From August 1 – September 30, you can support Brilliant Flash Fiction and work with our editors to improve one piece of flash fiction.

The way it works:

Step One: Donate $50 on our Home Page brilliantflashfiction.com

Step Two: Submit your flash story (1,000 words or less) to bffflash@gmail.com

Step Three: You are assigned an editor and will receive a critique within 2 weeks. You’ll be able to respond to this feedback, ask for clarification, and discuss edits with her/him for a further revision.

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WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TODD MITCHELL

June 12, 2022 ~ Brilliant Flash Fiction

Brilliant Endings for Flash Fiction

Zoom Workshop with Todd Mitchell

July 30, Noon – 1 p.m. (Mountain Time/Denver, CO, USA)

Suggested donation: $10 (Click the button on our Home Page to donate)

Join us Saturday, July 30, at noon (Denver time) to learn about creating dazzling endings for your flash fiction stories. Workshop leader Todd Mitchell is an award-winning author who directs the Beginning Creative Writing Teaching Program at Colorado State University. Read more about Todd here: toddmitchellbooks.com.

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FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 ~ Brilliant Flash Fiction

Virtual FUNDRAISING WORKSHOP WITH NANCY STOHLMAN

Saturday, JUNE 12, NOON MDT (Denver, CO, time)

About the workshop:

“The Wacky, Weird, and Wonderful: Dazzling Narratives and Experimental Flash Fictions”

The constraints of flash fiction have ironically created a new sort of genre freedom, and flash fiction writers are embracing contortions that wouldn’t work in other forms: a motley circus of tightrope walkers and jugglers and trapeze artists plunging against their boundaries and defying narrative in breathtaking ways. In this one-hour workshop we’ll examine, discuss, and take bold risks with experimental narratives, attempting the kinds of literary acrobatics and daredevil antics that emerge when plots are forced to bend in small spaces.

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