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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

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10th Anniversary Anthology

Brilliant Flash Fiction celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2024 with an eBook and print anthology entitled TENacity. We are seeking flash fiction stories of 300 words or less on the subject of Tenacity. Writers do not have to use the word “tenacity” in their stories or titles; simply send us your best work expressing the concept of te·nac·i·ty:

  1. the quality or fact of continuing to exist; persistence.”the tenacity of certain myths within the historical record”

Similar: persistence, determination, doggedness, single-mindedness, perseverance, stick-to-it-iveness, resolution, If someone calls you tenacious you’re probably the kind of person who never gives up and never stops trying – someone who does whatever is required to accomplish a goal.

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POP-UP WRITING CONTEST RESULTS

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Many, many thanks to the 40 writers who donated at least $10 to participate in the Brilliant Flash Fiction pop-up writing contest. We received 27 entries and BFF editors chose four stories to appear in the January 31, 2024 issue. 

The winning authors are Cath Barton, Roberta Beary, Helen Chambers, and Tricia Gates Brown. 

Donations generated by this writing contest will support Brilliant Flash Fiction through its tenth year of operation in 2024. 

Season Greetings to Readers and Writers everywhere!

POP-UP WRITING CONTEST

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It’s FUNdraising time! 

We are sponsoring an impromptu writing contest to celebrate our upcoming 10th Anniversary in 2024, and we want it to be challenging as well as fun. Donate at least $10 to Brilliant Flash Fiction, and you could win a slot for your story to be published in our January 31, 2024, issue.

Here’s how it works:

Step one: Go to our website (brilliantflashfiction.com) and click the Donate button on the right side of our Home page. Please give generously—but you must donate at least $10 to enter the contest. Every $10 donation earns you one chance to submit an entry. If you donate $20, you can submit 2 entries; $30 for 3 entries; and so on.

Step two: When we receive your donation, we will email you a story title. You will then write and submit a fiction story of 1,000 words or less that matches this story title. When you donate more than $10, you can submit more than one entry. The deadline for all contest entries is December 5, 2023. No poetry or essays. One entry per $10 donation.

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LET’S BE BRILLIANT!

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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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WELCOME 2022 WRITING CONTEST

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Prompt: None – Let your imagination run wild
No Entry Fee
Word limit: 500 words, excluding title
Deadline: April 15, 2022
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

Judge: Pamela Painter

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

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Our second print anthology is coming soon…

Brilliant Flash Fiction wants your best and most brilliant 300-word flash fiction stories for a print anthology set to launch autumn 2021.

Your story must be original and unpublished. One submission per author, please.

Theme: None. Let your imagination run wild. All genres accepted.

Word Count: 300 words or less

Deadline: May 14, 2021

Author Payment: One complimentary copy of the print anthology

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ON-THE-SPOT WRITING CONTEST

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Write a Story in One Hour

Want a chance to have your original flash fiction published in our January 2021 issue? Invest an hour writing original flash fiction (200-1,000 words) based on a prompt given via Zoom.

Participate from anywhere in the world.

Eventbrite Registration Required. Go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-spot-writing-contest-tickets-121262313845.

This is a fundraising event. No entry fee is required, but a $10 donation to Brilliant Flash Fiction would be appreciated. Donations may be made on our website by clicking the Donate button.

Word limit: 200-1000 words, excluding title

Zoom call: 11:30 AM (Mountain Standard Time), Saturday, November 7

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LIBRARIANS’ CHOICE – WRITING CONTEST RESULTS

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library photoThe Librarians’ Choice contest was held February 24-May 30, 2020, and evoked a bit of sadness that we can no longer wander the aisles of public libraries.

Contest Judges Anne Macdonald (based in the Poudre River Library District, Fort Collins, Colorado) and Molly Thompson (Front Range Community College Librarian, Larimer Campus, Fort Collins) chose a “Lost in the Library” prompt, and 192 international writers submitted a wide range of creative entries.

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“WOW US” – WRITING CONTEST RESULTS

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This writing contest was a lot of fun for the staff at Brilliant Flash Fiction. The entries were judged in-house and provided us with months of reading pleasure. We would like to thank the 350 writers who took the time to share their creativity and brilliance with us. Choosing a shortlist and three prize-winners was a difficult task.

IMG_6939First Prize: LIGHT THE DAMN FIRE by Eileen Malone
Second Prize: Calculus by Suzanne Freeman
Third Prize: Gustav Mahler’s Nipples by Laton Carter

Judges: Brilliant Flash Fiction staff
Theme: None!

 

First Prize: LIGHT THE DAMN FIRE

Assistant Editor Ed Higgins’ comments: As novelist and short-story writer Richard Harding Davis observed: “The secret of good writing is to say an old thing a new way or to say a new thing an old way.” Eileen Malone’s story carries the marks of both. The plot and plotting of the betrayed vengeful wife is, of course, a much repeated tale. Malone reinfuses this old nugget with a realism of setting as well as giving her protagnist-narrator a believable infusion of emotional hurt by a betraying husband. All of which sets the story up for the “new thing” twist on good ‘ol revenge. In the couple’s get-away cabin the wife sets alight the stuffed fireplace—but with the vent closed. Continue reading ““WOW US” – WRITING CONTEST RESULTS” →

“WOW US” WRITING CONTEST!

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IMG_6488Prompt: None. Let your imagination run wild
No Entry Fee
Word limit: 300 words, excluding title
Deadline: SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
Submissions: email to
brilliantflashfiction@gmail.com
Prizes:
50 euro first prize (or equivalent amount in your currency)
25 euro second prize
15 euro third prize
Judges: Brilliant Flash Fiction staff
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