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!

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.