Tag: Writing Contests

2026 WRITING CONTEST RESULTS

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Thank you for the participation and support of 440 international writers who entered our contest. Brilliant Flash Fiction staff members carefully examined those entries and chose the following Top 10 entries with much difficulty. Choosing our top three prizewinners was even more difficult.

Congratulations and gratitude to everyone who earned a spot on our shortlist, and to those who didn’t—we wish you every success in your future writing endeavors.

First Prize: Where Anklets Once Rang by Aleena Abbasi

Editor Ed Higgins comments: Where Anklets Once Rang is a richly told full flash story. It’s every bit what I’d call a WOW+ story.

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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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