The Creative Splurge

Competitions Competitions Winter 2025 Flash Fiction Competition Subtext: the delicate art of saying one thing while meaning another. It’s also one of those things that separates good writing from exceptio…

Our flash fiction competition is open to writers of any level of experience (or none) anywhere in the world. The winner will be published in our winter issue and there's a prize of £25 (or equivalent) so... what are you waiting for? 🤷🏻‍♂️👉🏻 penstricken.com/competitions

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HONK HOOONK

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Competitions Competitions Winter 2025 Flash Fiction Competition Subtext: the delicate art of saying one thing while meaning another. It’s also one of those things that separates good writing from exceptio…

You know what? I bet you'd win our flash fiction contest if you entered it. I've just got a feeling about you, kiddo. I see £25 (or equivalent) prize money + publication in our winter issue in your future. 🔮👀

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With no entry fee and a mere 55-hour window, are you ready for September's 500-word Furious Fiction challenge?

Starting Friday 5 Sept, give it a go! Low stakes, high fun!

All the details are here →
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fiction/

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Day 2 - Discover

Happy Writings! ✏️

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Woohoo, #30words30days September. Thank you, @danielle-baldock.bsky.social! 🙏❤️ #WritingCommunity #amwriting #flashfiction #microfiction #microlit #writing #shortwriting #30words30dayscommunity #writesky

"I hope, or I could not live."

—H. G. Wells

TIME TO PANIC! 😱

That #FLESHfiction deadline really snuck up on us all!

Whatever you do, you need to get *something* over the line, because you’re not going to wanna miss the fun to come!

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."

Maya Angelou

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One week till deadline for the #flashfiction #competition about moments of epiphany where attitudes/behaviours change for the greener – see www.greenstories.org.uk/flash-fictio... £1000 ($1200) worth of prizes. We'd like to see more entries in transport and food categories. #writers #writinggroups

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🤣🤣🤣This post alone is worthy of a prize!

The August #TwistedTournament #WritingCompetition is here 😎 This unique competition has 3 back-to-back #MicroFiction stories of 500, 250, and 100 words respectively followed by a week of #PeerJudging 💜❤️😎
Anyone wishing to take part, it's not too late - head over to: twistedtournament.com

Short Story Competition - Anthology Creative Awards Entries are now invited for the prestigious Anthology Short Story Competition – open to original and previously unpublished short stories

€1,000 is up for grabs in the Anthology Magazine Short Story Competition, which is open for up to 1,500-word stories until 31 August 2025.

All the details are here →
https://anthology-magazine.com/awards/short-story-competition

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Flash Fiction Competition | Anthology | Luxury lifestyle magazine and creative awards The Anthology Flash Fiction Competition is established to inspire creativity, great writing and to provide a platform for publication.

€300 is up for grabs in the Anthology Magazine Flash Fiction Competition, which is open for up to 250-word stories until 30 September 2025.

All the details are here →
https://anthology-magazine.com/awards/flash-fiction-competition/

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The Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition is open until 31 August with a €1000 prize for 16-24 page entries.

All the details are here →
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Eco-fiction writers!!!

Less than 2 weeks to get your 500-word green flash-fiction epiphanies to Green Stories by 27 August.

All the details are here →
https://www.greenstories.org.uk/flash-fiction-competition-epiphanies-2/

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Issue 4 – SUBMISSIONS Submissions Open Submissions for our autumn issue, Machinery, are now open. See below for full submission guidelines for this issue. Please note we are presently unable to provide monetary compensa…

#Writersky, submissions for our autumn issue are OPEN!

THEME: Machinery ⚙️
#FICTION: 5,000 words max.
#POETRY: 1-4 poems, 40 lines each max.
#NONFICTION: 1,000-2,000 words about writing
FEE: None.
DEADLINE: 31st Aug

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OUR FICTION AWARD Complete submission guidelines for The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award, which offers a $1,000 first prize, an honorable mention award of $100 and publication for both winners.

The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award is open until 30 September. Submit your spooky, supernatural 1,500-10,000-word stories for up to $1,500 in prizes.

All the details are here →
https://theghoststory.com/tgs-fiction-award

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See! See how important your writing is?

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Adaptation Contest - Book Pipeline

Published a book, story or comic you'd like to see adapted for Film or TV?

Book Pipeline's 2025 Adaptation Contest closes soon on August 15.

All the details are here →
https://bookpipeline.com/contest/adaptation-contest

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Weekly Writing Contests - Reedsy Prompts Enter our weekly Writing Prompts Contest for the chance to win $250 and publication on our blog!

This week, Reedsy Prompts is inviting 1,000-3,000-word story submissions using prompts based around 'Make a Wish'.

Deadline is Friday, 15 August!

All the details are here →
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/

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Our squirrels are about out of energy and nuts!
The prompt generator will be shutting down tomorrow, Friday at 9am (BST).
Last call if you want to take part in the flash writing challenge or are hankering for a second set of promptage.
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The Bedford Competition is open for poetry (40 lines) and short stories (3,000 words) until 31 October with a £2,000 prize for the winner of each category.

All the details are here →
https://bedfordwritingcompetition.co.uk/

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Get back to work!! 😄

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We’re currently open for general submissions: send us your horrors, up to 6000 words, including flash.

Originals and reprints: you may submit one of each. Don't agonise over your cover letter (really, don’t).

You MUST submit via our Moksha portal (link in reply). We don’t accept email submissions.

The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2025 - £5,000 writing prize The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 international competition for emerging authors of children’s novels, YA, chapter books and picture book texts.

The Bath Children's Novel Award is open until 30 November with a £5,000 prize for the first 5,000 words of unagented writers' books.

All the details are here →
https://bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-novel-award/

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‪@bathnovelaward.co.uk‬

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The Masters Review's summer short story award is accepting submissions under 6,000 words from new writers up to 7 September. Up to $3,000 in prizes.

All the details are here →
https://mastersreview.com/short-story-award-for-new-writers/

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