More on Flash Compettitions

There are many flash competitions out there for writers to cut their teeth on, some free entry but with small prizes, others members only.

Here are the ones I could find.

Below these more details of the 7th Quark 11th Frantic Flash
(30 Sep-Oct 1st)

You will see that the 7QFF has a number of unique selling points.


www.chapternverse.co.uk Every Friday (24 Sept)
£0 Entry £5 prize 300 Words No Time Limit

writersbillboard.net (25 Sept)
£2:50 Entry No cash prize! 400 words. No time limit.

www.atticdwellers.org.uk (26 Sept)
£0 Entry. No cash prize! 300 Words No Time Limit.
Members Only

www.allaboutwriting.co.uk/flashcompetition.htm (28 Sep)
£0 Entry. No cash prize! Monthly. 60-500 Words No Time Limit.
Winner gets booklet

www.chapternverse.co.uk Every Friday (29 Sept)
£0 Entry £5 prize 300 Words No Time Limit

www.flashwriters.co.uk Monthly,
Members Only (30 September)
£0 Entry £20 prize 100 Words (3 prompts) No Time Limit?

www.mmminc.org/html/contests.htm (30 September)
$10 Entry. $200 Prize < 1,000 words. No Time Limit

www.rhyminromeo.com/page2.htm (30 Sept)
£0 Entry £50 Book Token 300 words. No Time Limit
Flash starting with a given line...

www.redpens.co.uk Members Only (30 Sept)
£0 Entry £30 Prize 500-1,000 Words
No Time Limit
Title MUST BE "Mind Your Language"

www.thewritepath.co.uk/competition.htm (30 Sept)
£0 Entry Gift Certificate or Book of Choice

(I couldn't get this URL to work)


www.twistedtongue.co.uk/competition.htm (1st Oct)
£1:50 £?? Prize (Percentage of entry fees are shared out)
Minimum 500 words. No Time Limit


The Seventh Quark Frantic Flash Competition.
(Sept 30th & Oct 1st)

TWO Entry Days ("First weekend of the month")
SIX separate time-slots. (0900-1800-2100) (UK Times)
SIX sets of prompts. (6-20 prompts)
Entrants can enter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 times with appropriate fees.

£6 for a single story.
3 stories for £15 if pre-paid.
4 stories for £20 if pre-paid
5/6 stories for £25 if pre-paid

Please note there can be no refunds if writers are blocked or ill.

It's too complicated to deal with!



NO word limit, minimum or maximum.
75/80 Minute time-limit for added pressure!

All entrants can access all stories for discussion (author-blind)
Within 30 minutes of story time-slot closing.

Titles scored and updated on website in real-time with scores
Short-List by Monday Midnight.

Independently Judged Results by Thursday Midnight
or
A Reader Vote, Shorter Short-List published in Seventh Quark

£100/$200 guaranteed First Prize.
Prizes updated on line as entries increase.

Minimum of 50% of Entry used for prizes, average 60% before costs.
To date:
3,527 in Entry Fees
2,130 in Prizes = 60.4% paid in prizes
Costs are taken out from the 39.6% surplus
All surpluses go to Seventh Quark magazine

Peer feedback available on all stories, if desired.
Feedback from Alex Keegan available on all stories
Note this is done privately so stories are not "published"
Any entrant can request their story NOT be seen by the group.
All stories are author-anonymous

Up to ten stories may be published in Seventh Quark Magazine
(maximum to date 5)

Run by a team that between them has won almost 40 first prizes.
Readers have won almost 100 First Prizes