Deadline: January 24-26, 2025
Entry fee: $20
About the competition
The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction is an international writing event that challenges writers to create an original piece of flash fiction based on two typical writing prompts plus one anti-prompt.
Participants will compete for AU$4,000 in cash prizes, including AU$1,500 for the winner, a trophy, and a publishing contract. The competition is open to writers of all levels of experience worldwide.
When the competition kicks-off, the prompts will be announced by email. Entrants will receive details about how and where to submit their entry when the competition opens.
There is a total prize pool of AU$4,000 up for grabs in each round of the competition:
- 1st Place: AU$1,500
- 2nd Place: AU$1,000
- 3rd Place: AU$500
- 4th Place: AU$350
- 5th Place: AU$250
- 6th Place: AU$200
- Wildcards (2): AU$100
The next round of the competition commences at midday 12.00pm AEDT Friday 24 January 2024 (Sydney, Australia time). Entrants have until midnight AEDT on Sunday 26 January 2024 to submit a 500-word piece of original fiction in response to the given criteria.
Competition guideline
- You must hold a ticket to enter the competition. Your ticket is valid for one entry to the current round of the competition.
- In addition to entry, your ticket grants you access to our exclusive Participant Lounge and Forum.
- The Participant Lounge is an exclusive online space available to ticket holders and acts as your portal to the competition entry form and Not Quite Write Forum. From time-to-time, the Participant Lounge may also provide access to exclusive content and discounts.
- Your access to the Participant Lounge and Forum will begin when you purchase your ticket and will continue into future rounds of the competition regardless of whether you purchase a ticket for those rounds. Access is subject to change without notice.
- You must submit your entry using the form in the Participant Lounge (“entry form”). The entry form will only appear to current ticket holders in the Participant Lounge during competition window. Email entries will not be accepted.
- Read the whole guideline and submit your entry here.
