Deadline: October 18, 2024
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$2,000 in cash prizes, including AU$1,000 for the winner, cash prizes for the entire shortlist and two bonus ‘wildcard’ prizes.
The competition is open to all ages and levels of ability all over the world.
The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction is different to most flash fiction competitions for various reasons. Firstly, you have only two days in which to write your 500-word story (because you won’t receive the competition prompts until 18th October). Secondly, instead of just one prompt, there are two… plus an additional anti-prompt, which urges you to break a specific ‘rule’ of writing. This will either get your creative juices flowing or have you tearing your hair out, but we are really drawn to the originality of the competition… and indeed the AU$2,000 in cash prizes available!
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$2,000 up for grabs in each round of the competition:
- 1st place – AU$1,000
- 2nd place – AU$500
- 3rd place – AU$200
- 4th place – AU$100
- Honourable mention – AU$50
The next round of the competition commences at midday 12.00pm AEDT Friday 18 October 2024 (Sydney, Australia time). Entrants have until midnight AEDT on Sunday 20 October 2024 to submit a 500-word piece of original fiction in response to the given criteria.
Competition guideline
- These Competition Rules set out the agreement between Not Quite Write (“we”) and entrants (“you”) regarding entry into a round of the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction (“the competition”). The Competition Rules constitute the terms and conditions for entry.
- Anyone in the world can enter the competition. The competition is run from New South Wales, Australia. All times, dates and monetary amounts are of that region unless otherwise specified.
- By entering the competition, you declare that your entry is a work of original fiction composed by you specifically for the competition, and that it was not written wholly or in substantial part prior to commencement of the competition, or for another purpose.
- Key dates
- The competition runs quarterly and commences at midday AEST or AEDT as applicable on the third Friday of the relevant month (January, April, July, October) (“commencement”).
- At commencement, we will announce the prompts by email to current ticket holders. We will also publish the prompts in the Participant Lounge on our website.
- The competition closes at midnight on the following Sunday AEST or AEDT as applicable (“deadline”). Late entries will not be accepted except in the event of a catastrophic technological or other failure on our part, or otherwise at our sole discretion.
- Read the whole guideline and submit your entry here.
