The 2026 Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction is now open.
Submission Guidelines
- Choose a team and write a 500-word story based on your team’s prompts.
Entry fee: $35.00 – $175.00
Prizes:
- 1st Prize $1,500 | 2nd $1,000 | 3rd $500 | 4th $350 | 5th $250 | 6th $200 | plus 3x $100 Wildcard Prizes.
- The winner receives a trophy, and the top 6 stories also feature in a dramatised reading on the podcast and are published in the annual Best of the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction anthology.
Deadline: Jan 23-25 | Apr 24-26 | Jul 24-26 | Oct 23-25
Please note: This is an external competition; all details, all submissions via their website.