Flash Fiction 2010
The Biscuit International Flash Fiction Prize 2010 is still open for submissions.
What is flash fiction? Also called a short-short story, micro-fiction, mini-tale as well as other inventive names which all boil down to the same thing - a very short story contained within a given tight word count, in this case between 250 and 750 words. The title is not included in the word count! Biscuit prefers the name Flash Fiction and makes it open to all genres.
A previous winning flash fiction, written by Australian Jacqui Winn, titled Nothing Happens, can be found in the Biscuit website. Last year's winning story Monsieur Méchant by Cheryl Lee Latter who lives in the Channel Isalnds can be found in the 2009 winners' anthology The Possibility of Bears, which contains the top seven flash fictions as well as the top seven (longer) short stories.
Before you consider entering your story, here is some food for thought!
Biscuit's annual competitions have run since 2001 and traditionally attract around 400 - 500 entries. 90 - 95% of those entries were of an extremely high standard, so - these are your odds for winning! Without doubt, Biscuit attracts the crème de la crème of writers.
Are you good enough to take the Biscuit in 2010?
- First Prize £1000; (approximately $1,500 US dollars; €1,100 Euros)
or your own collection or novella published plus £350 (and 75 copies of your book) - the choice is yours! - Second Prize £250
- Third Prize £100
- Seven runners-up £25 each
- This contest welcomes writers from around the world, but all entries must be in English
- The top ten flash fictions will be published in the Winners' anthology, and each author will receive three copies.
Competition rules and information about how to enter
