A Place for Fiction Writers

Prompt: You enter an old curiosity shop/thrift store/blackmarket. You can only choose one object. What is its story? Word Count:

Prompt: We are living in trying times, and sometimes facing our fears can help us deal with them more effectively. So,

Prompt: Use it any way you like, as a phrase, a theme, a title, a philosophy, a plan or an

Theme: Lost in Translation Story must contain a phrase (word, sentence etc.) in a foreign language and its translation. But

Dialogue Prompt: two people are chatting in a café/restaurant/bar/park etc, they are discussing a recent broken heart. How did they

Theme: Calm Requirements: The word “Calm” must appear in your story at least once. Word Count: 1,200

Theme: New Beginnings It doesn’t have to have anything to do with the new year/decade necessarily. Word Count: 1,200

Theme: Choose Your Adventure The story must include a skull, a map, and a casualty.   Word Count: 1,200

Theme: Write a story about a detective and the various troubles he comes across when investigating a serious case. Story

Theme: You have 1 week to live, and you can do anything you want before the end…Anything! Story Requirements: None

Theme: Travelling Through the Night You can use any mode of transportation you like, it’s the journey that matters. Story

Theme: Taming the Wild Animal Story has to show an encounter with some kind of “wild” animal in or near

Theme: “The Eavesdropper” You or another character overhears a conversation where it is believed something horrible is going to happen.

Theme: The Story Takes Place on a Train You must use ONE of these 3 scenarios in your story. There’s

Theme: Jail. Must include these three sentences somewhere in the story: “Well this is a nice change of scenery.” “It’s

Theme: The Goodbye Letter Your story should be a goodbye letter written from one character to another. It can be

Theme: New Year’s Eve Stories must take place on New Year’s Eve, the rest is up to you. Story Requirements: Glitter

And without further ado the Winner is… 1st Place: One Must Look with the Heart by Sarig Levin 2nd Place: Sea

And without further ado the Winner is… 1st Place: The Inferior Twin by Carrie Zylka 2nd Place: A Coin by Phil Town

Theme: Twins The wrong twin goes on to win the highest reward and accolades at the expense, sweat, and toil of

And without further ado the Winner is… 1st Place: The True Believer by Victor Ostrovsky 2nd Place: Missing by Lisa Cowan

And without further ado the Winner is… 1st Place: Dream Destination by Phil Town 2nd Place: Growing Up by Roy York

And without further ado the Winner is… 1st Place: Perpetuity – Alice Nelson 2nd Place: Church at the Top of the

Theme: Loss. It can be loss of something precious to you in your life, person, object, position in society or

And without further ado the Winner is… 1st Place: Root and Branch – Andy Lake 2nd Place: Curiosity – Dean

Theme: A Branch. Any kind at all: tree, creek, service, etc. Required Elements: Must contain the following stand-alone sentence somewhere

Theme: The Refugee. Any context. Required Elements: a choice. Word Count: 1,200

And without further ado the Winner is… 1st Place: The Wisdom of My Mum – Andy Lake 2nd Place: Where

Theme: Pet peeve(s); noun; informal Something that a person finds especially annoying. Personal vexation Word Count: 1,200

The theme for this contest is Quarantine. Use it however you like, but someone, or something, must have been, is, or will be in quarantine. The word count: 1,200.

And without further ado the Winner is… 1st Place: J. H. O’Rourke – <http://fiction.wwocz.net/blog/2018-flash-fiction-contest-but-you-promised-bonus/#comment-6539>The New Girl 2nd Place: Carrie Zylka

And without further ado the Winner is… 1st Place: J. H. O’Rourke – Emotionless 2nd Place: Carrie Zylka – Angry

Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: Artificial Intelligence, and/or Virtual Reality. There are NO other

And without further ado the Winner is… 1st Place: Liz Fisher – Identical 2nd Place: Janet Surrusco – Moving

Theme: Elements Story Requirements: Your story must contain these 3 elements: Identical Twins, a party invitation, and a Locked closet.

And without further ado the Winner is… 1st Place: Charles Lilburn –Total Eclipses are Totally Cool 2nd Place: Wendy Edsall-Kerwin

And without further ado the Winner is… 1st Place: Wendy Edsall-Kerwin – A Tale in Three Colors 2nd Place: Charles Lilburn

Theme: ‘Spring’ (any meaning of the word, but it must have an important part to play in the story –

Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “The Ride”. Requirement Element: Something or someone fragile or

Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “Fire”. Story Requirements: ‘Fire’ (any meaning of the word).

(Painting: “Happiness Costs No Money” by Gideon Fasola) Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “Happiness”.