Flash Fiction Competition


  • Our winner will receive £30 via PayPal and publication on our winners page.
  • All non-winning shortlisted will have their entry fee refunded (does not apply to the feedback fee if paid).

Entry is £2.50 via the PayPal button below (local currency calculated in PayPal), or free entry if you pay £5 for feedback on your story. When paid, please email your story to: fusilli-writing@outlook [dot] com (Dot removed in an attempt to reduce spam). No attachments and please include the PayPal transaction reference.

Our educational materials on how to write flash fiction are now free and can be seen on our resource page. We advise having a read to maximise your chance of winning.

Please read the competition rules here.

Entry for 1 story

£2.50

Feedback & free entry for one story

£5.00

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17th Competition now open. Current story count: 39/50

Past winners:

CompetitionWinnerRunner up / Short list
Comp 16
Jenny Drury – The Last Post
D M Woolston – Day at the Mall
Jo Riglar – Heart of Mine
Angela Fitzpatrick – The Last One You’d Expect
Taria Karillion – Dadaji’s Bucket List
Comp 15Kathryn Hefford – Sisters not TwinsNicole Tilby – Marital, Blissful Silence
Jenny Drury – Always Check the Coast is Clear (A Cautionary Tale)
Hilary Smith – The Hairpiece
Christine Eddison- A Promise Fulfilled
Young writer comp 1N Adachie – The Text MessageF Arkhipov – Bartholomew’s Morning
A Cornwall – The Laminator
G Ko – Anything
T Losse – Giant
Comp 14Karen Court – Justice Is ServedNicki Nance – Put in Place
Chris Fraser – The Grandmother of the Graveyard
Jenny Drury – Happy with My Lot
Fan Yang – Lost City in the Jungle
Comp 13Joel O’Flaherty – The Stranger and her ShoeboxThomas McLeod – Atomic Time
Jenny Drury – Worst Case Scenario
Varda Tully – The Worm Turns
Nicki Nance – Guitar Play
Comp 12Virginia Crow – Did You See It?Elizabeth McGinty – Free To a Good Home
Varda Tully – Whistling in the Wind
Kathryn Hefford – Disparity
Glenys Adams – Bed
Comp 11
(Sept 2022)
Jeff Taylor – Fishing with CharlieJenny Drury – The Graveyard Slot
Ken Tracey – Pawn to Knight
Lee Ciasullo – The Moving Day
Jenny Mena – Her Mighty Sword
Antonio Jimenez – I Never Heard the Shot
Comp 10
(June 2022)
Julia E Sands – Bird WatchersJenny Drury – Making Memories
Lemur – Danced in the park
James Seviour – A String Theory Cocktail
Jeff Taylor – Dashboard Dynasty
Comp 9
(April 2022)
Rosa Carr – The Unknown StatueJames Vodrey – Homecoming
David O’Keefe – Hunger
Mark Frederick – School Routine
Rosemary Gemmell – The Anniversary Envelope
Paul Beckman – A Bump in the Night
Michele Walls – The last dance
Garry Dubey – The two tailed beauty
Andrew Newall – Crimes of the Past
Comp 8
(Feb 2022)
Fred Mcllmoyle – TortureVicki Leigh – The Write Words
Jacqueline Bartle – His Day in Court
Alun Evans – We need to have a conversation
Tom J Herron – Voodoo Twins
Son Le – The scoulding
Morgan Forbes – Hungry Red Eye
Comp 7
(Nov 2021)
Chris Ryder – The FinalChris Ryder – Cataclysm
Danny Harvey – Trapped
Rachel Cadwallender – Deja vu
Yvonne Clarke – Rites of Passage
Zach Keenan – Passive
Comp 6
(October 2021)
Shirley Bold Trott: All Service and No ReturnWarren Tang: She Loves Me Not
Jeff Taylor: Predators
Debbie Jarvie: My Demise
Martha Lane: Culpability Maturation
June 2021 Claire Loader: Roleplay James Mason: Best served cold
Jeff Taylor: Big Apple
Charise de Becker: Whiskey Wicked
Ellie Herda-Grimwood: She is Mine
Ruth Dear: On Cloud Nine
December 2020Shiv Saywack: White ChristmasSue Dawes: Keeping the wolf from the door
Niles Reddick: Vertigo
June 2020Dan McQuain: Father and SonSera Worrall: Time for Tea
Sue Dawes: Final Illusion
December 2019Rhiannon Cousins: Runaway GroomSue Dawes: Our father who art in Clapham
June 2019Sue Dawes: Battle DressNeil Phillips: Lucid Nightmares
Alex Entwisle: Soon

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