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Competition Submission Guidelines

National Flash Fiction Day Microfiction Competition Submission Guidelines

Submissions for our 2025 Microfiction Competition are now CLOSED.
Submissions for the 2026 Microfiction Competition will be open from 1 December 2025 tp 15 February 2026.

The 2025 Microfiction Competition will be judged by:

  • Sudha Balagopal
  • Rebecca Field
  • James Montgomery
  • Sherry Morris

You can read more about the judges here.

We are looking for work of up to 100 words on any theme and will be awarding:

  • £150 for first place
  • £100 for second place
  • £50 for third place
  • seven awards of £20 for highly commended pieces.

The winning and highly commended authors will be published in the National Flash Fiction Day 2025 anthology. Winning and shortlisted authors will also receive a free print copy of this anthology.