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.