Flash Fiction Writing Contest - July 2009
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Purpose: Have fun, enjoy the competition, and become a better author by participating in the peer critique process portion of this contest. Learn more about flash fiction.
Who Can Enter: This contest is open to all authors. All submissions must be posted and assigned critiques completed by July 31, 2009. Stories must be 1000 words or fewer. You may post additional stories to this site for critique, but only one story will be eligible for the contest.
Subject Matter: You choose. The flash fiction should adhere to our content policy.
Prizes: The winner of this contest will receive $100.
How to Enter: It’s pretty easy
- Create a free account or sign in for existing members.
- Upload your story; make sure you select “Flash Fiction Writing Contest” as the category.
- Submit your work for peer critique.
- Complete your assigned reviews, this is discussed more below.
Decisions: There will be 2 rounds of judging.
- Authors from the Review Fuse staff will select the 3 best works for Round 2.
- Of these 3 works selected, Review Fuse management will select the winning authors based on who gave the most detailed and well thought out critiques to their peer’s.
Entry Fee: There are no entry fees or purchases of any kind required to enter and win the contest. After you submit your work to the contest you will be required to complete assigned critiques of other authors (4 for free members and 2 for premium members). You will receive 3 critiques of your work in return. Those who do not complete their critiques will not be eligible to win the contest.
Rights: All stories remain the sole property of the author. After we have selected the winner we will seek permission from the author to publish the winning work on our blog. The author is under no obligation to allow this.
Notification: The prize winner will be notified by email on August 8, 2009. We will announce the prize winner on our blog on August 10, 2009.
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June 19th, 2009 at 6:54 am
[...] Website http://www.reviewfuse.com/blog/2009/06/flash-fiction-writing-contest-july-2009/ Fee to enter $0 Prizes $100 Details Length: 1,000 words or fewer Theme: [...]
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:05 am
[...] Review Fuse’s Flash Fiction Writing Contest is open to international entries. Winner takes away $100. While the contest doesn’t cost anything, Review Fuse operates partly as a peer review site, which means to qualify for the prize, you must submit and critique three other writers’ 1,000-word pieces on the site by July 31. [...]
July 31st, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Is there a specific format we need to use when we submit our entry? Like does it need to be double-spaced or anything?
Also, when you edit your work, do you need to do more reviews?
August 1st, 2009 at 8:24 am
How many people winded up entering? =]
August 3rd, 2009 at 4:39 pm
@Deana
We had 147 people enter the Flash Fiction Contest.
We are not picky about format. We generally toss people out who write in all caps or try to write their whole story as one paragraph after reading the first line or two, but not always.
After you edit your work you do not need to do more reviews. You can edit and change it all you want until the deadline.
August 4th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Thanks for answering both questions [meant to submit it as one, but forgot the other half].
Goodluck to all entrants!
August 10th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Hello
Have the winners been announced yet?
August 10th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
The winner has been announced http://www.reviewfuse.com/blog/2009/08/flash-fiction-contest-winner/