Our Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition Winners Are Posted Below
. . . And Our Full-Length Story Contest Opens
The Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition-winning story for winter 2022 is “Heart Full Of Crows,” by Arthur Pike. To read it, just scroll down this page. Our honorable mention winners are Haley Kennedy, of northern California, for her story, “Birthday Cake,” and Mona Susan Power, of Minneapolis, for “War Bundle.” Susan Power has been here before: Her story, “Straw Dogs,” took the top prize in the 2021 Screw Turn Flash contest. Congratulations to all three of our flash fiction winners—and many thanks to our contest judge, Tara Lynn Masih.
Twice each year, The Screw Turn contest awards publication and cash prizes for excellence in supernatural fiction of between 250 and 1,000 words. For your reading enjoyment, all three stories are posted below, and will soon be available on the Screw Turn Story Page.
Our summer 2022 Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition opens in early June. If you’re a writer who is interested in entering, keep an eye on this website for announcements.
Meanwhile, The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award, our contest for full-length supernatural short stories of up to 10,000 words, opens for will be open for submissions as of February 15, with a deadline of April 30. If you’re a writer of supernatural fiction, have a look at our competition guidelines.
