Now Accepting Submissions To Our Summer Supernatural Flash Fiction Competition
What is flash fiction—also called “sudden,” “brief,” or “short-short” fiction? Well, different editors will offer slightly different definitions, but for our purposes a flash piece is a supernatural tale of 1,000 words or fewer. Here at The Ghost Story, we really love flash because it’s exciting: It forces writers to eliminate almost all exposition and seize the reader’s attention from the very first word by building a chilling scene or set of scenes that get right to that metaphorical heartbeat hammering beneath the floorboards.
What we’re looking for in the Summer 2024 Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition: carefully crafted stories of 1,000 words or fewer on a supernatural or magic realism theme. Other than those relatively flexible boundaries, we’re wide open to all kinds of approaches—as any perusal of past winning and honorable mention stories will demonstrate.
The author of the winning story will receive a cash prize of $1,000 plus publication here on The Ghost Story website on or before July 31. Two honorable mention winners will receive $200 each, plus publication.
Just like a good flash-fiction story, our contest will not go on for long. Our deadline is July 15 at 11:59 p.m. ET. If you’re interested in submitting, you need to visit our submissions page for full contest guidelines and access to our electronic submissions system.
Cheers — The Editor
