Twice each year TGS will award $1,000 and publication to the first-place winner of our Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition. In addition, two honorable mention winners will receive $200 each, as well as publication. Our next deadline is July 15. Winners and honorable mentions to be announced and published on or before July 31. Read the flash fiction story submission guidelines here.
WINTER 2026 SCREW TURN FLASH FICTION COMPETITION WINNERS
WINNER
“Influencer” by Ralph Wales Huntley
HONORABLE MENTION
“The Infestation” by Robert Isaacs
HONORABLE MENTION
“What The Lake Remembers” by T.J. Malaskee
HONORABLE MENTION
“Rough Patch” by Ralph Wales Huntley
SUMMER 2025 SCREW TURN FLASH FICTION COMPETITION WINNERS
WINNER
“Starving” by Robert Garner McBrearty
HONORABLE MENTION
“Check Engine” by Kelsey Gilchrist
HONORABLE MENTION
“He’ll Be Back Soon” by Iqbal Hussain
WINTER 2025 SCREW TURN FLASH FICTION COMPETITION WINNERS
WINNER
“Psychopomp” by Kyle Placet
HONORABLE MENTION
“Our King” by Michael Haiden
HONORABLE MENTION
“I Love You . . .
But I’m Tired Of The Deadly Car Crashes” by H. Wheaton
SUMMER 2024 SCREW TURN FLASH FICTION COMPETITION WINNERS
WINNER
“Pulling” by Chris Turner-Neal
HONORABLE MENTION
“Prophecy” by H. Wheaton
HONORABLE MENTION
“The Flood” by Cristina Bryan
WINTER 2024 SCREW TURN FLASH FICTION COMPETITION WINNERS
WINNER
“He Loved His Mamma And His Mayonnaise” by Gerard J Waggett
HONORABLE MENTION
“Keep Your Head On” by Robert McBrearty
HONORABLE MENTION
“The Rocking Chair” by William Weissinger
HONORABLE MENTION
“Storm And A Lonely Headstone” by Ash Kennedy
SUMMER 2023 SCREW TURN FLASH FICTION COMPETITION WINNERS
WINNER
“The Lair” by Brid Cummings
HONORABLE MENTION
“Cora In The Empty House” by Andrew Graham Martin
HONORABLE MENTION
“The Pickup” by Kathryn Pratt Russell
WINTER 2023 SCREW TURN FLASH FICTION COMPETITION WINNERS
WINNER
“The Barnyard And The Graveyard” by Maureen McEly
HONORABLE MENTION
“Night Marcher” by Michael Kaukeano Sonray-Kelly
HONORABLE MENTION
“Ghost Story” by Isobel Oliphant
HONORABLE MENTION
“Beat The Devil” by Mona Susan Power
SUMMER 2022 SCREW TURN FLASH FICTION COMPETITION WINNERS
WINNER
“Jesus” by Joseph Bathanti
HONORABLE MENTION
“She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not” by Janice Egry
HONORABLE MENTION
“Tribute” by Timothy Boudreau
HONORABLE MENTION
“Twenty-Eight Doors To Nowhere” by Meg Johnson
WINTER 2022 SCREW TURN FLASH FICTION COMPETITION WINNERS
WINNER
“Heart Full Of Crows” by Arthur Pike
HONORABLE MENTION
“Birthday Cake” by Haley Kennedy
HONORABLE MENTION
“War Bundle” by Mona Susan Power
THE 2021 SCREW TURN FLASH FICTION COMPETITION WINNERS
WINNER
“Straw Dogs” by Mona Susan Power
HONORABLE MENTION
“Wake Up Gringo” by Scott Duncan
HONORABLE MENTION
“Here Be” by Marie Raven
THE 2020 SCREW TURN FLASH FICTION COMPETITION WINNERS
WINNER
“That One” by Keely MacCulloch
HONORABLE MENTION
“Growth” by A. Poythress
HONORABLE MENTION
“Holding a Grudge is Like . . . ” by Harriet Phoenix
THE 2019 SCREW TURN FLASH FICTION COMPETITION WINNERS
WINNER
“The Family China,” by William Weissinger
HONORABLE MENTION
“Half An Orange,” by Cassondra Windwalker
HONORABLE MENTION
“Billy Said This Really Happened To Lucy,” by Tara Lynn Masih
2018 WINNERS
WINNER
“The Coal Mape,” by Kurt Newton
HONORABLE MENTION
“Compression: A Very Short Story,” by Robert Perchan
SECOND HONORABLE MENTION
“Hindsight,” by Carie Juettner
2017 WINNERS
WINNER
“Solitude,” by Mindy McGinnis
HONORABLE MENTION
“The Lostling,” By Daniel Soule
SECOND HONORABLE MENTION
“Tongues,” by Emma Murtagh
2016 WINNERS
WINNER
“A Brief Respite,” by CL Dalkin
HONORABLE MENTION
“Palette,” By Barry Charman
SECOND HONORABLE MENTION
“Kitsune,” by Stuart Riding