Submissions for the Flash Fiction Week 2025 contest are open. Deadline: end of day EDT, Monday, June 9.
We are looking for stories with a maximum length of 500 words. Simultaneous and already published stories are welcome. You can also enter the contest more than once, but please only one story per entry.
The top five submissions in each contest will be posted on CommuterLit the week of June 23-27, 2024. and will receive cash prizes:
First-place: CA$100
Second-place: CA$50
(3) Honourable Mentions: CA$25
Entry fee: CAD$4
Submit here.
Last Chance to take our Readership Survey
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Writing Craft Blog Post of the Week
This week’s blog post is about “Why Readers Keep Reading”.
Contributor News
Stephen Roberts (read his poem “Inventory” this week) has a poem appearing in the most recent Blue Unicorn, Vol. XLVIII, No. 2. April 2025.
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