Christmas Competition, 2019
Welcome to the page for entering the 2019 Friday Flash Fiction Christmas Competition. As usual, we are inviting you to submit a story of 100 words or fewer, not including the title. This year, we're not setting any sort of suggested theme – we're more than happy to receive anything you send. However, flash fiction should always be a story, it's not merely prose.
Last year's winner was Monique Cummings with her excellent The Snow Scene, and our tradition is that she, together with Friday Flash Fiction editor (and founder of Comely Bank Publishing) Gordon Lawrie, act as judges. We'll go through the entrants and pick out a short list of those we like best. Everything submitted and posted to the website in the competition period will be considered for the prize, so you can all see the entries for yourselves and see what you have to compete with.
Last year's winner was Monique Cummings with her excellent The Snow Scene, and our tradition is that she, together with Friday Flash Fiction editor (and founder of Comely Bank Publishing) Gordon Lawrie, act as judges. We'll go through the entrants and pick out a short list of those we like best. Everything submitted and posted to the website in the competition period will be considered for the prize, so you can all see the entries for yourselves and see what you have to compete with.
After that we let our authors be the final judges. Immediately after entries have closed, Monique and Gordon will between them select a short list. Then, we'll be in touch with everyone who has ever submitted stories to Friday Flash Fiction (and allowed us to contact them) and they'll be asked to select their favourite. THAT'S YOU. The winner will be one with the most votes.
The Rules
*It will be necessary to pay the winner directly into their bank account, or using PayPal.
The JudgesCoincidentally, although the competition is open to anyone in the world, both of our judges live in Edinburgh this year.
![]() Last year's winner Monique Cummings is a young, hispanic writer living in Washington D.C. She enjoys writing fiction and poetry particularly. When she is not writing or studying, she dances ballet intensively.
![]() Gordon Lawrie is the current editor of Friday Flash Fiction. He has published three novels, and a collection of short stories is due for publication in 2020.
In addition, Gordon also runs Comely Bank Publishing, a small Edinburgh publishing house consisting of half a dozen authors. Comely Bank Publishing sponsors both Friday Flash Fiction and this Christmas Competition. Friday Flash Fiction is sponsored by
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