Christmas Contest Submissions

"The essential challenge of Friday Flash Fiction is to write a fresh new story of 100 words (or just under) in time for publication that following Friday."

Submissions: CHRISTMAS COMPETITION 2025

YOU MAY SUBMIT EITHER ONE OR TWO STORIES
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS 23:59 UK TIME ON FRIDAY 12th DECEMBER 2025

Please complete the form (using the Storybox below) for the stories themselves – Word attachments will not be opened.

22%

STORYBOX (entries must be fiction of EXACTLY 100 words in length. The title is not included.)

Please complete the form below, taking special care to complete the box immediately below EXACTLY as requested.

* Indicates required field

Story Title, AND Author Name (set out as shown below, please) *

Please include the appropriate capitals, the comma, spaces and the name you wish to use.

(e.g. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway. Only the TITLE will be posted at this stage.)

Please insert your story – you don't need the title again – into the "CLASSIC FFF STORY" box below.

CLASSIC FFF STORY *

(If you have any special instructions, such as italics, etc, please just add them at the end of the story. We'll try to accommodate if we can.)

Name (for legal reasons, please use your real name here.) *

First

Last

Email *

Declaration *

I certify that I have provided my real name and email address, and am not using a VPN or proxy server.

Many people don't realise they're using a proxy server. Usually, they're using a college, school or business network, but sometimes there are other technical issues. We check your IP address HERE.

General Data Protection Regulation Consent *

I give consent for Friday Flash Fiction to store my data in accordance with the European 2018 GDPR

First-Time-Ever Submitters please tick here *

Please check this box if this is your first ever submission to Friday Flash Fiction. It greatly helps admin.

WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THIS CONTEST...

Please... before you click "Send My Story", make one FINAL check that:
YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE FORM – ESPECIALLY THAT TOP BOX – EXACTLY AS REQUESTED.
(A lot of people are ONLY including the title, not everything else.)
THAT YOU HAVE CHECKED THE STORY IS EXACTLY 100 WORDS LONG (PLEASE COUNT THEM!).
THAT YOU ONLY ENTER TWICE. SENDING THE SAME STORY TWICE COUNTS AS TWO ENTRIES.
WE REALLY DON'T LIKE DISQUALIFYING PEOPLE

SEND MY STORY

By pressing Send My Story, I verify that the details I provide on this form are accurate and that my submission
has been written within the last 7 days and has not been previously published elsewhere.