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Entries for: 75-100 WORD STORY COMPETITION

Writers who wish to enter stories for the 2021 Edinburgh Festival Competition
​should use THIS page.

Please complete the form (using the Storybox below) for the stories themselves – we won't accept stories emailed or sent as attachments.

    STORYBOX (for stories of 75-100 words)

    I wish to submit the 100-word story below.
    Please remember the author's name, and don't CAPITALISE EVERYTHING or include "inverted commas'
    (e.g. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway – please include the appropriate capitals, the comma, spaces and the name you wish to use.)

    FAILURE TO COMPLETE THIS FORM EXACTLY
    AS REQUESTED MAY LEAD TO
    ​YOUR SUBMISSION BEING REJECTED.

    Total number of words in your submission, NOT including the title. Our preferred maximum is 100 but we'll consider up to 500. We currently do NOT accept stories of 101-150 words.
    Please note that submissions must be between 75 and 100 words in length. Please make sure your wordcount is accurate.
    Please insert your story into the box below.
    Write story text in here – or copy and paste from your favourite word processor. However please be aware that we can't accept poorly formatted work or work written in poor English, or stories in bad taste. We notify all new stories on Twitter.
    (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.)

    This is to assert your copyright, and also to allow us to comply with GDPR regulations, etc..
    For more details, see our page under "GDPR Compliance". There's nothing sinister here, we're just ticking a box, too.
    BEFORE YOU SUBMIT, PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE FORM EXACTLY AS REQUESTED.
    TAKE PARTICULAR CARE WITH THE TOP BOX.

SEND MY STORY
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​100-WORD SUBMISSIONS GUIDANCE
Please read this before submitting
The main reasons why submissions are rejected are:
  • they're not the correct length – 75-100 words;
  • the quality of writing is poor, often from someone unfamiliar with the English language;
  • the stories aren't actually fiction;
  • they're submitted as attachments, such as Word;
  • the stories have appeared elsewhere before;
  • the author has submitted two or more items (in any category) in the same week;
  • the entry form has been incorrectly completed. 
​Each of these problems can be solved. For instance, part of the fun of writing flash fiction is shrinking your story to the required size! But please – take care to complete the form properly.

DURING THE COMPETITION
We're sorry, but for the 14 days of the competition, we're not publishing any longer flash fiction or poems. It's just too much work. Normal service will resume after 13th August.

If you have any problems, we'll try to answer any problems sent to the email address below, but all submissions must use the Storybox. Entries sent via this email address will not be accepted.

submissions@fridayflashfiction.com

We don't claim any sort of exclusive rights here, so feel free to submit your story anywhere else once your story has been published. However, we expect competition entries to be previously unpublished anywhere else.

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