Competition

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.

* Indicates required field

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

(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.

Word count *

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.

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, accept the competition T&Cs and am not using a VPN.

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.

BEFORE YOU SUBMIT, PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE FORM EXACTLY AS REQUESTED.
TAKE PARTICULAR CARE WITH THE TOP BOX.

SEND MY STORY

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.