"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."​
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Entries: EIBF CONTEST 2025

YOU MAY SUBMIT EITHER ONE OR TWO STORIES
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS 23:59 UK TIME ON FRIDAY 15th AUGUST 2025
​Please complete the form (using the Storybox below) for the stories themselves – Word attachments will not be opened.
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    STORYBOX (entries must be fiction of 90-100 words' length)

    Please complete the form below, taking special care to complete the box immediately below EXACTLY as requested.
    NOTE THAT YOUR COMPETITION ENTRY – IF ACCEPTED – WILL APPEAR WITHOUT YOUR AUTHOR NAME ATTACHED.
    (e.g. The Old Man and the Sea This will be copied and pasted directly to the top of your story.)
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    Must be 90-100 words (inc) long. If the story makes little sense without its title, the title will be counted in the wordcount.
    ​Please make sure your wordcount is accurate.
    Please insert your story – please do NOT include the title again – into the "EDINBURGH FESTIVAL ENTRY STORY" box below.
    (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.)
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    Please... before you click "Send My Story", ​make one last check that:
    YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE FORM EXACTLY AS REQUESTED.
    TAKE PARTICULAR CARE WITH THE TOP BOX​

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. (See top of page – simultaneous submissions are fine, however.)