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FLASH FICTION COMPS 2026
Every month we have a writing competition that generally alternates between Flash Fiction and Poetry; although some months we have had plays and duologues.
Below is a selection of the Flash Fiction Comps held in 2026; plus links to other years.
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Please click here for FLASH FICTION COMPS 2025
Please click here for FLASH FICTION COMPS 2024
Please click here for FLASH FICTION COMPS 2023
Please click here for FLASH FICTION COMPS 2022
Please click here for FLASH FICTION COMPS 2021
Please click here for FLASH FICTION COMPS 2020
March 2026 - Astronomy and Space
Inspired by the wonderful talk on astrophotography by special guest speaker Karan Bawa at our 21st birthday celebration, March's writing competition theme was Space and Astronomy. Entries were welcomed regarding any celestial object(s), space travel, or even science fiction - as long as it had a space or astronomical theme. (Note: We asked entries to stay clear of Astrology!).
It was another double-header! That is to say, flash fiction and poetry.
We received 13 flash fiction entries and can be read below.
Results were announced at our Zoom meeting on 30 March 2026.
1st place: Chris Gregory - Life on Earth
Joint 2nd place: Mike Lansdown - Shaping Up
Joint 2nd place: Sumi Watters - The Air We Breathe
Joint 4th place: Joanna Bawa - Report on Exoplanet - 3
Joint 4th place: Caroline Osborne - A Small New World
February 2026 - Randomness/Selective
February's writing competition was a double-header: Flash Fiction and Poetry.
Taking the theme of "randomness / selective" on from our in-person meeting in the Quakers Hall on 2 February, the competition was to select a line from a song lyric (not the title!). Authors could choose any genre of song but it had to be a line taken from a song lyric.
We received 9 flash fiction entries, which can be read below.
1st place: ENTRY 2: Sumi Watters - Out of Character
2nd place: ENTRY 1: John Hartley - Extract from a New Sound Melody Interview: 10 Feb 1991
3rd place: ENTRY 6: Joanna Bawa - Choice or No Choice
4th place: ENTRY 7: Mike Lansdown - The Bright Lights
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For enquiries, please Email: Mike Lansdown mike.lansdown@hotmail.co.uk
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