The Fiction Desk Open Submissions

The Fiction Desk is always looking for new short stories about people and places, rather than about writing itself, for the Fiction Desk anthologies.

Prizes: £15 per thousand words for stories they publish.

Entry fee: £2 – for expedited reading.

Deadline: None. For more information, please visit their website.


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Flash 500 Flash Fiction Competition

Now in its fifth year, this quarterly competition has an open theme, but you only get 500 words to tell a story.

Prizes:  £300 for first prize (plus publication in Words with JAM); £200 for second prize; £100 for third prize.

Reading fee: £5 for one story; £8 for two.

Deadline is September 30, 2014. For more information, please visit their website.


Indies Unlimited is pleased to provide this contest information for the convenience of our readers. We do not, however, endorse this or any contest/competition. Entrants should always research a competition prior to entering.

The Fiction Desk Flash Fiction Competition 2014

Now in its second year, the Fiction Desk Flash Fiction Competition is open for stories from 250-1,000 words.

Prizes: First prize, £200 plus publication in an upcoming Fiction Desk Anthology; Runner-up (4), £50 plus publication.

Entry fee: £3 for one story/ £7.50 to submit three stories together.

Deadline is January 31, 2014. For more information, please visit their website.


Indies Unlimited is pleased to provide this contest information for the convenience of our readers. We do not, however, endorse this or any contest/competition. Entrants should always research a competition prior to entering.

Flash 500 Flash Fiction Competition

Now in its fourth year, this quarterly competition has an open theme, but you only get 500 words to tell a story.

Prizes:  £500 for first prize (plus publication in Words with JAM); £100 for second prize; £50 for third prize.

Reading fee: £5 for one story; £8 for two.

Deadline is September 30, 2013. For more information, please visit their website.


Indies Unlimited is pleased to provide this contest information for the convenience of our readers. We do not, however, endorse this or any contest/competition. Entrants should always research a competition prior to entering.