Flash Fiction Friday Writing Contest

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Flash Fiction Friday Writing Contest | October 6, 2017

It’s all the music this week for your flash fiction writing challenge.

Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.

Tom Petty

And here’s a video for you:

https://www.theroosterswife.org/videos/randall-bramble-at-the-roosters-wife/

What you do with these is up to you. No limitations on genre, place, space, time, etc.

As always, here are the rules of the competition:

Rules:

You have from now until Sunday, October 8 at midnight EST to write and post your entry in the Forum.
Entries must be under 1000 words and fit the theme of this week’s prompt.
Entries will be judged on creativity, interpretation of the theme, structure, technical skill, and the overall quality of the writing.
The winning entry will receive a manuscript critique from me.

And …

Congratulations to H. L. Fullerton for slamming it last week with a GLOW inspired wrestling flash.

Anna Yeatts

Flash Fiction Friday Writing Contest: September 29, 2017 – The Smashup

Here’s your writing prompt for this week’s challenge! It’s a genre smash-up. Not just a mash-up. A SMASH-UP.

Congratulations to Dafydd McKimm for winning last week’s contest!

Yes. One of your genres is … wait for it … pro-wrestling. You see, I’m a bit of a Glow addict. Why? Because wrestling is storytelling in a microcosm. Between those ropes, there are stories. Good and bad guys (or gals), conflict, escalation, and resolution. And it all happens in a few minutes and a handful of wham-bam moves.

I won’t lie. I was a child of the 80’s and I have a weakness for a good spangled leotard and some Spandex tights with high tops.

Your job this week is to choose another genre other than mainstream and SMASH it up with something Glow-inspired.

Good luck!

Warning: the trailer is NSFW.

Rules:

You have from now until Sunday, October 1 at midnight EST to write and post your entry in the Forum.
Entries must be under 1000 words and fit the theme of this week’s prompt.
Entries will be judged on creativity, interpretation of the theme, structure, technical skill, and the overall quality of the writing.
The winning entry will receive a manuscript critique from me.

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

Flash Fiction Friday Writing Contest – September 22, 2017

Here’s your writing prompt for this week’s contest: An Appetite to be Appreciated

Congratulations to HL Fullerton for the winning entry in last week’s contest!

Rules:

  1. You have from now until Sunday, September 24 at midnight EST to write and post your entry in the Forum.
  2. Entries must be under 1000 words and fit the theme of this week’s prompt.
  3. Entries will be judged on creativity, interpretation of the theme, structure, technical skill, and the overall quality of the writing.
  4. The winning entry will receive a manuscript critique from me.

 

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper The Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art Collection, 1942.51

“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.” 
― Erma Bombeck

When you’re done, post your entry here.

The Forums are password protected so you won’t lose first publication rights. That means you have to enroll in Write Stories That Sell (Don’t worry. It’s free). If you have any trouble with your login, don’t hesitate to email me at info@annayeatts.com.

Good luck!
Anna

Hubble Telescope captures butterfly nebula

Flash Fiction Friday Writing Contest – September 15, 2017

Here’s your writing prompt for this week’s contest: A Mysterious and Inexplicable Phenomenon

Congratulations to Shawn Proctor for the winning entry in last week’s contest!

Rules:

  1. You have from now until Sunday, September 17 at midnight EST to write and post your entry in the Forum.
  2. Entries must be under 1000 words and fit the theme of this week’s prompt.
  3. Entries will be judged on creativity, interpretation of the theme, structure, technical skill, and the overall quality of the writing.
  4. The winning entry will receive a manuscript critique from me.

The Horsehead Nebula:

Hubble Telescope captures butterfly nebula
Credits: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team

Here’s the opening line to Jules Verne’s classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea:

“The year 1866 was signalized by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten.”

When you’re done, post your entry here.

The Forums are password protected so you won’t lose first publication rights. That means you have to enroll in Write Stories That Sell (Don’t worry. It’s free). If you have any trouble with your login, don’t hesitate to email me at info@annayeatts.com.

Good luck!
Anna

 

Flash Fiction Prompt

Flash Fiction Friday Writing Contest – September 8, 2017

Here’s your flash fiction writing prompt for Friday, September 8: The Rising

The rules:

You have until Sunday, September 10, at midnight EST to submit your entry in the Forums. It must be under 1000 words and adhere in some way to this weeks theme.

Entries will be judged on creativity, interpretation of the theme, structure, technical skill, and the overall quality of the writing. The winning entry will receive a manuscript critique from me.

I’ll post the winner by Thursday (unless Hurricane Irma says otherwise).

Good luck!

Anna

Use the photo below and/or the excerpt from Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” along with this week’s theme of “The Rising.”

Flash Fiction Prompt

 

An excerpt from “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou:

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.

Here’s the link to the Forum for this week.

 

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