Competition Deadline: Bath Flash Fiction Award
October 4
From the competition website:
Three rounds per year: March to June, July to October, and November to February. Full details in the rules. In summary:
- 300 word limit.
- £1000 prize for the winner, £300 second and £100 third. Two commendations £30 each.
- 50 longlisted entrants offered publication in our end of year print and digital anthology. Those accepting receive a free print copy.
- Flash Award judge, Jo Gatford, shortlists to 20 and chooses the winning, second, third, and two commended fictions.
- The current Flash Fiction Award round closes Midnight GMT 4 October 2026.
- Winners will be announced by 1 November 2026 on our Winners pages.
- Enter the Flash Fiction Award here online.
Enter here.