2020-Flash-03 - Winners
Contest
Flash Fiction
Voice.club has a strong commitment to writers and writing. Our Flash Fiction writing contests, begun in April 2020, are a wonderful opportunity for writers to practice their craft, share their stories and win prizes!
All of our contests feature family-friendly stories of 350 words or less. Reading one of our stories is a sure way to get your day off to a good start – writing a story is even better! Some of you writers may even want to use our prompts as a daily writing practice.
2020-Flash-04
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- Grand Prize (Staff Pick) – $50 Amazon Gift Card
- First prize (Public Voting) – $25 Amazon Gift Card
- Free Google SignIn, and Free Contest Entry
2020-Flash-04 - "Home"
Most of us have been spending all of our time at home during this global pandemic lockdown, so this is a subject many of us know all too well! Now’s your chance to write about a topic as old as mankind, yet newly experienced during these challenging times.
For our current “Flash Fiction” contest, we invite you to write a story that features home. Is home a place of refuge? A memory? Something longed for? How do your characters think of home and what stories do they tell?
Good luck!
Double-check your story against the rules below, and make all corrections BEFORE you send! Multiple entries of the same story will be disqualified.
Ensure your entry follows these rules:
- Correct length (350 words or less)
- Correct spelling and grammar
- Family-friendly content
Include some reference to the concept of "Home"
Flash Fiction Contest
Prizes:
- Grand Prize – $50 Amazon Gift Card plus permanent star page, and permanent publication of the story on the site
- First prize (Public Voting) – $25 Amazon Gift Card plus permanent star page, and permanent publication of the story on the site
- Second prize (Public Voting) – permanent star page, permanent publication of the story on the site
- Third prize (Public Voting) – permanent star page, permanent publication of the story on the site
- All shortlisted stories are eligible for inclusion in our “Voice Club” Alexa Skill
- All shortlisted stories are eligible for inclusion in the Voice.club Kindle books
Guidelines for entering:
- You must be a Member to enter – Sign Up
- Write a short story about the current prompt in 350 words or less
- Write your story, then fill out the Entry Form above
- You may enter as many times as you like with different stories, but each entry requires a separate entry form
- Multiple entries of the same story will be disqualified. Please do all your editing and make all your changes before you send it in!
- Check this page for contest updates
Helpful Hints:
- Title does not count toward total word count
- Hyphenated words count as one word
- Give your story a unique title that no one else is likely to use.
Contest Rounds and Public Voting:
- Round 1 – Pending (Voice.club Staff)
Pending items will either be disqualified or qualified.
Entries will be disqualified if they:
- Contain more than 350 words
- Contain excessive spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors
- Are not family-friendly
- Do not contain any reference to the current prompt
- Are repeat entries or corrections of stories already entered
- Round 2 – Qualified (Voice.club Staff)
- Voice.club staff will review all the qualified stories and select a short list.
- Only shortlisted stories will be eligible for our Voice.club Kindle books.
- Only shortlisted stories will be available for public reading and voting.
- Round 3 – Short List (Public) published after entry deadline
- The voting period will have a posted begin and end date.
- Public votes by clicking the “Like” button within the voting period.
- Public can “Like” as many stories as they wish.
- The highest number of “Likes” will determine the first, second and third place winners.
- Voice.club Staff will select the Grand Prize Winner and the list of Finalists from the short list.
- The voting period will have a posted begin and end date.
