Shortlist
Contest - 2022-Micro-04 - Midnight
Public Voting ends Saturday, September 10:
Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Contest
Contest - 2022-Micro-04 - Midnight
Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
- Grand Prize (Staff Pick)
$25 Amazon Gift Card - First prize (Public Voting)
Voice.club will make an audio recording of your winning story - Unlimited entries – Fast publication – Helpful feedback
2022-Micro-04 - "Midnight"
The prompt for our new Micro Contest is a magical, mysterious time of day – “Midnight”. Who knows what might happen when that clock strikes twelve?
Midnight. Amazing how that one word can stimulate our imaginations! Midnight can be a color, a degree of darkness, a time of day, a mood, a state of mind … what does midnight mean to you?
We look forward to your new stories of 100 words or less inspired by our “Midnight” prompt. You might enjoy reading explorations of night from some of our previous shortlists while you’re coming up with ideas for your own new story.
Good luck in the contest!
Double-check your story against the rules, and make all corrections BEFORE you submit! Multiple entries of the same story will be disqualified.
Ensure your submission follows these rules:
- Correct length (100 words or less)
- Correct spelling and grammar
- Family-friendly content
Be sure to include a reference to midnight!
We are committed to strict moderation and curation to ensure that all content adheres to our family-friendly policy. In order to have the best chance for your content to be published, you should avoid the following topics:
- Drugs
- Explicit sex
- Alcohol centric
- Divisive Religious Content
- Divisive Political Content
- Cigarettes
- Profanity
- Extreme violence
- Controversial Current Events
Comments without a personalized avatar will not be published.
This is a reminder to everyone about our family-friendly policy. Two of the topics we do not allow are “Divisive Political Content” and “Controversial Current Events”. One of the stories we recently short-listed led to a controversial discussion that could easily be blown out of proportion. We know that the author and the members who left comments truly meant no harm, but others could pick up the topic and lead it in a direction that goes against our club policy. Therefore, we have removed the story in question from the shortlist. We are so grateful to all of you for helping us keep our site an oasis for meaningful discourse that is truly family-friendly!
Noted.
What a great prompt! Can’t wait to get started on this one!
Comments without a personalized avatar will not be published.
Nice new prompt.
Writing about midnight offers so many creative opportunities like-
I’m curious how the writers here feel about this question: Should flash fiction stories strive to have a beginning, middle and end?
Comments without a personalized avatar will not be published.
Thrilled to have made the final! Congratulations to all the winners, runners up and my fellow finalists. Pats on the back all round! 😊
Let me join you in this, Linda! Thanks Voice club, thanks everybody for participating and congratulations to us who made it to the finals and especially to those who were chosen as winners. Let’s keep playing!
I would also like to congratulate everyone for a really wonderful collection of stories. I was honoured to receive a bit of recognition for Shelter and Collateral Damage amongst this collection of excellent creative writing.
Comments without a personalized avatar will not be published.