We absolutely loved reading the stories from this unique and inspiring contest! We love seeing how different writers approach our prompts, and we found some fresh and exciting stories from this prize! Congrats to everyone on the shortlist and big congrats to our...
We're so excited to celebrate these winning stories! They took us to settings only found in these writers' imaginations! Big congrats to everyone on the shortlist as it's always hard to get on this list! First Place: Problems of Inheritance Law in Fig Country, Chapter...
We're back and thrilled to present the stories that made the shortlist for the Fractured and Fused Prize. Congrats to everyone! We had to make lots of difficult decisions and it'll only get harder from here. We'll be back soon with Judge Sherrie Flick's winners. Keep...
Timothy Boudreau’s Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever is coming in March from Stanchion Books. Get your copy HERE or wherever you buy books. Guest interviewer Patricia Q. Bidar recently met with Timothy to discuss the collection, Boudreau’s second. Patricia Q. Bidar:...
What's fractured may be fused, and we were fractured and fused a million times over while reading these stories. We're honored to present these longlisted titles and will be back shortly with the shortlist, which will be judged by Sherrie Flick! Fast Horse Objects in...
Another round of difficult decisions to narrow our shortlist to 20 stories to send to Judge Jemimah Wei! Congratulations to the shortlisted writers! We're all wondering who the winners will be! Collective Memory In the Temple of the Ugly Women House of the Minotaur...
by Timothy Boudreau Patricia Q. Bidar’s Pardon Me for Moonwalking was recently released by Unsolicited Press. Get your copy HERE or wherever you buy books. Guest interviewer Timothy Boudreau recently met with Patricia for a lively exchange about the collection,...
Judge Gwen Kirby has chosen her grand-prize winner and the 15 finalists, who we will publish in 2026! Please congratulate these writers and get excited about reading their stories soon! We think these are some of our best from 2025! Grand Prize Winner: Blackboxing by...
We love how writers interpret and are inspired by this theme and prompt each year! It helps us see our own world through a new lens, and these stories always resonate! Here are the 40 longlisted titles for your review! We'll be back next week with our shortlist, which...
Albert Abdul-Barr Wang conducted this conversational interview via email during June and July of 2025. Allison Field Bell was kind enough to discuss her multiple practices in writing and photography, just as Finishing Line Press released her latest chapbook, Without...
by Dawn Tasaka Steffler Melissa Llanes Brownlee’s Bitter Over Sweet was the 2023 winner of the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards. This accomplishment was huge for Melissa, but also for the Flash community. As she says in this interview, and has mentioned...
This shortlist didn't come any easier to decide as we received so many great stories with unique premises and characters! There was a great response to this contest, and so many great stories that it took us longer than usual to decide, but we're excited to share with...