Flash Fiction Challenge 2011 | Creative Writing Competitions 2011

● Anyone may compete from anywhere in the world.

● There are a total of 4 writing challenges and everyone is guaranteed to participate in at least 2 challenges.

● In each challenge, writers have 2 days to complete a 1,000 word story based on an assigned genre, location, and object.

● In the 1st Round, all of the registered writers are divided into twenty groups. Everyone participates in 2 writing challenges and are assigned points based on how high they place in each challenge. The points are added up for both challenges, and the top 5 writers from each group advance to the 2nd Round. Click here for more on the point system.

Click here to check out an interview with Natalie Grant, winner of the Flash Fiction Challenge 2010.

● In the 2nd Round, the 100 writers that advanced out of the 1st Round will be divided

into 5 groups and will compete in the 3rd writing challenge. The top 5 writers from each group will advance to the 3rd and final round.

● In the 3rd Round, the 25 writers that advanced out of the 2nd Round will participate in the final writing challenge. They are assigned a new genre, location, and object and again have 2 days to submit a 1,000 word story. The judges choose winners and they'll share in thousands in cash and prizes!

● Feedback will be provided on all the stories submitted in each of the 4 challenges and a special review forum will be available for writers to post and receive feedback during the judging!

Flash Fiction Challenge 2011 Overall Winners

Congratulations to the winners! All 25 stories in the finals were excellent, and the top 10 placements were razor thin. Thank you to everyone that participated, this was definitely one of the most competitive final rounds we have ever had!

#1 'I See You, Santa Claus' by Chelsea Sutton

SYNOPSIS - The spirit of a woman murdered by a mall Santa Claus takes revenge in her own way.

#2 'The First Strike of Leopold and Loeb' by Helen Rossiter

SYNOPSIS - A fearless new Agency man realizes he is not so fearless after all.

#3 'An Act of Folly' by Shola Olowu-Asante

SYNOPSIS - When Sophie visits her mother’s secret hideaway she makes a startling discovery about the woman who raised her. And about herself.

#4 'Panic' by Renee Troxler

SYNOPSIS - A young mother must protect herself and her child from her mentally disturbed husband.

#5 'An Important Story' by Meagan Noel Hart

SYNOPSIS - Bailey is bad at making friends and worse at gaining the attention of his parents, who only seem interested in what makes history, but a chance encounter in the woods readjusts everyone’s perspective.

#6 'der Wiederkunft or, The Second Coming' by Wilfried Meybohm

SYNOPSIS - The GÜNTHERUHR clock stopped, signaling the rebirth of the Messiah among men, and the Third Reich began its hunt for the newborn Christ. In this alternate dystopia, a weary auditor has been searching for eight years to find and ultimately stop the Second Coming from happening.

#7 'Nuclear Family' by Jennifer Ripley

SYNOPSIS - A boy coming of age during the Cold War turns his dad’s fallout shelter into his sanctuary…until it’s invaded by the same forces he sought to escape.

#8 'You Get Used To It' by Tyler Hayden

SYNOPSIS - It is not easy being a modern earth wife and mother, but you get used to it.

#9 'Ellie' by James Mader (JD)

SYNOPSIS - A woman hides from the vacancy of her mind, while trying to recapture something of herself. Salvation comes in many forms, and being saved can be a damnation all its own.

#10 'All Gone Wrong' by R. Warren Daliege III

SYNOPSIS - When everything falls apart so quickly, what should one do next?

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Official Rules and Participation Agreement

Not only does every writer receive in depth feedback from the judges for every story entered, but a special review forum is available for the participants to submit their stories for review from fellow writers throughout the competition. During the Flash Fiction Challenge 2010, there were nearly 3,000 comments made on the 225+ stories submitted on the forum. Click here to visit the forums.

Extended Final Entry Deadline	8PM EDT on August 19, 2011
Challenge #1	August 19-21, 2011
Challenge #2	September 23-25, 2011
Challenge #3	October 21-23, 2011
Challenge #4	November 18-20, 2011

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