Flash Fiction Contests

The EA Flash Fiction Contests

The five Escape Artists podcasts take it in turns to run flash fiction contests twice a year, hosted on our Forum. On this page, you can find:

  • Information on the current contest/forthcoming contest.
  • A link to the submission call and guidelines for the most recent Cast of Wonders contest.
  • All previous Cast of Wonders Flash Fiction Contest winners.

Current Contest

2022b: Cast of Wonders. Submissions now closed. Contest stories will be posted on the members-only section of our forum soon [forum currently undergoing technical fixes]

Upcoming Contest

2023a: CatsCast

Call for submissions

Link to the Submissions Call & Guidelines for our 2022 contest

Previous Contest Winners

2020b winners:

  • Porch Light for the Lonely by Alyson Grauer
  • Bony Bonnie Dead Horse by Shane Halbach
  • The Scribe’s Garden by Reed Mingault

2018b winners:

  • An Economy of Words by Wendy Nikel
  • Bunny by Amy Brennan
  • The Mud Princess by R. Jean Bell

2018b runners up:

  • Grounded by J. T. Nilson
  • Mother’s Love by Maria Haskins
  • Things from Long Ago by Nathan Susnik

2016b winners:

  • More than machines will fall to rust, by Rachel K Jones
  • A coat of salt and sand by Katherine Inskip
  • She and I by J. Lily Corbie

2016b runners up:

  • Multiple Choice by Anica Lewis
  • Remember the Ifrit by Rajiv Moté
  • Not-so-stock photos by K. B. Sluss