Thank you for the participation and support of 440 international writers who entered our contest. Brilliant Flash Fiction staff members carefully examined those entries and chose the following Top 10 entries with...

Camp Hemingway
By Robert L. Penick

They were out in the woods by the Fox River because a literary lion had fished there, then wrote about it. They were out there, two adjunct professors, getting strafed and bi...

Elmwood
By Dirk Kortz

Elmwood was the kind of neighborhood where the homeowners took their garden gnomes and lawn jockeys seriously. I was a renter and didn’t pay much attention to the lawn or garden. My land...

Prompt: None – Let your imagination run wild
No Entry Fee
Word limit: 350 words, excluding title
Deadline: March 15, 2026
Submissions: email to&nb...

Crows
By Hugh Behm-Steinberg

A crow, a big one, lands on the fence around the bins at the edge of the parking lot. I’m in our car, doomscrolling. It’s October, still broiling; I’m waiting in the only shady spot left...