eacwp flash fiction contest: vote online!

eacwp flash fiction contest: online voting!

1,500 texts – this year's theme: "error"– were submitted in the first round of the eacwp (european association of creative writing) flash fiction contest.

12 texts (in different languages with english translations) are now available for selection in the final. the sfd jury chose "i was not born to become an omniscient narrator one day" by thomas glatz as the best german-language entry. congratulations and fingers crossed for the european final!
(sfd-jury german text: author & sfd-teacher angela lehner and nicolas mahler)

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thomas glatz

i was not born to become an omniscient narrator one day

outside it was dark. morning dawned and the sun rose. appliances started to clatter. the earth’s magnetic field became compressed, distorted, disturbed and began to judder. an appropriate clue was missing. even the toothpaste, the morning coffee, the pre-baked rolls, the tulips in the vase on the table, the butter in the fridge, the newspaper, all were missing. nothing was in its place. the last vestiges of narrative in the story continued to implode. error!
it was thursday.

(translated by peter waugh)

thomas glatz
lives and works in munich. studied social work in landshut and bamberg and fine arts at the art academies in munich and helsinki. he works as an artist in various fields such as radio plays, concept art, poetry film and literature. participation in sfd online classes and winner of the literature competition ‘the improvement of all austria’ (guest country project leipzig book fair 2023 & sfd).

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we would like to thank all participating authors for their numerous submissions!

all texts in the original languages and in english translation can be found >> here; you can vote for the winning european text until 30 june (please note: you can only vote for one text and not for the one in your own country's language):

online voting at >> https://eacwp.org/2025-winners-per-language/

the winners will be announced on 18 july 2025.

more info on the eacwp flash fiction contest 2025 >> https://eacwp.org/the-eacwp-flash-fiction-contest-viii-edition/

sfd & eacwp >> https://sfd.at/en/sfd-eacwp