flash fiction contest 2020

for the third time, the european association of creative writing programmes (eacwp) organizes a flash fiction contest – for texts with not more than 100 words! participation in 12 different european languages. deadline for submissions: 15 march (13.00h CET) – extended until 1 april!

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eacwp flash fiction contest 2020

after the successes of the last two years (appr. 1,700 texts submitted europe-wide each time), the flash fiction contest is back again!

this initiative aims to promote and encourage literary creation in europe, bringing european writers together in a joint competition.

what is it about?

the contest is open to any participant living in europe (and israel). participants must present a max. 100 wordsflash-fiction text.

the topic is "time of arrival".

texts can be submitted in 12 different languages: english, spanish, catalan, portuguese, french, german, dutch, danish, finnish, swedish, hebrew and czech

the final winner will be awarded a cash prize of € 600,-. the second place will be awarded a cash prize of € 400,-.

dates:

webiste forms & text uploads until march 15th (2020) at 13.00 (CET) – extended until 1 april!
the results of the first round will be published on www.eacwp.org, not later than april 30th, 2020.
popular votes from april, 30 (2020) at 13:00 pm (CET) until may 30 (2020), at 13:00 pm (CET) >> https://eacwp.org/2020-winners-per-language/
german language finalist: eva pilipp with "sparkles"
(jury for german language texts: writer gertraud klemm and from sfd: fritz ostermayer, harriet nachtmann)
>> https://sfd.at/en/newsflash/eacwp-flash-fiction-contest-2020-2013-public-voting?set_language=en&cl=en

thanks to all participants and we wish the finalists all the best!

the european winner will be announced on june, 30 (2020).

aims of the contest are:

to encourage a european citizenship through cultural and literary interchange.
to promote creative writing in the different european languages as a way to preserve our valuable linguistic histories.
to foster talent within the field of creative writing in europe.

further info, criteria for submission, registration and text upload:

>> https://eacwp.org/flash-fiction/german/ (deutsche einreichungen)

>> https://eacwp.org/flash-fiction/ (english version)

in 2019, the winner of the flash fiction contest was marc van der holst with his text "(click)". other places included:
second: "the english way" by amanda addison (uk)
third: "dopey" by alex merino (spain) and "enjoy your meal" by johnny nys (belgium)
fourth: "seventies idyll" by heidi bobjerg (denmark)
fifth: "the crows" by karl kreiner (austria)

vienna poetry school & eacwp: >> info