F(r)iction Writing Contest – Spring 2025

F(r)iction is a triannual publication that boasts work from both industry legends and emerging writers. Each issue is carefully curated to evaluate an important cultural topic from vastly different perspectives. They accept short fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, comics, and poetry submissions all year round, and also host contests featuring guest judges and cash prizes twice a year (each spring and fall). Every piece published in F(r)iction is also accompanied by custom artwork, making the journal a visual odyssey from cover to cover!

The organizer seeks writing that reflects a similar mission to their journal, F(r)iction: work that actively pushes the boundaries of traditional publishing, that has complex characters and a strong narrative arc, and makes them feel something as they read it. They want stories they haven’t seen before, whether it twists or plays with genre, setting, language, voice, you name it.

The contest also features a panel of three guest judges to help them decide the winners for each category. For Spring 2025, they have Gaël Le Cornec judging Short Story, Terry J. Benton-Walker judging Flash Fiction, Grace Talusan judging Creative Nonfiction, and K. Iver judging Poetry.

Winners in each category will receive a cash prize, as well as work with one of their Senior Editors to see their work published either online or in their print journal!

Categories Accepted

• Short stories: 1,000 – 7,500 words
• Poetry: up the three pages per poem
• Creative Nonfiction: up to 6,500 words
• Flash fiction: up to 1,000 words per piece

We are keen to encourage quality, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.