Member-Sponsored Not Safe For Trick Or Treating Horror Contest

Details

I’m looking for Flash Fiction up to 500 words that are in the horror genre for the Halloween season.

I see flash fiction as a complete but short story with a journey arc and a twist ending (twist optional). The story you write, therefore, should have a beginning, middle, and end but written in only 500 words or less. I love drabbles and they should be exactly 100 words not including the title. Indicate if you intended your story to be a drabble. Please give your story a title.

Use the photo you see in the upper left hand corner as a prompt, but a prompt is only what it is—the story you come up with is entirely your own sparked by the picture. I won’t be looking for all the elements in the photo.

No adult labels or gratuitous gore, please.

Prize money for this contest is provided by the Scribophile Writing Contest Prize Fund.

Winning entries

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Prizes

Rules

• Entries must be a minimum of 50 words and a maximum of 500 words per Scribophile’s count.

• Entries must be flash fiction micro stories. No novel chapters or poetry.

• Work submitted must not have placed in a site-wide contest previously.

• No previously published stories.

• Only one entry per member.

• Entries must have Public visibility on Scribophile until winners are announced.

• You may post your work, receive critiques, and edit until the deadline.

Submission guidelines

• Entry is free, but you’ll need karma points to post your work to the contest. You can earn karma points by writing critiques of posted writing.

• To post your work for this contest, check the box that says “Enter this work into the Member-Sponsored Not Safe For Trick Or Treating Horror Contest.” Your work will automatically be considered. The check box will be visible until the contest deadline, which is in UTC time.