Back for its third year, New Zealand’s
national competition for flash is looking for the best 300-word stories in
Aotearoa. Submissions are open April 7 – May 23. This year’s judges are Frankie McMillan and Mary McCallum, both experienced poets
and flash fiction writers and wonderful supporters of such literary events.
“One of the great things about flash
fiction,” Frankie McMillan tells us, “is that it takes only a moment to read
and savour the work. Because of word economy needed in the form, association,
imagery and symbolism are often used to suggest rather than describe. Language
is really put under pressure the same way as in poetry.”
Mary McCallum echoes McMillan’s views. “Flash
fiction is a wonderful amalgam of poetry (every word matters) and fiction
(plot/character), and therefore a great test of a writer's skills. It is both
fun and addictive, and becomes especially so when there's a competition in the
offing.”
Winning stories from this year’s
competition will be published in Flash Frontier:
An Adventure in Short Fiction,
and $300 prize will be awarded the winner plus cash and book vouchers will go
to the other top entrants.
This year for the first time NFFD will charge
a fee for story submissions. The NFFD competition ran in 2012 and 2013 as a
free event, but in 2014 your small entry fee will help sustain the high quality
we've come to expect. Specifically, the entry fees will help
support payment for our esteemed judges and the prizes that will go to the
top winners.
All administrative tasks in association
with NFFD are accomplished by the devoted Committee members who dedicate time
and effort freely to the cause. It’s with heartfelt thanks that NFFD
acknowledges members of the NFFD Committee: Katherine Honeyman (Auckland),
Margaret Cahill (Kerikeri), Rebecca Styles (Wellington) and James Norcliffe
(Christchurch). More here.
To enter the 2014 National Flash Fiction
Day competition, please go to the National Flash Fiction Day website for details and submission guidelines.
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