The 2023 Force Majeure Flash Contest is still open!

We’re awarding $500 in prizes and the deadline is 5/30 — just extended. Enter with fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrids, fragments, experiments, and wild things under 1000 words. Here is a link to the entry form on Submittable that also contains the full guidelines.

Suphil Lee Park – Heartland

Here’s a palpitating flash fiction that earned an honorable mention in our 2020 contest, Suphil Lee Park’s “Heartland,” about which best to go in with a sunny disposition. [CW discussion of suicide]

This flash originally appeared in SC #9.1, available in print and ebook formats in our store.

Noah Farberman – Grown Ass Person

Today’s share was — is, is — an honorable mention in our 2020 flash contest, and we’re still feeling all adult about it. Here’s Noah Farberman’s “Grown Ass Person”:

This flash originally appeared in SC #9.1, available in print and ebook formats in our store.

Michelle Spokes – Suburban Amsterdam

Today we’re experimenting with a fabulous flash by Michelle Spokes, “Suburban Amsterdam.”

This flash originally appeared in SC #8.3, available in print and ebook formats in our store.

Parker Young: Van Gogh at Work

Today a tax day special for USAians, a flash from Parker Young: “Van Gogh at Work.”

This flash originally appeared in SC #8.2, available in print [sold out] and ebook format in our store.