With the prompt “There are three rules for walking through the woods”, we are excited to announce the annual flash fiction contest! For a chance to be published in our next issue, send us your creation including the prompt in the text – but remember, no later than June 1st at midnight (Central European time).Continue reading “Flash Fiction Competition 2023”
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Flash Fiction Competition 2022 – Second Place: A Lake of Hidden Wonders
by Noelani Luckas „There’s something in the water“, Ifna stated, crouching beside the dark lake that stretched out all the way to the horizon. From above, it was a bleak, black smudge in the landscape. Not that anyone actually dared to cross it, even from the sky. Ifna touched the black water with her fingertips,Continue reading “Flash Fiction Competition 2022 – Second Place: A Lake of Hidden Wonders”
Flash Fiction Competition 2022 – Third Place: Passport Profile
by Jeremy Bernard Our voices got lost in the mess but the text is all here so might as well read it. Dyed blonde hair coated the outer layer, golden splotches over silver rings nestled softly between fidgeting fingers, necklaces that glittered and clothes that shimmered, push up this, flatten that, fix yourself right here,Continue reading “Flash Fiction Competition 2022 – Third Place: Passport Profile”
Flash Fiction Competition 2022
“There is something in the water” With this prompt, Writer’s Block is proud to announce the annual flash fiction competition! For a chance to be published in our next issue, send us your creation including the prompt – but remember, no later than May 1st at midnight (Central European time). Anxiously anticipating your creations, WB
Short Story Competition – First Place: Memories of Ma
We don’t like talking about mother. People never bring her up around here. They don’t even whisper about her or what she did, and we don’t like to think about it neither. But that’s mother, not Ma. No one knew Ma like us. But you seem nice, we think, and you’ll be our first guestContinue reading “Short Story Competition – First Place: Memories of Ma”
Short Story Competition – Second Place: The Fight Against Kilimani Eminence
THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATIVE LIASON OF TRANSNATIONAL HEALTH (FILTH): PLEASE WASH THE MUGS. It’s a common thing really, leaving your dishes out for the night. “Ah, fuck it,” you think. “I’ll get it in the morning.” Except that when morning comes, you’re still a bit hungover and so you’veContinue reading “Short Story Competition – Second Place: The Fight Against Kilimani Eminence”
Short Story Competition – Shared Third Place: Adventure Awaits
A man uses magic to turn into a mighty lion, but something goes wrong and he turns into a domestic cat, and has to spend his remaining days as his arch nemesis’s pet. No. Three people lost at sea, one is a tiger… No. Stop it with the felines. Real people. Real problems. Drugs, hallucinatingContinue reading “Short Story Competition – Shared Third Place: Adventure Awaits”
Short Story Competiton – Shared Third Place: Mark and Henry
As a professor of law, specialising in freedom of speech, Mark had concerned himself for the most part of his life with the weight of words. He felt strong about rhetoric, prose and text. They’d gotten into one of their quarrels over a frequently discussed topic that night. – “I panicked baby, I didn’t knowContinue reading “Short Story Competiton – Shared Third Place: Mark and Henry”
Short Story Competition – Writer’s Block #24 – CLOSED.
UPDATE: As per Januari 1st, the competition is CLOSED. We’re currently in the process of reviewing all of your wonderfull submissions. Still, keep an eye out for future updates: the winners will be announced at the Writer’s Block Drinks commemorating the release of the issue #24! UPDATE 2: Issue #24 is out, and the winnersContinue reading “Short Story Competition – Writer’s Block #24 – CLOSED.”
Essay and Fiction Competition
Competition After the success of the first two competitions, Writer’s Block magazine will now continue with the next categories: essay and fiction. We are looking for: Essay: No restrictions regarding theme and form. Maximum of 1500 words. Fiction: No restrictions regarding theme and form. Maximum of 1500 words. We hope you’ll be inspired to write for us in theContinue reading “Essay and Fiction Competition”
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