{"id":3248,"date":"2022-06-08T21:37:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T20:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?page_id=3248"},"modified":"2025-05-12T21:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:27:57","slug":"flash-fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?page_id=3248","title":{"rendered":"Flash Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We run an annual flash fiction competition for members. Here are some of our past prize winning entries for you to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copyright for all works published here rests with the respective authors, or the author&#8217;s authorised agent. If you are interested in publishing or discussing a poem or short story with the author, please contact the Cambridge Writers&#8217; membership secretary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harry Goode<\/a>, in the first instance, who will forward your request to the author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"display-post-types\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#dpt-wrapper-108 { --dpt-text-align: left;--dpt-image-crop: center;--dpt-border-radius: 5px;--dpt-small-grid-column: 33.33%;--dpt-large-grid-column: 33.333333333333%;--dpt-h-gutter: 10px;--dpt-v-gutter: 10px; }\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">#dpt-wrapper-108 { --dpt-title-font-style:normal;--dpt-title-font-weight:600;--dpt-title-line-height:1.5;--dpt-title-text-decoration:none;--dpt-title-text-transform:none;--dpt-excerpt-font-style:normal;--dpt-excerpt-font-weight:400;--dpt-excerpt-line-height:1.5;--dpt-excerpt-text-decoration:none;--dpt-excerpt-text-transform:none;--dpt-meta1-font-style:normal;--dpt-meta1-font-weight:400;--dpt-meta1-line-height:1.9;--dpt-meta1-text-decoration:none;--dpt-meta1-text-transform:none;--dpt-meta2-font-style:normal;--dpt-meta2-font-weight:400;--dpt-meta2-line-height:1.9;--dpt-meta2-text-decoration:none;--dpt-meta2-text-transform:none; }<\/style>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"dpt-wrapper-108\" class=\"dpt-wrapper dpt-grid1 multi-col dpt-mason-wrap\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry no-thumbnail\" data-title=\"sourdough &#8211; by lisette veit\" data-id=\"3250\"  data-category=\"by lisette veit flash fiction\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry-wrapper\"><div class=\" dpt-featured-content\"><div class=\" dpt-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=3250\" class=\"dpt-permalink\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sourdough &#8211; by Lisette Veit<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\" dpt-thumbnail\"><div class=\"dpt-thumbnail-inner\"><\/div><span class=\"dpt-thumbnail-aspect-ratio\" style=\"padding-top: 100%\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\" sub-entry\"><h3 class=\" dpt-title\"><a class=\"dpt-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=3250\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sourdough &#8211; by Lisette Veit<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dpt-entry -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry has-thumbnail\" data-title=\"selection box &#8211; by will tate\" data-id=\"3270\"  data-category=\"by will tate flash fiction\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry-wrapper\"><div class=\" dpt-featured-content\"><div class=\" dpt-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=3270\" class=\"dpt-permalink\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Selection Box &#8211; by Will Tate<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\" dpt-thumbnail\"><div class=\"dpt-thumbnail-inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Will_Tate_SHORTSTORY.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Will Tate\" context=\"dpt\" \/><\/div><span class=\"dpt-thumbnail-aspect-ratio\" style=\"padding-top: 153%\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\" sub-entry\"><h3 class=\" dpt-title\"><a class=\"dpt-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=3270\" rel=\"bookmark\">Selection Box &#8211; by Will Tate<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dpt-entry -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry has-thumbnail\" data-title=\"flash &#8211; by kathy english\" data-id=\"3266\"  data-category=\"by kathy english flash fiction\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry-wrapper\"><div class=\" dpt-featured-content\"><div class=\" dpt-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=3266\" class=\"dpt-permalink\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Flash &#8211; by Kathy English<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\" dpt-thumbnail\"><div class=\"dpt-thumbnail-inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kathy-english-id-36.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Kathy English\" context=\"dpt\" \/><\/div><span class=\"dpt-thumbnail-aspect-ratio\" style=\"padding-top: 75%\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\" sub-entry\"><h3 class=\" dpt-title\"><a class=\"dpt-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=3266\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flash &#8211; by Kathy English<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dpt-entry -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We run an annual flash fiction competition for members. Here are some of our past prize winning entries for you to enjoy. Copyright for all works published here rests with the respective authors, or the author&#8217;s authorised agent. If you are interested in publishing or discussing a poem or short story with the author, please&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?page_id=3248\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Flash Fiction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Flash Fiction - Cambridge Writers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?page_id=3248\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flash Fiction - Cambridge Writers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We run an annual flash fiction competition for members. 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