Submissions are now open
for our 2024
FLASH CONTEST

Judged by
Rachel Lyon,
author of Fruit of the Dead
and Self Portrait with Boy

The winning author will receive $250 and publication in Pigeon Pages.

Previously unpublished fiction and nonfiction pieces of 850 words or less are eligible for this contest. 

Rachel Lyon is the author of Self-Portrait with Boy, a finalist for the Center for Fiction's 2018 First Novel Prize, and Fruit of the Dead, an NEPM (New England Public Media) Book Club pick, which The New York Times called “superb” and “refreshing.” Rachel’s short work has appeared in One Story, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, and elsewhere. A cofounder of Ditmas Lit (Brooklyn, NY) and The Dream Away Reading Series (Becket, MA), and a creative writing instructor for various institutions, most recently Bennington College, Rachel has been appointed the 2024 Paris Writer in Residence by the Paris School of Arts and Culture, the American University of Paris, and the Centre Culturel Irlandais. She lives with her husband and two young children in Western Massachusetts.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

We are accepting flash prose submissions via Submittable from August 1st - September 15th

Previously unpublished fiction and nonfiction pieces of 850 words or less are eligible for this contest. 

The winning author will receive $250 and publication in Pigeon Pages.
Honorable mentions will receive $50 and publication in Pigeon Pages.

All submissions will be considered for publication.

$15 entry fee for one submission of 850 words or less

Please do not include personal information on your piece, as submissions will be read blind. We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know ASAP if the submitted piece is accepted elsewhere. All winners must be over 18 years old and reside in the U.S. in order to claim their cash prize.

Happy submitting!