Right Left Write
Applications open monthly: February – November.
Right Left Write is Queensland Writers Centre's regular flash fiction competition, designed to help you build your writing momentum.
Each month from February to November we’ll announce a new genre prompt or theme in our Pen & Pixel email newsletter, then it’s over to you to create a short story of up to 500 words and right, left, write.
Winning entries are published in the newsletter (the second edition of each month) and online by Queensland Writers Centre. Members enter free; non-members can enter for a $10 fee.
GUIDELINES
Entries should be the original work of the author and previously unpublished.
Entries open to all Australian citizens or residents.
One entry per person per month.
Submissions may be of any genre or style but should respond to the current genre prompt or theme – check the latest edition of Pen & Pixel.
Maximum 500 words (or up to 25 lines for poetry). Entries exceeding the word limit are ineligible.
Identifying information, including your name, should not appear anywhere in your submission (including the file name).
Only winners will be notified of the outcome of their submission.
No feedback can be provided and no correspondence may be entered into.
Entrants grant online publication rights of the entry to QWC, if selected as Winner.
Entry is free for all QWC members (please ensure your entry details match those of your booking/membership). $10 entry fee for non-members.
Entrants not subscribed already will be added to the Pen & Pixel mailing list (from which you can unsubscribe at any time).
PAST WINNERS