Now Open: The 2023 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize

Have You Got the Write Stuff?

We are delighted to announce that the 2023 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize is now open!

What terrific tales, what fantastic flash, what pumped-up prose do you have for us this year?

Enter for your chance at the $300 Top Prize …

… and publication in Pulp Literature Issue 41, Winter 2024! How’s that for flashtastic?

Master of flash Bob Thurber is back in the judge’s seat. And for a look at last year’s winner, pick up a copy of Issue 37, Winter 2023.

Details and How to Enter

Closing June 15th, this contest is for previously unpublished short fiction. And remember: tell those terrific tales in under a thousand words.

All entry fees include a 1-year digital subscription to Pulp Literature.

Enter by May 15th and pay the early-bird fee of just $15!

And why not add on a professional critique by one of our editors for only $25 more?

For all the details and to enter the 2023 Hummingbird Contest, visit the contest page.