Deadline 31 January 2026 — #FlashFiction and narrative #poetry competition, Hot Flashes, and also stories and poems for possible inclusion in a new anthology to be published in April 2026. For full details, see https://paradisepress.org.uk/projects.html
The competition will have four categories:
- Under 40 words prose (for poetry – #haiku, #limerick or #clerihew).
- Under 300 words prose, or, for poetry – #sonnet, or other form under 20 lines.
- Under 600 words prose (poetry under 40 lines).
- Under 1000 words prose (poetry under 70 lines).
The anthology is for #LGBTQ writers and straight allies, but submissions do not have to be about sexuality. The submission must not contain material produced by AI, and must not have appeared in any publication with an ISBN.
