Spain’s César Egido Serrano Foundation has launched its seventh International Flash Fiction Competition, writes Gary Dalkin. The philosophy of the Foundation is that the word is the tool of coexistence between different cultures, religions and ideologies, and the theme of the current competition is ‘Dream, Write and Share’.
Entry is free and anyone, anywhere in the world over the age of 14 can enter, submitting up to three stories, each no more than 100 words in length. Submissions can be in Spanish, English, Arabic or Hebrew, and there is an overall prize of $20,000, plus three runners up awards of $2,000 for the best stories in the three languages other than that of the winning entry. All entries must be original and unpublished in any form. The deadline is midnight on 30 September, Spanish peninsular time.