Not Quite Write Press

It’s a veritable smorgasbord of prize-winning stories to satisfy every craving!

For three years, the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction has challenged writers around the world to break the writing ’rules’ in compelling new ways.

In this latest anthology, we bid farewell to the infamous anti-prompt, but not before celebrating the 24 winning and shortlisted stories from all four rounds of the competition in 2025.

From the sublime to the macabre, these authors have ventured into the unknown, wrestled with passive voice, rescued their own darlings while slaying ours, and lived to tell the tales! Enjoy author insights plus commentary from the Not Quite Write judges, and watch as the limits of flash fiction dissolve all over again.

But beware: these are the exceptions that proved the rules...