The Monthly Micro is back!
January 2025 prompt now live
The new writing year is kicking off with the first monthly micro today!
January 2025 Competition
Opens: 06th January 2025
Deadline: 23.59 UK time 12th January 2025
Longlist published: 16th January 2025
Shortlist published and voting begins: 20th January 2025
Voting closes: 27th January 2025
Winners announced: 28th January 2025
Word count: Up to 150 (not including the title)
Prompt:
Remember the prompt is just a jumping-off point for your imagination. The story is entirely up to you, just be sure to read the rules below. Where will this prompt take you?
Entry fee: £5 or £17 with detailed feedback on the story you submit (if you book feedback and your story then wins a prize you can send a different micro story (max 175 words) in for our editor to look at.
Prizes
1st Prize: 30% of the entry fees received for the competition (after Submittable fees are deducted).
2nd Prize: 20% of the entry fees received for the competition (after Submittable fees are deducted).
People’s Prize: It’s a secret! This will change each month and be revealed with the results.
Shortlisted (but don’t win one of the 3 main prizes): Free entry to the next Monthly Micro Fiction Competition.
All winning and shortlisted stories are also published individually.
We’ll confirm how many entries we received and what the cash prize will be when we announce the longlist.
Looking forward to reading this month’s submissions. Go write!
Early 2025 Submission Opportunities
The extended deadline for the 1000 Word Photo comp is 12th January. Quick!
The theme for Edition 8 of WestWord - publishing April 2025 - is ILLUSION. Send your short stories, flashes and micros by 31st January 2025. Submit here.
Our second annual Hermit Crab Prize closes in February. Cash prizes and publication for all shortlisted and winning writers. Our judge is Avitus B. Carle. Get all the info hereand read this year’s winners here.
The first Folktale Flash Contest has an April deadline. I’m judging this one and winners and shortlisted writers get cash prizes and publication. Info here.
Plus submissions are always open for Short Story Spotlight, Story Sunday and Flash Focus!
Join our community
Want to join our community and get craft workshops and submissions to lots of our editions included? Membership starts at just £6 a month.
To give you an idea of what you can expect from the workshops I have removed the paywall on a previous one: Writing Hermit Crab Flashes That Have Got Great Story. Watch it here.
This month’s workshops is Weaving Sensuous Spells on Sunday 12th January 2025 at 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM GMT. Get a ticket here. WestWord members, I’ll be sending out your link to join a couple of days before the event.
Hope to read your work and write with you soon!
With love,
