Monthly competition: Shooter Flash

Shooter Flash spotlights bitesize brilliance with one winning story each month, which we publish online (plus in an annual anthology – see link below).

As the magazine asks for prose of more than 2,000 words, Shooter Flash offers an opportunity to writers who work on a smaller canvas. We welcome fiction and non-fiction stories up to 1,000 words long on a rolling basis, any theme/genre, and the winning story each month wins £50 as well as publication on the second Monday of each month. Winning stories are also anthologised and sent to all of Shooter’s subscribers.

As a bonus, writers will also receive a copy of the most recent Shooter Flash anthology in return for their entry fee.

To submit, please read the following guidelines:

Send stories 1.5 or double spaced as .doc or .docx files to flash.shooterlitmag@gmail.com.
Include identifying information (name and brief third-person biography) in the body of the email rather than on the story itself.
The author’s bio should be ready for use as it will be posted at the end of the winning story. Feel free to include any links to author’s website or social media.
Stories must be no longer than 1,000 words excluding title.
Entry fee of £5 per story or £8 for two (via PayPal links below).
Upon submission, writers will receive a copy of the most recent Shooter Flash anthology via email.
Stories may be submitted at any time as submissions are open on a rolling basis.
Stories can be previously published or unpublished, and writers may submit multiple stories for consideration.
Stories submitted during a calendar month will be considered for publication during the next month.
The winning story will be posted on Shooter’s website on the second Monday of each month.
The winning writer will receive the £50 prize via PayPal following publication online.
The winning writer assigns Shooter the right to publish their story on Shooter’s website and in the annual flash anthology, and to quote from the work across social media platforms.

To enter, please send the relevant fee via the PayPal buttons below before submitting your story/stories:

Single story entry (£5):

Discounted two-story entry (£8):

Please email editor Melanie White at shooterlitmag@gmail.com with any questions. We look forward to reading your work!

2023 Shooter Flash Anthology

If you’d like to read all of the 2023 winners in beautifully presented magazine form, we offer a pdf anthology for £7.50, which we send via email.

The 2022 anthology is also available – if you would like to order that edition, please specify in the notes at checkout, or email subscriptions.shooterlitmag@gmail.com.

To order the 2023 Shooter Flash Anthology (or any of the previous editions), please do so via the following link: