We are proud to finally announce the winners and runners-up to the 2024 Featured Flash Contest! Congratulations to Melanie Simonich, whose story, “Hurmë” won in the Sudden Prose category, and to Austin Tucker, winner in the Flash Prose category, with his story, “The Increasingly Unfortunate Circumstances Which Have Led Me to Wave You Off the Highway.” Congratulations are also in order to Kim Ravold and Robbie Herbst, whose stories were chosen as runners-up. Check back later this year to read these terrific prize winning stories! Thank you to all of our submitters, and please give a round of applause to those shortlisted in each category.
Winner – Sudden Prose
“Hurmë” by Melanie Simonich
Runner-up – Sudden Prose
“Define: Business as Usual” by Kim Ravold
Winner – Flash Prose
“The Increasingly Unfortunate Circumstances Which Have Led Me to Wave You Off the Highway” by Austin Tucker
Runner-up – Flash Prose
“The Beak” by Robbie Herbst
Sudden Prose Shortlist
“In the Next Life, Spring Comes Back” by Sara Fetherolf
“Junkies” by Kathryn Holmstrom
“Breach” by Keya Mitra
“Define: Business as Usual” by Kim Ravold
“The Entomologist” by Angelie Roche
“Hurmë” by Melanie Simonich
“Spores” by Solace Wallia
“House of the Sad Fish Man” by Joel Wayne
“The Quarry” by Ben Wood
“Protest Hill” by Cassandra Woodard
Flash Prose Shortlist
“Turncheek” by Zachary Bartles
“The Beak” by Robbie Herbst
“The Man and the Mobile” by Lillian Lowenthal
“Warped” by Catlin McGill
“Autopsy of a Tongue” by Murgatroyd Monaghan
“Knead” by Christine O’Donnell
“Kids’ Games” by Rebecca Pearson
“The Increasingly Unfortunate Circumstances Which Have Led Me to Wave You Off the Highway” by Austin Tucker
“Memorials” by Irene Westcott
“Baby Teeth” by Katherine Van Dis