The deadline (12th May 2024) has passed and this year’s Quay Words flash fiction competition is now closed for entries.All winners will be contacted by 3rd June 2024 and events and publications featuring our winners will be announced in due course!

For a third year, Quay Words’ successful competition invited young writers aged 10-18 to write a piece of short or ‘flash’ fiction: up to 250 words for those aged 14–18 and up to 500 words for those aged 10–14. We continued the theme of Trading Places, which fits so well with the trading heritage of…

The 2023 Young Writers’ Flash Fiction Competition has now closed for entries – watch this space for news of this year’s winners and the ceremony at Exeter Custom House.