Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction

It’s a write-off! Join the Central Coast’s own international writing competition!

Choose a team and write a 500-word story based on your team’s prompts to compete for thousands of dollars in cash prizes & print publication. Then stick around for the Not Quite Write Podcast afterparty, where the judges will unpack the competition stats and celebrate the top stories.

1st Prize: $1,500 | 2nd $1,000 | 3rd $500 | 4th $350 | 5th $250 | 6th $200 | plus 3x $100 Wildcard Prizes
The Top 6 stories also feature in a dramatised reading on the podcast and are published in our annual Best of the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction anthology (available for sale at Book Face Erina, Umina Beach Book Nook, and Love Local Forresters Beach.

2026 dates: Jan 23-25 | Apr 24-26 | Jul 24-26 | Oct 23-25

sign up at notquitewriteprize.com