Text: Inspirathlon 2024

1 ticket. 3 rounds. 

where will your imagination take you?

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Nothing is impossible

EGG+FROG cordially invites you to take part in our latest writing competition: Inspirathlon 2024! Like our last competition, we want to offer writers something a bit different. This time, we’ll provide inspirations – they could be videos, pictures or songs – and writers will have one week to write a response. A poem on a Picasso? A monologue for Madonna? Anything goes! (As long as it’s, you know, writing…)

"Rules help control the fun!"

  • All entrants can take part in as many rounds as they like.
  • One winner and two runners-up will be selected in each round.
  • Entries must respond to each round's prompt - however loosely you like.
  • There are no restrictions on form or genre...
  • ...but there's a maximum limit of 800 words per round.
  • Entries must be received before the closing day of each round.
  • You can even submit previously published work (though we suggest writing something new).

Round 1

inspiration:

open: 1/10/24

close: 8/10/24

results: 13/10/24

Round 2

inspiration:

open: 14/10/24

close: 21/10/24

results: 27/10/24

Round 3

inspiration:

open: 28/10/24

close: 4/11/24

results: 10/11/24

winners' Prizes

round 1:

£50

round 2:

£75

round 3:

£100

PLUS: all our winners and runners-up will receive publication and illustration on EGG+FROG. Here's what that looked like last time:

meet the judge

ingrid

jendrzejewski

Ingrid Jendrzejewski was both the winner and a top 10 finalist in our very first writing competition. So we were delighted when she agreed to come judge for us this time round.

 

Ingrid has published around 200 shortform pieces in places like Best Small Fictions, the Los Angeles Review and various Bath Flash Fiction anthologies. Her short collection Things I Dream About When I’m Not Sleeping was a runner-up for Bath Flash Fiction’s first Novella-in-Flash competition.

 

She currently serves as Co-Director of National Flash Fiction Day.

“I love traditional storytelling, but I’m also excited by all manner of experiment and play — if your piece fits the word count and you’re passionate about it, I want to read it!  More than anything, I love pieces that take me to new places, be that an unusual structure or format, an intriguing style or use of language, or simply your unique perspective on an everyday theme. Send me the work that only you can write!”

Flash fiction. The Immaculate Heart of Mary, by Ingrid Jendrzejewski. Image: The silhouette of a young newspaper boy calling out. He is standing in front of the silhouette of a large heart.
Flash fiction. Weather Proverbs Explained, by Ingrid Jendrzejewski. Image: on the left half of the picture is the silhouette profile of a man shouting; on the right is the white silhouette profile of a young woman. In the background, the sun, clouds and the moon, cut into stripes.
Recommended by Reedsy. Best Writing Contests 2024.

Things to keep in mind:

  • Entrants must be 16 or older.
  • Entries are open to writers worldwide.
  • Entries must be in English, at least in part.
  • Entries can be in ANY literary form - poetry, fiction, drama, experimental, etc.
  • The word limit in every round is 800 words.
  • One ticket entitles one entry in all three rounds.
  • A Fancy Entry Ticket entitles you to entry AND feedback in every round.
  • Entries MUST be received by the closing date of each round.
  • We'll add all entrants' email addresses to our mailing list to announce round openings, reminders, closings and results.

Full terms and conditions can be found here.

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