Wanna see what kind of fiction we love and read the very best stories from our flash contests?
Heck yeah, you do.
Browse the winning and shortlisted stories from previous WHQ competitions below, get inspired, and sign up for our short fiction course why doncha?
WHQ FLASH QUARTERLY 2019: ROUND 3
1st Place:
Fever by Claire Carroll
2nd Place:
Scanning the Sea by Hetty Mosforth
3rd Place:
Making Antiques by Ned Carter Miles
Shortlist:
Conversations Underwater by Sigrid Daniel
Downwards, and with the Stream by Isadore Auerbach George
I Wanted to be a Female Animator by Suzanne E. Jennett
Inside This Standing Stone by Amy B. Moreno
Octopuses Change Colour When They Dream by Sarah McPherson
Sea Change by Hannah Allies
What Kera Sees by Lisa Heidle
WHQ FLASH QUARTERLY 2019: ROUND 2
1st Place:
How Much Rain Can a Cloud Hold? by Laurie Bolger
2nd Place:
Felt by Claire Hart
3rd Place:
Digging by Katya Bacica
Shortlist:
Evening by Sam Howroyd
Good People Make Bad Couples by Marina Rubin
Guest Rules by Lorna Easterbrook
Handkerchief by Sarah McPherson
One to Four by Catherine Edmunds
WHQ FLASH QUARTERLY 2019: ROUND 1
1st Place:
The Importance of Fish by Julia Deery
2nd Place:
A Fear of Ladders by Lisa Fransson
3rd Place:
Anomic Aphasia by Elaine Mead
Shortlist:
Arthur Will Be Home Soon by Jan Howcroft
Coverings by Anita Goveas
Demonstrating Change by Cherry Potts
Four Left Turns by Pierre Perera
How To Keep The Hunger At Bay by Jan Kaneen
Nine Lives by Philip Ellis
The Left Behind by Die Booth
FROM LGBTQ+ WITH LOVE: THE FIGHT BACK FLASH COMPETITION 2018
1st Place:
Groceries by Tania Hershman
2nd Place:
Plaintiffs by Rose Himber Howse
3rd Place:
Just Say Yes by Charlie Brodie
Honourable Mention:
Buzzcut by Scarlet Gonzalez
Shortlist:
All Good Things by Hetty Mosforth
Girls by Rae Theodore
Knit and Natter by Sara Hodgkinson
Me and You and Her by Lizzie Ferenczy
S.H.I.T. (She. Him. I. Them.) by Tallulah Harvey
The Beautiful Man is Not a Feckin’ Jessie by Lucy Grace
