The Flash Fiction challenge.

Welcome to the Flash fiction challenge. The challenge is to produce a short story within the tight word limit of 250 - 500 words based on a one-word prompt. The prompt word this week is "CLOUD."

The primary goal of this challenge is to give Read.cash writers a regular opportunity to write, and to encourage the practice of editing and refining our work. As an incentive, each week one author who writes a compelling story wins $2 upvote.

ABOUT THE FLASH FICTION CONTEST

Flash fiction short stories are fun to write, and they stretch your skills. The challenge is to write a complete story within a tight word limit. If you're just trying it out for the first time, welcome! Here are a few FAQs:

• Why participate? Because it's an interesting challenge, and a really great way to hone your fiction writing and editing skills. Oh, and it gives you something to post weekly.

• Should the prompt be included in the title? The new prompt for this coming week is "cloud." Its not important to include it in your title but should have it referenced in your story.

Challenge rules

1. Write a flash-fiction story in 250 - 500 words and post it to your blog, then provide a link to the story in the comments. Please do not post your story in the comments!

2. Use only artwork/images (if there is a need for the image) that you have the right to use, and attribute it properly.

3. Submit your stories to the poems and flashfiction community.

4. Include Flash-Fiction Challenge in your title.

5. Submission would end by 12 midnight 2nd August 2020.

6. Stories should be written in english and plagiarism would be frowned upon.

Use of images

You are welcome to illustrate your story with an image, as long as you have the right to use it. One of the following must be true:

1. The image is public domain, or under creative commons licensing. See the resource links below.

2. It is your own image.

3. If it is not one of the above, you must have actual permission.

Be sure to properly attribute the image’s source or mention that the image is yours.

Here are some creative commons and public domain image resources:

• Pixabay

• Pexels

• Unsplash

Where to submit?

You can submit your entries in :

Poems and Flash fiction ( https://read.cash/c/poems-and-flash-fictions-2b1a) 
OR IN
Live Poet Society ( https://read.cash/c/live-poet-society-cc23 ) 

note that only links to your story should be dropped in the comment below.

Invitation to current and past participants

If you are active on read.cash and participated in the poetry dice challenge. I invite you to jump in and be a part of this flash-fiction challenge. @Leo_kitti @Winona @marcmire @Iremori @Eybyoung @CrazyInsane @Charlotte @lethlieann

If you prefer not to be tagged in our challenge post, please let me know! 

This initiative is a partnership with @Winona

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