Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK
9th-16th August 2025

Tag: flash fiction

Announcing the Fast Foreword Winners!

. We’re delighted to announce the winners of the Fast Foreword Flash Fiction Competition! Actors from QuirkHouse Theatre will be performing the stories on our Storytelling Trail for grown-ups on Saturday August 9th. Join them for a tour of Stowmarket, with some fantastic stories from East Anglian writers! 12pm – John Peel Centre (at the Vinyl Fair)The…
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The Fast Foreword Shortlist is here!

. We’re delighted to announce the shortlist for the Fast Foreword Flash Fiction Competition! The ten winning stories will be announced on July 7th. Stay tuned! 57 Philosophies – B. BarnettA Hug Too Far – Richard StainerAshes to Ashes – Virginia BettsCharacter in a Car – Samantha TasseraThe Choice – Morag ClarkeThe Cottage – Des…
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Judging in Progress!

The closing date for our Fast Foreword Flash Fiction Competition has passed. Thank you to everyone who entered – the judges are looking forward to reading your stories! The judging panel will chose ten stories to be performed across five venues at the Foreword Festival 2025, by actors from the Quirkhouse Theatre Company. We’ll announce the times and venues on the…
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Flash fiction competition deadline day!

It’s the Fast Foreword Flash Fiction Competition deadline day! The competition closes AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT – May 31st 2025!  . We’re looking for stories of 400 to 500 words. Quick, punchy narratives that you can sit and read in the time it takes you to enjoy a cuppa. Stories can be on any theme, in any genre. Entry is…
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Flash fiction competition – enter by TOMORROW!

Don’t forget to enter our Fast Foreword Flash Fiction Competition for 2025. The competition closes TOMORROW – May 31st 2025!  . We’re looking for stories of 400 to 500 words. Quick, punchy narratives that you can sit and read in the time it takes you to enjoy a cuppa. Stories can be on any theme, in any genre. Entry is completely free!…
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Flash fiction – time is running out!

Don’t forget to enter our Fast Foreword Flash Fiction Competition for 2025. The competition closes THIS SATURDAY – May 31st 2025!  . We’re looking for stories of 400 to 500 words. Quick, punchy narratives that you can sit and read in the time it takes you to enjoy a cuppa. Stories can be on any theme, in any genre.…
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Fast Foreword is back!

Our flash fiction competition, Fast Foreword, is back for the 2025 festival! We’re looking for stories of 400 to 500 words – prose, not poetry. Quick, punchy narratives that you can sit and read in the time it takes you to enjoy a cuppa. Stories can be on any theme, in any genre. Just remember that this…
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