New Year on Story Street: Flash Fiction Contest!

The New Year is approaching, bringing with it the traditional overly-optimistic personal resolutions for weight loss, productivity, and writing. Well, we can’t help with the weight loss, but here on Story Street we want to give you a jump start on those writing resolutions with our New Year on Story Street, 100 word fiction contest.

The contest is free to enter, and will accept submissions from January 2 through on Jan 15, 2026 at midnight (EST). Winning entries will be published on February 28.

There is no theme, just 100 of your best words to make your best story. Of course as stated, there is a 100 word limit. The contest is also limited to the first 1000 entries, so it pays to be early.

If you have triggering content, make sure to mark the form for trigger warnings.

You can add your entry on the Submissions Page. (See the complete list of contest details below.)

Be sure to sign up for our Newsletter to keep tabs on updates for this and future contests.

And as always, if you have any questions, please feel free to email info@storystreetwriters.com.

• Submission Dates: Jan 2 – 15, 2026 (Midnight EST time zone)
• Winner Announced: February 28, 2026
• No fee to enter
• 1st Prize: $100 and publication on the Story Street Review
• Runners up (3): $25 and publication
• Word Count: 100 words maximum (Title does not count)
• Limit 1 submission per person
• Contest open to first 1000 submissions only
• Must be 18 or over
• No purchase necessary
• We do not sell your information
• Only previously unpublished work will be considered
• Stories must be original
• NO A.I. generated stories, nor any story where A.I. was used in its making. Will result in automatic ban and you will forever bear the shame
• Please, no sexual violence and no child suicide stories, and if you have triggering content, make sure to select that in the submission form
• Stories remain property of the writer
• In the case of winner or runners up, the only rights you grant are first publication for the results of the contest
• Family members of Story Street writers are not eligible
• Simultaneous submissions ok, but please let us know if your story is picked up elsewhere
• Winning entries will be announced via newsletter and on storystreetwriters.com
• Winner and runners-up will be contacted individually via email
• Your entry email address will only be used to contact you in case you are the winner, unless you also sign up for our newsletter
• We will make best effort to contact the winner to award payment based on the supplied email, so we do require accurate contact info and acceptance of payment. If we cannot contact you, we may have to pass on your story.

Submissions Here