Wyoming Writers, Inc. hosts a bi-monthly flash fiction contest for members! Prompts are emailed out twice a month, and three winners are chosen from each prompt for recognition in our newsletter. If you'd like to challenge yourself creatively, feel free to make use of our past contest prompts below!

Note:  The contests for the below listed prompts have already been completed and winners chosen. Please do not submit pieces for the prompts on this page.

Wide open Spaces

Winners: 

• "Room to Grow" by Rebecca Ashcraft
• "The Wide Open Spaces Between" by Sarah Reichert
• "Protecting the Wide Open Spaces" by Reatha Thomas Oakley
  

Hunting Out of Season

Winners:

• "Untitled" by Lee Mossel
• "Out of Season" by Alma Law
• "His Prize Buck" by S.E. Reichert
  

Shiny on a Distant Hill

Winners:

• "Illusion" by Marsha Marren Mittman
• "Blind Spot" by Rebecca Ashcraft
• "Untitled" by Matt Andrews
  

Love Lost

Winners:

• "Love Lost:  A Coming of Age Story Unfit for the Chicken-Hearted" by Heidi DeStefano
• "Remind Me Again About Love" by Rebecca Ashcraft
• "Out to Pasture" by Mark Miller
  

One Thing Led to Another

Winners:

• "Untitled" by Reatha Thomas Oakley
• "A Bad Day for Jimmy" by Mark Rood
• "You'll Never Guess What Happened" by Rebecca Ashcraft
  

Lions, Tigers, and Bears

Winners:

• "Life Lesson from a Bear" by Heidi DeStefano
  
• "Surrender Dorothy" by Rebecca Ashcraft
• "A Bear in the Woods" by Mark Rood

Under Water

Winners:

• "Truth Will Rise" by Kathy Bjornestad
• "Rose Above Water" by Sarah Reichert
• "Underwater Birthday" by Heidi DeStefano

Read Between the Lines

Winners:

• "One Morning at the Occidental Hotel" by Jefferson Glass
• "Reading Between the Lines" by Heidi DeStefano
• "Where the Hell" by Reatha Thomas Oakley
  

Forever Young

Winners:

• "Lost Girl" by Sarah Reichert
• "My Dear One" by Heidi DeStefano
• "Pour Toujours Jeune" by Rebecca Ashcraft
  

Take One for the Team

Winners:

• "My First Job" by T. Thornton Gray
• "Taking One for the Team" by Reatha Thomas Oakley
• "Show and Tell" by Heidi DeStefano

Jungle to Jungle

Winners:

• "Mowgli, Indiana Jones and Grandma" by Heidi DeStefano
• "From Jungle to Jungle" by Abbie Johnson Taylor
• "One Wild to Another" by Sarah Reichert
  

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Winners:

• "Vengeance by Train" by Rick Moritz
• "Time Capsule Alpha" by Donna Obermiller
• "The Cheerful Ponytail" by Heidi DeStefano

My Friend the Queen

Winners:

• "Untitled" by Meredith Sackett
• "All Hail the Queen" by Terrell Gray
• "Tuxedo Cat" by Heidi DeStefano
  

Tomorrow

Winners:

• "Maybe Tomorrow" by Bev Kenik
• "Untitled" by Meredith Sackett
• "Twilight at Loomis Lake" by Heidi DeStefano
  

Killer in the House

Winners:

• "Killer is in the House" by Reatha Thomas Oakley
• "The Killer is in the House" by Priscilla Hughs
• "Janet and Orlinda" by Heidi DeStefano
  

Last Person on Earth

Winners:

• "Last Chance" by Sarah Reichert
• "Sophies Signs" by Heidi DeStefano
• "The Last Stand" by Terrell Gray
  

Over the Hill

Winners:

• "Over the Hill" by T. Thornton Gray
• "Life is Life" by Viktoriia Peterson
• "I'll Be Following" by Bev Kenik

Dark and Stormy Night

Winners:

• "Dark, Yes—Stormy, Maybe" by Rick Moritz
• "Night Lightning" by Meredith Sackett
• "The Purple Box" by Heidi DeStefano

All Hallows Eve

Winners:

• "All Hallow's Eve" by Reatha Thomas Oakley
• "Samhain" by T. Thornton Gray"
• "Divine Justice" by Nina Naylor

Thanks for Everything/Nothin

Winners:

• "Untitled" by Rick Mortiz
• "High Street Jewelry Heist" by Reatha Thomas Oakley
• "Cragsman" by Heidi DeStefano

I Found it Under a Rock

Winners:

• "Found Under Rock" by Rick Mortiz
• "Family Ties" by Heidi DeStefano
• "Found Under a Rock" by Karen B. Call

His Name Was Santee Claus

Winners:

• "Names are Names are Names" by Rick Mortiz
• "His Name was Santee Claus" by Abby Chatfield
• "The Name is Claus" by Vickie Goodwin