Flash 405: 2018 Issue

 

Flash 405 is Exposition Review’s multi-genre flash competition, awarding prizes and online publication to the winners. To celebrate these award-winning works, we’ve collected them together in our Flash 405: 2018 Issue.


 

Flash 405: 2018 Issue

Flash 405 Contest Rules

 

February 2018: “Greed”

Judge:
Rebecca Luxton
About the Theme | Judge’s Comments

1st Place: Nixon in Heaven by Evan McMurry (Fiction)
2nd Place: Tanka (he holds the record) by Tracy Davidson (Poetry)

Honorable Mention:
Killer Dessert by Guy Biederman (Poetry)
Broken by Kristen Olsen (Fiction)
Street Sweeper by Martin Jon Porter (Poetry)

 

April 2018: “Magnetism”

Guest Judge:
Edwin Bodney
About the Theme | Judge’s Comments

1st Place: Potential Energy by Kate Bove (Fiction)
2nd Place: Happy Land, Isolated by Roxanne Geti (Nonfiction)

Honorable Mention:
Lunar Bodies by Maryann Aita (Experimental Nonfiction)
In the Wood by Carol Ann Martin (Experimental Fiction)
The Cherry Harvest by Cameron Snyder (Fiction)

 

June 2018: “Nature”

Judge:
Brianna J.L. Smyk
About the Theme | Judge’s Comments

1st Place: Whiskey Horoscope by Sarina Bosco (Nonfiction)
2nd Place: Dead by Jackie DesForges (Fiction)

Honorable Mention:
Waves by Kayla Monsanto (Script)
Parts by Brie Radke (Fiction)
3,200 Pound Rose by Mia Kirsi Stageberg (Experimental Fiction)

 

August 2018: “Mystery”

Guest Judge:
Glen David Gold
About the Theme | Judge’s Comments

1st Place: Blood and Oxygen by Johnson Cheu (Poetry)
2nd Place: Bottom by Jon Mozes (Fiction)

Honorable Mention:
Translated from the Original by Guy Biederman (Fiction)
Hide and Seek by Doug Van Gundy (Fiction)

 


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