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: 2020 Issue.
Flash 405: 2020 Issue
February 2020: “Bright Spot”
Judge:
Sarah Smith Narhi
About the Theme | Judge’s Comments
1st Place: Out of Work by Roy Haymond, Jr. (Fiction)
2nd Place: Goldilocks by Nathaniel Buckingham (Fiction)
Honorable Mention:
Novena by Mary Ellen (Fiction)
After a Seven-Year-Old War by Lazarus Trubman (Poetry)
April 2020: “Change in Perspective”
Guest Judge:
K.B. Carle
About the Theme | Judge’s Comments
1st Place: This is an interview with a pipe. by John Brady (Fiction)
2nd Place: this is how i want you to remember me by JJ Peña (Nonfiction)
Honorable Mention:
Just Meat by Christina Rosso (Fiction)
Click / Capture by Lucy Gram (Nonfiction)
June 2020: “International Travel”
Judge:
Dave Gregory
About the Theme | Judge’s Comments
1st Place: Tortuguero Nesting Season by Emily Roth (Fiction)
2nd Place: Ciambella for Sorella by Erica Plouffe Lazure (Nonfiction)
Honorable Mention:
Querido Quito, by Olivia Lloyd (Poetry)
Lost on the West Highland Way by Robert Garner McBrearty (Fiction)
Me Shining by Grace Segran (Nonfiction)
August 2020: “Invented Language”
Guest Judge:
Rita Bullwinkel
About the Theme | Judge’s Comments
1st Place: Well-Lit Rooms by Dante Fuoco (Poetry)
2nd Place: the big eclipse by Brittany Ackerman (Poetry)
Honorable Mention:
pistachio, a translation by Audrey Ying (Nonfiction)
Vascular Organ by Clara Mendoza (Experimental Fiction)