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: 2023 Issue.
Flash 405: 2023 Issue
February 2023: “Tacky”
Judge:
Kes Nave
About the Theme | Judge’s Comments
Winners:
1st Place: Velvet by Jennifer Fliss (Fiction)
2nd Place: A Preemie Mama’s Shopping List by Alison Luk (Experimental)
Honorable Mentions:
Another Word for Classy by Janna Wagner (Nonfiction)
Oriental Novelties Catalog by Lorraine Schein (Poetry)
April 2023: “Flight”
Guest Judge:
Lucy Zhang
About the Theme | Judge’s Comments
1st Place: a nest built of salt by Uyen Dang (Fiction)
2nd Place: Reunion by Maria S. Picone (Fiction)
Honorable Mentions:
As a great blue heron unsheathes its wings, by Christian Chase Garner (Poetry)
Earthbound by Shayla Frandsen (Fiction)
Drake’s Equation by Carol Dorf (Poetry)
June 2023: “Crescendo”
Judge:
Shze-Hui Tjoa
About the Theme | Judge’s Comments
1st Place: Reasonable Doubt by Nancy Ludmerer (Fiction)
2nd Place: Curbed by Rachael Carnes (Stageplay)
Honorable Mention:
1000 Feet by Amy Cook (Nonfiction)
August 2023: “Secret”
Guest Judge:
L Mari Harris
About the Theme | Judge’s Comments
1st Place: When the Light Is Just Right by Tommy Dean (Fiction)
2nd Place: The Dolls by J. Annie MacLeod (Fiction)
Honorable Mentions:
It Is by Sarah Freligh (Fiction)
There Is No Advice I’d Give to My 16-Year-Old Self by Sabrina Hicks (Experimental)
Cookie Stash by Elena Zhang (Fiction)