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
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)