The QuietManDave Prize celebrates short-form writing and the life of someone who loved to experience new places, art and events and write about them.

The 2024 QuietManDave Flash Fiction and Flash Non-Fiction Prize is open to entries. The Prize offers awards of £1,000* for Flash Fiction and £1,000* Flash Non-Fiction as well as runner-up prizes. Submissions must be new work, not previously published. Open internationally to new and established writers aged 16 or over. Organised by the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University.

• Deadline: 25 October 2024
• Entry fee: £5 (reduced price entry available).
• Judging panels chaired by: Michael Pinchbeck (Judging Panel Chair), Mufaro Makubika, Catherine Love-Smith
• For full details, to enter, and to learn more about our judges and previous winners visit the Competition website: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/qmdprize