Small. Brightly colored. Deadly to the touch.
The Blue Frog
2022 Winners
1st Place: “Press 3 for Random Track” by Dri Chiu Tattersfield
2nd Place: “Alligator Girls” by María Alejandra Barrios
3rd Place: “Why I Say We’re Cousins” by Shih-Li Kow
Finalists
Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
Eleonora Balsano
Rodney Evans
Rosie Garland
Sara Hills
Shareen K. Murayama
Hema Nataraju
Bayveen O’Connell
Maria Poulatha
Pip Robertson
Cherry Lou Sy
2022 Theme: “Around the World”
2022 Guest Judge: Tara Isabel Zambrano
2022 Guest Artist: Rob Kaniuk
What is The Blue Frog
Born out of celebration for our first birthday, The Blue Frog is Flash Frog’s annual flash fiction prize. Each year the contest will feature a theme based on what type of stories we wish had seen more of in the queue in the past year. The Blue Frog awards a total of $700 in prize money as well as signed books and original art!
When?
Contest submissions are open from January 1st – 31st.
Finalists are announced in mid February. Winners are announced in early March.
Prizes
1st Place: $500, publication in Flash Frog, signed copy of the Guest Judge’s book, and the original painting that accompanies your story.
2nd Place: $150, publication in Flash Frog, signed copy of the Guest Judge’s book, and the original painting that accompanies your story.
3rd Place: $50, publication in Flash Frog, signed copy of the Guest Judge’s book, and the original painting that accompanies your story.
Entry Fee
$5 per story.