The Blue Frog

The Blue Frog is Flash Frog’s annual flash fiction contest. Taking place each January, the contest features a new theme based on what type of stories we wish we had seen more of in the queue. Each year also features a new Guest Judge and Guest Artist. The Blue Frog awards a total of $700 in prize money as well as signed books and original art!

The 2026 Winners

1^st Place: Leaving by Wasima Khan

2^nd Place: Doesn’t That Sound Great, Mary Beth? by Jessica Klimesh

3^rd Place: Lies I Tell My Children (#17) by Ruth Joffre

Finalists

2026 Theme: “Family”

2026 Guest Judge: Camille U. Adams

2026 Guest Artist: Ali McLafferty

The 2025 Winners

1^st Place: Materials Needed by Kyle Weik

2^nd Place: The Third by Alison Morretta

3^rd Place: Gulls of the Algarve by Matt Barrett

Finalists

2025 Theme: “Voice”

2025 Guest Judge: Gina Chung

2025 Guest Artist: Jiksun Cheung

The 2024 Winners

1^st Place: The 250^th Annual Radishtown Day Summer Parade by Ani King

2^nd Place: Three Miles Off the Highway Past Exit 509 by Jo Gatford

3^rd Place: Pool Hoppers by Phoebe Gibb

Finalists

2024 Theme: “A Sense of Place”

2024 Guest Judge: Kristen Arnett

2024 Guest Artist: Ruri Kato

The 2023 Winners

1^st Place: No Dead Bodies in the Dining Room by Kathryn LeMon

2^nd Place: The Whale Bone Man by Kaylie Saidin

3^rd Place: Patagium by K.C. Mead-Brewer

Finalists

2023 Theme: “The Surreal”

2023 Guest Judge: Aimee Bender

2023 Guest Artist: Daegan Lunsford

2022 Winners

1^st Place: Press 3 for Random Track by Dri Chiu Tattersfield

2^nd Place: Alligator Girls by María Alejandra Barrios

3^rd Place: Why I Say We’re Cousins by Shih-Li Kow

Finalists

2022 Theme: “Around the World”

2022 Guest Judge: Tara Isabel Zambrano

2022 Guest Artist: Rob Kaniuk