Flashbang entries are free this week

It's not too late to enter the Flashbang contest to win tickets to next year's CrimeFest, and for this week only, the entry fee is being waived. Read all about the contest on the Flashbang website.

RULES
Max 150 words. No minimum. Title not included in word count. One entry per person. *£2 entry fee* to cover our admin, to be paid via PayPal. No entries from established crime authors, please. No other restrictions apply, but you’ll want to be able to attend CrimeFest in Bristol in the UK in May 2016 if you win (NB: travel and accommodation are not included in the prize).
Entries by midnight BST on 3 March 2015.

PRIZES
1st prize is two weekend passes to CrimeFest 2016 (access to all interviews, panels and receptions, exc. accommodation, dinner, travel)
2nd prize is one weekend pass to CrimeFest 2016
3rd prize A special CrimeFest delegate bag with books and other goodies
In addition to the above, all those on the shortlist will be invited to attend the Crime Writing Day on Friday 15 May 2015, when the winners will be announced.

*waived between 31 JANUARY and MIDNIGHT on 7 FEBRUARY 2015.

The name's Bang, Flash Bang

Yes, the second CrimeFest Flashbang competition is now open. You could win tickets to the fabulous CrimeFest (30 May - 2 June 2013) by writing a teensy story...

Here's the rules:

Max 150 words. No minimum. Title not included in word count. One entry per person. £2 entry fee to cover our admin, to be paid via PayPal. No entries from established crime authors, please. No other restrictions apply, but you’ll want to be able to attend CrimeFest in Bristol in the UK if you win (NB: travel and acommodation are not included in the prize).

Entries by midnight BST on 1 March 2013.

For details of how to enter and more on the rules go to the Flashbang website.

Flashbang Writing Contest

The Flashbang writing competition is now open. Just write a story in 150 words or less and you could win two tickets to CrimeFest in May.

Here's some information from the official website:

Flashbang is a new crime writing contest, sponsored by CrimeFest, who are providing the first prize of two weekend passes, as well as the second prize of DVD boxed sets of The Killing (plus its new novelisation). Hersilia Press is sponsoring the third prize: four of their Italian crime books. Comma Press is kindly providing five copies of MO: Crimes of Practice to runners up.

As well as terrific prizes, Flashbang is free to enter and gives eight lucky writers the chance to be published on websites read by crime buffs the world over. Deadline is midnight BST Sunday 15 April.

For more information on the rules and prizes go here and the judges (who include some familiar faces) reveal what they are looking for.