Category: IU Flash Fiction Challenge

Which “Og’s Idea” Flash Fiction Story Gets Your Vote?

Vote5It’s that time again…time to choose your favorite flash fiction story of the week! It’s all up to you now – only one can win Flash Fiction Readers’ Choice Champion honors. It’s super easy – choose your favorite and cast your vote below.

Check out this week’s entries here. Make your decision, then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word.

Voting polls close Thursday at 5 PM Pacific time.

Which "Og's Idea" Flash Fiction Story Should Win the Readers' Choice Award This Week?

  • Megan Alexander (41%, 31 Votes)
  • David Antrobus (25%, 19 Votes)
  • Dick C. Waters (16%, 12 Votes)
  • Christopher "Irish Goat" Knodel (4%, 3 Votes)
  • Joe Wocoski (3%, 2 Votes)
  • Stephanie Johnson (3%, 2 Votes)
  • Jeff Stone (3%, 2 Votes)
  • Yvonne Hertzberger (3%, 2 Votes)
  • Luigi Silvestri (1%, 1 Votes)
  • R. Stephen Stuart (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Dusty May Jane (1%, 1 Votes)
  • AP Bhosle (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 76

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NOTE: Entrants whose submissions are not relevant to the prompts and/or exceed the 250 word limit are eliminated from the poll. ONE VOTE PER PERSON, please. Duplicate votes will be deleted. The results displayed above are unofficial until verified by administration.

Flash Fiction Challenge: Og’s Idea

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Og hunts alone now. The others think Og is bad luck, so they send him away.

This makes things very difficult for Og. There are no helpers. No one to watch for spearmouths when Og sleeps. No one to help chase game.

Mostly, Og eats nuts and berries, but the season is almost over and the cold time will be here.Og does not know what to do.

He sits down by the water. There is a bush there with little leafcrawlers on the vines. Og tries a leafcrawler. Yuck! Og throws it in the water. As soon as bug hits the water, a fish jumps up and takes it.

Fish would be good to eat, but going in water is dangerous. Og gets an idea…

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Megan Alexander Wins Flash Fiction Challenge


Megan Alexander is the Readers’ Choice in this week’s Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction Challenge. The winning entry is decided by the popular vote and rewarded with a special feature here today. (In the case of a tie, the writer who submitted an entry first is the winner per our rules.)

Without further ado, here’s the winning entry:

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Which “Food Unchained” Flash Fiction Story Gets Your Vote?

Vote5It’s that time again…time to choose your favorite flash fiction story of the week! It’s all up to you now – only one can win Flash Fiction Readers’ Choice Champion honors. It’s super easy – choose your favorite and cast your vote below.

Check out this week’s entries here. Make your decision, then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word.

Voting polls close Thursday at 5 PM Pacific time.

Which "Food Unchained" Flash Fiction Story Should Win the Readers' Choice Award This Week?

  • Megan Alexander (35%, 11 Votes)
  • A. L. Kaplan (16%, 5 Votes)
  • Christopher "Irish Goat" Knodel (13%, 4 Votes)
  • R. Stephen Stuart (13%, 4 Votes)
  • Joe Wocoski (10%, 3 Votes)
  • Jeff Stone (10%, 3 Votes)
  • Dusty May Jane (3%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 31

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NOTE: Entrants whose submissions are not relevant to the prompts and/or exceed the 250 word limit are eliminated from the poll. ONE VOTE PER PERSON, please. Duplicate votes will be deleted. The results displayed above are unofficial until verified by administration.