Creatives November Flash Contest – Fiction

Enter the Creatives November Flash Competition!

This is the second of our flash contest series in the run up to Fort William Mountain Festival 2026 — many thanks for all the submissions received in October so far! The theme is TRAVERSE and the genre is FICTION. We are accepting entries in English, Gaelic, Doric and Scots.

This competition is supported by Fort William Mountain Festival and the Highland Bookshop. The winner of each contest will receive a £50 cash prize and a weekend pass to Fort William Mountain Festival 2026, as well as have their work featured in our Creatives publication and festival events. The runners-up in each contest will be published on our website as part of a feature article. Winners will be announced in the new year.

Theme: TRAVERSE
Genre: FICTION
Word count: 150 words
Submission deadline: 30 November

Visual artists are also invited to submit ONE image per theme. There will be one visual artist winner for the complete contest series.

Entries should be in keeping with the themes outlined in our Creatives submission guidelines. To submit, send your entry to creatives@scottishmountaineeringpress.com.

The final contest will be launched on 1 December.