| Prize: £1000 | Our Flashback Fiction Challenge is all about nostalgia. Each writer will be randomly assigned a decade (from the 1950s to the early 2000s) ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ 🕰️ New Writing Challenge: Memory, Nostalgia, and £1,000 Up for Grabs!We’ve just launched a brand-new short story contest — our 2025 Flashback Fiction Challenge — and it’s all about nostalgia. Each writer will be randomly assigned a decade (from the 1950s to the early 2000s) and must craft a contemporary story that includes at least one flashback set in that assigned decade.But before we tell you more...👻 Newly published! We’ve just released five incredible runner-up stories from our Paranormal Flash Fiction Challenge, and they’re absolutely worth a read. These stories just missed out on the top spot, but each one shows real craft, voice, and flair. 📖 Read the runner-up stories hereNow, back to the present... and the past.About the Flashback Fiction Challenge:Your task is to write a contemporary short story with at least one flashback set in your assigned decade:🌀 The 1950s: post-war optimism, jukeboxes, diners, the rise of rock and roll 🌀 The 1960s: counterculture, civil rights, miniskirts, moon landings 🌀 The 1970s: disco, second-wave feminism, Watergate, bell-bottoms 🌀 The 1980s: arcade games, Cold War tensions, big hair, synth-pop 🌀 The 1990s: grunge, dial-up internet, teen movies, political shifts 🌀 The early 2000s: flip phones, MySpace, emo bands, 9/11, the iPodWhatever decade you get, the challenge is the same: evoke it clearly, vividly, and authentically. That means your flashback should feel truly of its time — through setting, language, mood, or small cultural details — while still serving a compelling story.🏆 First Prize: £1,000Happy writing, – The Globe Soup Team | | | |