Ravished in a Flash 2.0 - The Flash Fiction Tournament is Back

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Ravished in a Flash 2.0 - The Flash Fiction Tournament is Back

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Our first contest season starts with a familiar format: Ravished in a Flash - The Flash Fiction tournament.

In the Flash Fiction tournament authors will write a piece of flash fiction (250 to 1000 words) for each of their match-ups. Each round will have a new theme. The winner of a match-up advances to the next round until the final match-up determines the winner of the contest. The contestants will publish their stories under randomly assigned pen names to guarantee anonymity until the end of the contest.


Ravished in a Flash Rules
  • Language: English
  • Length: 250 to 1000 words
  • Voting: The winner of each match-up will be determined by the reputation gained during the voting period. Voting for your own story is forbidden since it is impossible to rate your own posts under normal circumstances.
  • Schedule: Each round is exacly one week long, 4 days of writing followed by 3 days of voting. The first round starts on Sunday January 11 2026.
  • Anonymity: All stories will be published under randomly assigned pen names until the end of the tournament.
    • Every contestant can suggest a pen name upon signing up for the tournament. The name they suggest will be assigned to some other contestant at random.
    • In case a contestant does not suggest a pen name for their competitors, I will make up one myself.
    • During the tournament, reputation gained by entries will be added to an anonymous account. Once the tournament is over, that reputation will be transferred to the real account.
  • Rewards:
    • Special title for the winner of the contest (except for mods and admins)
    • Each won duel will get the winner 5 reputation points. Winning the entire contest will yield another 10 reputation points. The runner-up gets 5. These points will also be added to the participants' season scores that determine the season champion at the end of the season in June.

Schedule:
  • January 4 to January 11: Contestants sign up
  • January 11: Contestants get their pen names and are randomly matched for the first round.
  • January 11 to January 18: "Round of 16" - Theme: Cherry Picking
  • January 18 to January 25: Quarterfinal - Theme: All By Myself
  • January 25 to February 1: Semi-Final - Theme: The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side
  • February 1 to February 8: Final - Theme: There Can Be Only One
Whether the tournament takes three or four rounds will depend on the number of contestants that sign up.

Stories will be posted in a separate board that will be visible for contestants only. Once the voting period begins, all stories will be moved to the Public Stories board at the same time and will be pinned to the top of the board.

If you want to compete, sign up now and suggest a pen name that one of your competitors will be bearing with honor for the duration of the tournament. :)

Contestants - Pen name suggestion:
First Round
Advancing to the quarterfinal (Pen Name - Story)
Eliminated are (Pen Name - Real Name - Story) Second Round
Advancing to the semi-final (Pen Name - Story)
Eliminated are (Pen Name - Real Name - Story) Semi-final
Advancing to the final (Pen Name - Story)
Eliminated are (Pen Name - Real Name - Story)
My stories: Claire's Cesspool of Sin. I'm always happy to receive a comment on my stories, even more so on an older one!
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Re: Ravished in a Flash 2.0 - The Flash Fiction Tournament is Back

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I’m in a horrible writing slump, so this might kick me out of it. Not a big surprise, but Ink Splotter will be back.
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I'm in. The pen name... This is a flash contest, so how about Gordon?
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I shall sign up and let's have a little bit of fun by saying the pen name should be...

Ricky Spanish.

If you can hear that name as a whisper, you know why the name is perfect as a ravishment author.
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@Shocker Thanks for signing up. I hope you get out of your slump soon. And thanks for bringing back the @Ink Splotter. That's one of my favorite pen names from past tournaments. :)

@Lucius Added you to the contestants, too. I can hardly imagine what flash fiction from you will be like. I'm really curious.

@RapeU Added you to the list, too! So sweet of you to come up with a pen name that your opponents can bear without feeling ashamed. :lol:
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Lucius wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 11:16 pm I'm in. The pen name... This is a flash contest, so how about Gordon?
Sounds like Flash Gordon has entered the contest
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I too shall sign up. And the name someone must be saddled with shall be Donkey Conga-Line.
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I'm in. How about Evil Twin Number 3?
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List updated.
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I will try my hand. Sign me in.

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