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Calling all micro-fiction storytellers! 🏁

For the second year in a row, Freewrite is teaming up with Grant Faulkner, co-founder of the Flash Fiction Institute and author of The Art of Brevity, to bring you the fastest, most adrenaline-pumping writing event of the year.

Whether you're a seasoned writer or a creative rookie, the Freewrite 500 is your chance to rev up your imagination, write a 500-word story, and win big.

You do not need to own a Freewrite to participate.

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How It Works

🎟️ Fill out the form above to secure your spot. It's totally free. (You must register to participate.)

📖 Watch the free mini flash fiction lesson by Grant Faulkner, which includes the announcement of the prompt for the contest. WATCH IT HERE.

📝 You'll have the weekend to finish and submit your 500-word storybased on the prompt by end of day on Monday, August 17. Entries must be 500 words or less. The entry form is plain text. Any necessary formatting should be noted in [brackets]. [SUBMISSIONS CLOSED]

✏️ Our judging panel, led by Faulkner and made up of writers from the Freewrite team and the Flash Fiction Institute, will judge each piece based on: length (500 words), relevance to the prompt, and creativity.

🥇 NEW THIS YEAR: The panel will select three finalists, and then announce one grand prize winner.

All work must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, August 17, 2026.

The Prize Pack

One winner will receive:

• Publication on the Freewrite blog and Flash Fiction Institute blog
• 1 Freewrite Traveler
• 1 hour-long one-on-one coaching session with Grant Faulkner
• 1 free Flash Gym session with the Flash Fiction Institute
  
• 1 Words Are Hard prompt deck
  
• A paperback copy of Set Your Story Free, the ultimate guide to freewriting
• A digital copy of the opening chapter of Grant Faulkner's book, The Art of Brevity

Second and third place writers will each receive:

• Publication on the Freewrite blog and Flash Fiction Institute blog
• 1 Freewrite Alpha
• 1 free Flash Gym session with the Flash Fiction Institute
• 1 Words Are Hard prompt deck
• A paperback copy of Set Your Story Free, the ultimate guide to freewriting
• A digital copy of the opening chapter of Grant Faulkner's book, The Art of Brevity

The Schedule

• Thursday, Aug 13: Lesson & prompt announcement
• Monday, Aug 17: Submissions deadline
• Monday, Aug 31: Finalists announced
• Monday, September 7: Grand prize winner announced

Questions? You can reach us at hello@getfreewrite.com.

Write on.

The Freewrite 500 Pit Crew 🏁 

Full contest terms and conditions

We're about to hit 1 billion words written on Freewrite devices. And we're doing a giveaway to celebrate.

One billion words is an entire library! About 11,000 novels.

That's 920 full read-throughs of the entire Harry Potter series.

Roughly 23 complete sets of Encyclopedia Britannica.

And we're almost there. Want to be part of the journey?

One writer who participates in the journey to a billion will be chosen to receive a prize pack the likes of which we've never given away before. And you don't have to own a Freewrite to enter.

One lucky winner will receive a prize package valued at $1,595:

• A Freewrite Ernest Hemingway Edition Smart Typewriter with case and polishing cloth ($1,099 value)
• An Author Clock ($209 value)
• A Freewrite Circa Leather Discbound Notebook ($159.50 value)
• A free 1-year subscription to Freewrite Plus ($40 value)
• A Brown Freewrite Embossed Deskmat ($59 value)
• A Words Are Hard writing prompt deck ($29 value)

How do you enter? Write. That's it.

Specifically: 

👉 Write on your Freewrite and sync to Postbox.

👉 If you don't own a Freewrite, write in our free app, Sprinter, and sync to a Postbox account. (Directions to create a Postbox account can be found here.)

Every day that you log words in Postbox (which is automatically done when you write and sync in the Freewrite ecosystem) will earn you 1 entry in the giveaway of all giveaways.

The more days you write, the more entires you'll have when we hit a billion.

Time Is Ticking

Keep an eye on the counter on our homepage. When it hits a billion, we'll pick the winner.

Good luck!

The Freewrite Team

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