Many worlds flash fiction wins competition
June 10, 2020 Three short stories that give their characters access to other timelines have claimed prizes in the 2019-20 edition of the Quantum Shorts flash fiction competition. The stories explore the many worlds idea from quantum physics, in which every event is understood to have all possible outcomes, each happening in its own branch […]
We have 10 finalists
May 04, 2020 The Quantum Shorts 2019 flash fiction competition has its ten finalists! We are thrilled to announce the shortlisted entries from the hundreds of stories that came from writers all around the world. The quantum short stories are no longer than 1000 words and contain the phrase “things used to be so simple”. […]
And the shortlisting begins
March 10, 2020 The Quantum Shorts flash fiction competition is moving into its next phase. Submissions closed on 29 February 2020, and we have now published to the website all the eligible entries. Writers from all over the world responded to our fiction call and sent in their quantum-inspired stories. We were absolutely blown away. […]
The Quantum Shorts book
December 10, 2019 We are happy to announce the publication of the Quantum Shorts e-book. The new anthology presents 37 stories shortlisted in the Quantum Shorts competitions held in 2013, 2015 and 2017. The stories are the works of 32 writers from all over the world. “I have been wowed by the talent this competition […]
Announcing a new call for flash fiction
December 10, 2019 Calling all writers! We are delighted to announce a new call for entries to the Quantum Shorts flash fiction competition. We want stories of up to 1000 words long that take inspiration from the mind-blowing world of quantum physics. The Quantum Shorts competition is free to enter, offering prizes of up to US$1500. […]
Quantum Shorts returns in December
October 29, 2019 Mark your calendars! Quantum Shorts will be returning in December with a new call for flash fiction. For those of you new to Quantum Shorts, the festival has alternated between annual calls for short films and flash fiction since 2012. The winners of the 2018 edition of the competition for films were announced earlier […]
Backstory: designing Quantum Shorts
December 20, 2019 The cover art of the recently launched Quantum Shorts e-book is the work of Syafiqah, a multidisciplinary graphic designer and illustrator based in Singapore. Besides designing the book’s cover, Syafiqah also prepared the layout you see in the PDF version of the e-book. We spoke to Syafiqah about designing for the Quantum Shorts e-book. […]
Prizes awarded to three Quantum Shorts films
April 15, 2019 The Quantum Shorts film festival is delighted to announce its three top prize winners, selected from a shortlist of ten incredible short films inspired by quantum physics. The shortlist was created from over 170 submissions from all over the world. “It’s wonderful to see so many people being inspired by the seemingly esoteric scientific […]
Here are the finalists
February 04, 2019 “Weirdly compelling,” was one judge’s comment. “A very adventurous concept,” said another. “Creative and funny,” came a third verdict. Now you can judge the entries to the latest edition of the Quantum Shorts film festival yourself! The shortlist is finally ready for your input. The shortlisting judges have picked 10 films out […]
Shortlisting panel at work
December 11, 2018 The Quantum Shorts festival called for films inspired by quantum physics and the universe answered – at least, filmmakers all over the world responded with their movies. We closed to entries with 176 submissions from 40 different countries. So what happens now? We are reviewing the films for their link to quantum […]