Current Submission Period Ends May 31
by Barbara Westwood Diehl
So we’re now into the last month of our current submission period.
No theme for our summer contest. Subject matter is entirely up to you. Surprise us.
But keep it short. See how much you can accomplish, how much of an impact you can have, with a small number of words. We want to wonder how you abracadabra words into magic. We want to be amazed and maybe a little jealous of how you do that.
One writer in each category—flash fiction, flash CNF, and prose poem—will be awarded a $300 prize and published in the summer issue. All entries considered for publication.
Total word limit for each category is 1,000. One, two, or three shorts in one Word doc, but no more than 1,000 words for all works combined. Seriously. And shorter is often better. We love shorts.
Deadline is May 31, 2020.
Contest fee is $5. Half the fee from past contests.
Judging is blind. Please do not include your name on your work.
(As always, writers may submit work—short or not—in non-contest categories and pay no submission fee. Of course, only contest submissions are considered for prizes. Contest entry fees are used for prizes and for payments to all writers published in the journal. Every penny. Thank you.)