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Are you a closet writer? Do you have a flair for brevity? Take our challenge and write a short short story using 30 words (or less).
This contest supports Reading Works, a community-based nonprofit that enriches the lives of adults and their families by increasing their literacy skills through free one-on-one tutoring or small group instruction.
Contest Rules
Submission Information
Entry Fees
$5 per story (pay for submissions below)
Categories
Judging
Stories will be judged on creativity, narrative cohesion, and word use.
Prizes & Public Reading
For more information, visit https://www.reading-works.org/short-short-story-writing-contest.html
This contest supports Reading Works, a community-based nonprofit that enriches the lives of adults and their families by increasing their literacy skills through free one-on-one tutoring or small group instruction.
Contest Rules
- Create a 30-word short short story of any genre.
- Contest participants may submit five stories per category.
Submission Information
- Electronic submissions only by email to shortstory@reading-works.org.
- Submissions must be in English.
- Submissions must be typed, 12-pt Arial font.
- Each file must include the contestant’s name.
- Submissions must be formatted in .doc, .docx, or pdf and include the contestant’s name.
- Submissions will be accepted till January 10, 2020.
- All ages welcome.
Entry Fees
$5 per story (pay for submissions below)
Categories
- Sushi
- Huckleberry Finn’s Mother
- Caterpillars
- Breakfast
- Pianos
Judging
Stories will be judged on creativity, narrative cohesion, and word use.
Prizes & Public Reading
- Cash Prizes: 5 Best-of-Category Prizes, $50 each, and 1 Best Story, $100
- Winners and runners-up will be announced and invited to a public reading in Albuquerque. If you can’t attend, a professional actor will read your story. (Date to be determined.)
- The winning stories will be posted on our website, as well as social media.
- All winners will receive a firstwriter.com voucher worth $15, allowing them to take out a free subscription to firstwriter.com, providing access to details of hundreds of publishers, literary agents, writing competitions, and magazines.
For more information, visit https://www.reading-works.org/short-short-story-writing-contest.html
am I restricted to the suggested title/topics???
thank you