the 2023 contest is closed.
4th annual short short story contest

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The story cannot be longer than 100 words.
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Incorrectly hyphenated words will be counted as two words. Examples: old-man, hot-fire.
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The title is not included in the word limit.

Write as many stories as you want.
Choose one topic per story
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dogs
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ocean
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umbrellas
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winter

Best of Contest: $200
Best Youth Story (authors 14 and younger): $100
People's Choice Prize: $100
Best of Topic (4 awarded): $100

Winning and honorable mention stories will be published in an e-magazine.

$12 per story
Youth Writers (age 14 and younger): $10 per story
to submit a story
Please include your name in the body of your email.
formatting requirements
1" margins
arial or times roman, 12 pt
double space
at top of page:
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your topic
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youth story: yes or no (writers 14 years and younger)
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story title
PDF format