Submission Calls: Short Story and Flash

Writer's Thought for the Week: Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. ~ Robert Brault

Third Annual Beginner's Short Story Contest

http://www.creativewritinginstitute.com/

Deadline October 20, 2011

A contest for beginner's only. If you have sold a book or a short story you don't qualify. If you have self-published, you do qualify. This is an honor system. The sponsors say this is a small contest and your chances of winning are good.

They consider stories in any genre, 1,000 - 1,750 words. No entry fee, but since we are a charity that sponsors cancer patients in writing courses, we're asking for $1 - $5 donations through credit card or PayPal at http://creativewritinginstitute.com/donate.php . If you can't donate, you're still welcome to enter. Up to two entries per person

Prizes: 1st place winner will receive cash (up to $100, depending on donations received) OR a free, tutored writing course at Creative Writing Institute, valued at $200. Also, a copy of Word Magic and Word Trippers.

2nd place: Two tutoring sessions with Deborah Owen, and a copy of Word Magic by Cindy Rogers.

3rd place: One tutoring session with Deborah Owen, and a copy of Word Trippers by Barbara McNichol.

10Flash Quarterly

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The theme for the January 2012 issue is “It’s the end of the world as we know it.” Submissions will be accepted until they have purchased ten stories. When that happens, they  will post a notice online.

10Flash publishes speculative flash fiction stories — fantasy, horror, science fiction, suspense, crime and slipstream — between 800 and 1,000 words.  “We may fudge on the bottom number, from time to time, but the top limit is firm.”  Pays $20.