Flash Fiction
The challenge of flash fiction is to tell a complete story in which every word is absolutely essential. A writer must take away the excess until the story is left with nothing but the clean-scraped core of a story.
In this flash fiction contest we are challenging writers to write a flash fiction piece that is between 500 and 700 words on the topic provided. The topic is "the dance".
For this contest you must focus on the a single moment of your characters life that somehow involves a dance. The dance can be a specific dance (such as at a party) or it can be more obscure such as the "dance" that characters sometimes face in life. How you approach this topic is up to you but the focus of the story must clearly be on that moment and incorporate this topic. What is happening that makes this moment stand out and be interesting to your readers. Take this moment - and use a small number of words - to create your story. It must be a complete story. No poetry.
The winners will be selected by the FanStory.com Contest Committee. A winner will be announced approximately one to two weeks after the deadline passes. The decision is final.
The submitted work must be between 500 and 700 words. The title of the work does not count in the word count. If the word count is over or under this amount the work will not be presented to the contest committee. For a rough word counter utility click here but we recommend the use of a word processor to count the words.
The winner takes away a $100 cash prize. All writers will receive feedback for their submission.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Sunday, March 30, 2008.
Full Contest Listing
In this flash fiction contest we are challenging writers to write a flash fiction piece that is between 500 and 700 words on the topic provided. The topic is "the dance".
For this contest you must focus on the a single moment of your characters life that somehow involves a dance. The dance can be a specific dance (such as at a party) or it can be more obscure such as the "dance" that characters sometimes face in life. How you approach this topic is up to you but the focus of the story must clearly be on that moment and incorporate this topic. What is happening that makes this moment stand out and be interesting to your readers. Take this moment - and use a small number of words - to create your story. It must be a complete story. No poetry.
The winners will be selected by the FanStory.com Contest Committee. A winner will be announced approximately one to two weeks after the deadline passes. The decision is final.
The submitted work must be between 500 and 700 words. The title of the work does not count in the word count. If the word count is over or under this amount the work will not be presented to the contest committee. For a rough word counter utility click here but we recommend the use of a word processor to count the words.
The winner takes away a $100 cash prize. All writers will receive feedback for their submission.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Sunday, March 30, 2008.
