The voting for this contest was determined by the contest committee. An announcement has been made on the welcome page.

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 subway".

For this contest you must focus on the a single moment of your characters life that somehow takes place underground in a subway. This could be a subway tunnel, platform or the train itself. 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.

$100 Gift Card To The Winner

The winner takes away a one hundred dollar pre-paid Visa gift card. Second place will win twenty-five member dollars. Third place ten member dollars.

This contest is open to all members. Past contest winners can join the contest.

The voting booth will include this summary of the contest:

The challenge of flash fiction is to tell a complete story in which every word is absolutely essential. The topic is "the subway". The submitted work must be between 500 and 700 words. The title of the work does not count in the word count.

One entry per person. New entries to the site only.

Deadline: Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Click the link above to submit your entry. Members with reservations can use the link provided in their contest profile.

Members may not request votes, mention contest entries, or notify potential voters of the vote by private message or other means as specified in the contest terms. The site automatically checks for this form of communication. A break in the contest terms will result in the cancellation of the account.