Flash Fiction Contest Open!
by Fringe Magazine • 08.14.2012Submissions are now closed.
Pushcart-Prize-winner Steve Almond will judge Fringe Magazine’s first flash fiction contest. First prize is $350 and publication in Fringe, second prize $100, and third prize is $50. All entries will be considered for publication. Submissions open on August 15 via the form below, and will close at midnight on October 15, 2012.
The entry fee is $10, payable via the PayPal button below and submissions must be fiction of 1,000 words or less. The first round of elimination will be blind, with Fringe editors David Duhr andAnna Barto making selections. Steve Almond will review finalists and select the winners.
Successful contenders will appeal to the Fringe aesthetic and our judge’s narrative leanings.
Steve Almond is the author of ten books of fiction and non-fiction, three of which he published himself. His memoir Candyfreak was a New York Times Bestseller. His short stories have appeared in the Best American and Pushcart anthologies. His most recent collection, God Bless America, was short-listed for The Story Prize. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and elsewhere.
Fringe Magazine is an online journal founded in 2005 by an all-women group of editors. The award-winning magazine has published work by more than 300 writers and artists since its first issue in February 2006. Fringe values quality over quantity: New work from one author appears in Fringe each Monday. This work is archived into quarterly issues. Each month, 13,000+ readers access the magazine.
Questions? Comments? Email fringethemagazine@gmail.com
can’t get the paypal link to work!
Thanks for letting us know, Mark! We’ve fixed the PayPal link.
I submitted a story Strange Dreams, and paid $10 via Pay Pay. But I could not get back to the forms to enter name and submission (flash fiction). I had to re-enter your web site and finish. I do not know if my payment and my submission correlated. Transaction : 8B2486293M922804D. Please confirm.
James, we received your payment and submission. Thank you.
hi, nice one here. Are submissions from Nigeria, Africa, acceptable? that’s my region and home
Akinwumi, yes! We accept submissions from anywhere in the world.
can you enter multiple submissions in the flash fiction contest?
I was so excited that I think I may have submitted BEFORE August 15th! Is there any way to make sure it’s included?
Do you take anything else aside from PayPal? Or can I send a money order today to make it by deadline? Thanks.
Will you all send out confirmation that our entries (with payments) have reached you? Thanks!