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 within a form on our blog that will go live on August 15 and close at midnight on October 15, 2012.

The entry fee is $10, payable via PayPal and submissions must be fiction of 1,000 words or less. The first round of elimination will be blind, with Fringe editors David Duhr and Anna 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.

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