
CURRENT COMPETITIONS

Next Up: April 11, 11:59 PM CST
The writing contest for those with precision. This is where brevity becomes brilliance. This elite competition demands stories of exactly 50 or 100 words, no more, no less. Only those with true mastery of language and precision dare to rise to the challenge. Will your words endure the scrutiny?
HOW IT WORKS

Currently Underway
This isn’t for everyone. It’s for those who can wield the sharp edge of brevity while crafting universes filled with sci-fi tech or spellbinding fantasy. Two rounds, both genres. Can your 1,000 words conjure both wonder and awe, or will your tale be forgotten in the void?
REASONS TO PARTICIPATE
Prompts
Constraints
Rounds
Writers are given prompts at the beginning of each round of a challenge. The number and type of prompts will vary. But, they can be: genre, action, emotion, character, location, subject, object, word, or image. The prompts for each round must be integrated into the writers' stories.
It wouldn't be much of a challenge if we didn't put some obstacles in the way. In addition to the prompts, each challenge has a word and time constraint. The time constraints range from 24 hours to one week, and the word limits range from 50 words to 8,000 words.
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. So, instead of just writing one story, our challenges involve multiple rounds of story writing. The top stories from each round advance to consecutive rounds. The exact number of rounds and details of advancement vary by challenge.
Feedback
You Keep the Rights
Cash Prizes
Our judges provide detailed feedback for every submission of every round in a challenge. Writers can use this information to improve their stories before submitting them to publications or just to improve their work.
Writers retain all rights to the stories they submit. They can submit their stories to any publication or use them anywhere once the contest ends. We do not share the submissions publicly without consent from the authors.
There are thousands in cash prizes for the winners of each challenge. Not only does participation provide a fun way to hone your craft, but you could also walk away with a handsome reward for the work you submit.