the 2020 fractured lit micro fiction prize longlist

We’re proud to announce the 53 titles of our longlist! The submissions we received were resonant, inventive, and so engaging that we’ve had a hard time narrowing down the list! From this list, 25 stories will make it to the shortlist for judge Sian Griffiths to choose her final 3 winners and 5 honorable mentions! Please don’t identify your story title as the shortlist will be delivered to Megan anonymously!

Cultural Competency

How To Prepare For Your Child

Mary Annette

Pregnancy Test

Cashmere

The I.C.’s

Compromise

Flawed

Dirty Water

The Chill of Antiseptic

Slow Motion

The Locked Door

the blood we spill and the blood we keep

Bird Day

The Monster That Stole The Moon

Maho Bay

Multiverse

Making Lemonade

Inside Out

The First 

In The Beginning

New Devotion

Ruth

One of Our Own

A Paranormal Dialogue

dreamlessness 

Numbers

Graffiti

All Clocks Are Wrong

Burial Without Roses

Gavin and Merle Are Engaged in a Turf War

Digging

Orphans of a dead scene

Origami

The Taxidermist and The Baker

Escaping Family 

Crossing The Line

Tapping In

And This is How it Ended

If You Are Reading This

With a Glistening Rush

The Eighth Silo

Cold at First

Agates on Her Hands

Closer

Total Control

Love 1

Negative

Reaching Maturation

In Which Sophie and I Clear a Forest

Bird Resuscitation

Fire

Entomologist’s Girlfriend