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2026 Fractured & Fused Prize: September 21, 2026 to November 22, 2026

2026 Fractured & Fused Prize: September 21, 2026 to November 22, 2026

by | Mar 11, 2026 |

Objects break, and people shatter, but what’s fractured may be fused. For this contest, we’re looking for stories that utilize the tension and conflict in something being fractured, or that revel in the catharsis of someone finding what makes them complete after a shattering. We’re excited to offer the winner of this prize $3,000 and publication, while the second- and third-place winners will receive publication and $300 and $200, respectively. All prize winners will be chosen by our guest judge.

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2026 Flash Fiction Open: May 11, 2026 to July 12, 2026

2026 Flash Fiction Open: May 11, 2026 to July 12, 2026

by | Mar 11, 2026 | ,

What we love about this contest is that there are no themes or restrictions on style. We want your most innovative and resonant flash and microfictions. Send us those pieces that lift us up, that take us down, that make us feel alive. A guest judge will choose one grand-prize winner and fifteen finalists from a shortlist of forty stories curated by our editors. The first-place winner will receive $2,000 and publication, while the fifteen finalists will receive $100 and publication.

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2025 micro prize: December 01, 2025 to February 01, 2026

2025 micro prize: December 01, 2025 to February 01, 2026

by | Nov 25, 2025 |

Fractured Lit has always been a place that celebrates small stories with big impacts. In the return of our Micro Prize, we want to honor stories of 400 words or fewer that tell a complete story and have us marveling at the depth of character and language. We invite writers to submit to the Fractured Lit Micro Prize from December 01 to February 01, 2026.
We’re thrilled to partner with Guest Judge Steve Almond, who will choose three prize winners from a shortlist.

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