Predict the next shape in the pattern. Here is a wolf’s heart. Here is a wooden crucifix. Here is an emerald. Here is one drop of water. Here is a witch’s crushed corpse shoed in jewels. Plunge your hand inside your...
Fractured Lit
fractured lit gods & monsters challenge: CLOSED
We want stories that deliver our readers challenging characters with an eye toward shifting power dynamics. We ask writers to interpet these themes widely and at a slant, to develop stories that defy our sense of good and evil.
2024 Micro Prize Shortlist
Here is the shortlist of 20 micros we couldn't stop discussing! We're excited to have sent these stories to judge Deb Olin Unferth! Results in 4 weeks! Runaway Dad Never Gave Me a Rabbit's Foot Fifteen Shades of Pink...
2024 Micro Prize Longlist
Microfictions often set-up and exhibit their own kind of narrative rules, and we're excited to honor these 47 rule-breaking stories. We will announce our shortlist very soon. We're excited to get those stories to judge...
2025 ghost, fable, and fairy tales prize
judged by Dan Chaon February 15, 2025, to April 13, 2025 (Closed) submit This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted and trusted us with your writing!...
No More Needs to be Said: An Interview with Robert Shapard
Robert Shapard’s collection, Bare Ana and Other Stories, will be released by Regal House Publishing in February. Winner of the 2022 W.S. Porter Prize, this full-length collection brings to life an array of flash and...
Fractured Lit 2024 Elsewhere Prize Judged by Tara Campbell Winners and Shortlist
We've got our winners for this contest! 1st Place: All and Sundry by Candace Leigh Coulombe This story captures the spirit of Elsewhere by transporting us to a familiar place made utterly surreal: a mega mart with...
Fractured Lit 2024 Elsewhere Prize Judged by Tara Campbell Shortlist
Congratulations to the writers of these 14 speculative stories! We'll be back shortly with our winners! Like Prey Marked All and Sundry Of Souls & Forests Crow Sweetie Come Brush Me A Lamb, Rising Fireworks at Dusk...
Fractured Lit 2024 Elsewhere Prize Judged by Tara Campbell Longlist
Congratulations to the writers of these 39 speculative stories! We'll be back shortly with our shortlist! We can't wait to see what Judge Tara Campbell chooses from the upcoming shortlist! Field with Dogs (in the...
Fractured Lit Flash Fiction OPEN Judged by Maurice Carlos Ruffin Grand Prize Winner and Finalists
Guest Judge Maurice Carlos Ruffin has chosen his grand prize winner and the 16 finalists! We're excited to publish all sixteen of these stories starting in January 2025! Grand Prize Winner: One Minute Thirty-Five...
Fractured Lit Chapbook Prize Judge W. Todd Kaneko Winner and Finalists
Congratulations to our grand prize winner: You Go Home by Steven Sherrill! We can't wait to get your chapbook into the hands of our readers! Congrats to everyone on the shortlist! We know these chapbooks will find...
Fractured Lit Flash Fiction OPEN Judged by Maurice Carlos Ruffin Shortlist
We're excited to honor these stories by including them on our shortlist for this contest. Congrats to the writers who have made it this far in the contest! Your piece has been handed over to our Guest Judge, Maurice...