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...
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...
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...
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...
We're excited to honor these stories by being on our longlist for this contest! We'll have a shortlist to send to Judge Maurice Carlos Ruffin very soon! Memento Morrie Dead Things I Gave Birth To A Short Love Story...
anthology 4 publication celebration reading Wednesday, October 24, 2024, at 4 p.m. PDT / 7 p.m. EDT on Zoom submit Join us in celebrating the publication of our fourth anthology of flash and microfiction. We...
We don't envy Judge W. Todd Kaneko's challenge of only picking one chapbook from this shortlist! We had the privilege of reading many fantastic chapbooks over the last few months, and we're sad we can only pick one...
judged by Deb Olin Unferth October 01 to December 01, 2024 (Closed) submit This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted and trusted us with your writing! Fractured Lit has always been a place that...
This has definitely been one of our hardest contests to decide on a longlist. We had the privilege of reading many fantastic chapbooks over the last few months, and we're sad we can only pick one winner. Here are the...
judged by Tara Campbell July 21 to September 15, 2024 (Closed) Add to Calendar submit This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered! We can't wait to read your stories! We're excited to bring back...
The winner is The Breakfast Shift at the Usual New York Diner by Debra A. Daniel! Thank you, and congratulations to our shortlisted writers. We so enjoyed reading your stories about work/play for this challenge! HR by...
We're so excited to announce our Anthology 4 winners! Judge Morgan Talty chose 20 stories to be published both online and in print! Thank you to everyone who submitted and to our finalists. It's never easy choosing...