More info on Fractured Lit’s Micro Prize coming soon! Stay tuned for details on submissions, guidelines, prizes, and key dates. Full information will be shared shortly, so please check back for the official announcement.
Registration for the Fractured Lit Micro Class with Tommy Dean will be open November 1–30. Complete details will be available soon, so please check back for the official announcement, finalized schedule, and important updates.
More info on the Fracture and Fuse Prize coming soon! Stay tuned for details on submissions, guidelines, prizes, and key dates. Full information will be shared shortly, so please check back for the official announcement.
We want those stories that make a mystery out of the ordinary, that make the rational out of the mystical. We’re thrilled to partner with Guest Judge Tara Campbell, who will choose three prize winners from a shortlist.
We’re looking for stories that use flash fiction’s unique use of brevity and lyricism to create new twists on these familiar traditions. We want stories that take a slant approach, that create and illuminate the shadows, that awaken us to new ways of looking at our…
Ready for the opportunity to turn reality on its head? We want those stories that make a mystery out of the ordinary, that make the rational out of the mystical. Play with the edge of genre, but make sure your character is still the star of your story.
We want your most innovative and resonant flash and microfictions. We’re thrilled to partner with Guest Judge Gwen E. Kirby, who will choose one grand-prize winner and fifteen finalists from a shortlist of forty stories curated by our editors.
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.
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 celebrates the use of writing...
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 another favorite contest! From July...
judged by Maurice Carlos Ruffin May 11 to July 14, 2024 This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted and trusted us with your writing! Since this was one of our favorite contests last year, we had to bring it back! From May 11 to...
judged by W. Todd Kaneko February 15 to April 14, 2024 Add to Calendar submit This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted. We hope to announce a longlist in 12 weeks. Here at Fractured Lit, some of our favorite books to read are...