the 2020 fractured lit flash fiction prize shortlist

We’re proud to announce the 22 titles of our shortlist! The submissions we received were fresh, fierce, and so engaging that we’ve had a hard time narrowing down the list! From this list, judge Megan Giddings will choose her final 3 winners! Please don’t identify your story title as the shortlist has been delivered to Megan anonymously!

1. You Married
2. RADA’S STORY
3. Exigua
4. Stories
5. Consider the Shape of Your Fist
6. Benny
7. There is No Ocean in the Bucket
8. Southwest Loop
9. Funeral Party 
10. The Future History of the Arctic 
11. Spaghetti Junction
12. When It Gets Cold in the South, The Youngest Baby Dies
13. Crocodile
14. Where is Stephanie East?   
15. What Mrs.Chandler Wants To Know
16. The Tick
17. There, I Said It 
18. Counting Trees with Mr. Gillson 
19. Remember Tomorrow in Seasons
20. You Will Do This
21. We Are Still
22. Morning