Atticus Review is happy to announce our first annual Flash Fiction Contest judged by Carmen Maria Machado. You can submit up to three flash fiction pieces up to 1000 words each in length for consideration. The submission fee is $9.
SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED.
First Prize: $250
Second Prize: $75
Third Prize: $25
Deadline: October 22nd, 2017
Winner Announced: November 27th, 2017
Carmen Maria Machado is the author of the story collection Her Body and Other Parties and the memoir House in Indiana (forthcoming in 2019), both from Graywolf Press. She is a fiction writer, critic, and essayist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, Granta, Tin House, Guernica, NPR, Gulf Coast, Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, Best Horror of the Year, Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Best Women’s Erotica, and elsewhere. She is the Artist in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania, and lives in Philadelphia with her wife.
Hello, I’m interested in taking part in the annual flash fiction contest. Where can I find submission guidelines. Thanks
https://atticusbooks.submittable.com/submit/93831/flash-fiction-contest-fall-2017
Hi, For the flash fiction contest is it three pieces for $9.00? or $9.00 for each piece? Are simultaneous submissions okay? Thanks
$9 pays for up to three pieces sent together. Simultaneous submissions are fine. Just let us know if anything gets accepted elsewhere so that we can withdraw that piece from the contest. Thanks!
Hi, If a piece has appeared in a writers’ magazine is it eligible for entry? Thanks
We’re looking for previously unpublished work, Joanne. Thanks!
Should author name appear on the flash pieces submitted or will they be judged blind?
Hi, Tori! Better to not include the name on the pieces. The contest finalists will be judged by Carmen blind.
This is just to advise you that the piece I submitted to you on Sept. 28 was published in Reflex Fiction on Nov. 20.