Flash Fiction Contest

Flash Fiction Contest sponsored by Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi will accept submissions starting tomorrow, September 1st. 

TO ENTER: E-mail one story to [email protected] with the subject header "FLASH FICTION CONTEST: <Your Title>".  DO NOT include your name anywhere in the body of the e-mail.

RULES: Fiction. 160 words.  No more, no less.  Ages 18+.  One entry per person.  Accepted only September 1 - September 10.  The winning entry will be read on Thacker Mountain Radio by the author.  If the author is unable to be present or does not wish to read their entry the producer will select someone to read it on-air.

JUDGES:
Charles McNair - Paste Magazine
Bess Reed - Regal Literary Agency
Michael Signorelli - HarperCollins
Annie Wedekind - Farrar, Straus & Giroux

- MS

Comments

[Casey]

I really wanted to email the following as my entry, but somehow I didn't have the guts:

Title: Come a Little Bit Closer

In a little cafe just the other side of the border, she was just sitting there giving me looks that made my mouth water. So I started walking her way. She belonged to bad man, Jose. And I knew, yes I knew I should leave when I heard her say, “yeah, come a little bit closer; you're my kind of man, so big and so strong. Come a little bit closer; I'm all alone, and the night is so long.”

So we started to dance. In my arms, she felt so inviting that I just couldn't resist just one little kiss—so exciting. Then I heard the guitar player say, "Vamoose, Jose's on his way."

Then I knew, yes I knew, I should run. But then I heard her say, “yeah, come a little bit closer. You're my kind of man, so big and so strong. Come a little bit closer; I'm all alone and the night is so long.”

[Mike]

Don't be afraid to enter.