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VERY SHORT FICTION guidelines

Details at: http://www.glimmertrain.com/veryshort.html

Open to all writers, this category welcomes stories that have not appeared in any print publication.

Maximum length: 3,000 words.

Held quarterly. Open to submissions in JANUARY, APRIL, JULY, and OCTOBER.
Next deadline: October 31.

Winners are announced in the April 1, July 1, October 1, and January bulletins, respectively, and contacted directly one week earlier.

Reading fee: $15 per story. Please, no more than three submissions per contest.

Prizes:

• 1st place wins $1,500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of that issue.
• 2nd place wins $500 (or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies).
• 3rd place wins $300 (or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies).

Only stories sent in online are considered.

To apply, go to https://www.glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/index2.asp

Glimmer Train’s Very Short Fiction Award

Deadline: July 31, 2014

Prizes:

1st place wins $1,500 and, of course, publication in Glimmer Train Stories.

2nd place wins $500, or, if chosen for publication, $700.

3rd place wins $300, or, if chosen for publication, $700.

Other considerations:

Entries should not exceed 3,000 words, but any shorter lengths are welcome. (Writing Guidelines)
Winners and finalists will be officially announced in the October 1 bulletin, and contacted directly the previous week.
Reading fee is $15 per story. Please, no more than 3 submissions per category.
Simultaneous submissions are okay. Please notify immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere.

Details at: http://www.glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/index2.asp