Finders Keepers: Round eleven of NPR's Three-Minute Fiction Contest is now open.
Guest judge is Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia!, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, and St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves.
Submissions for this edition of NPR's contest should be:
* An original short story
* No more than 600 words
* Can be read in about three minutes
* About a character who finds an object
* And has no intention of returning it
* Deadline is 11:59 p.m. EDT on Sunday, May 12
* One entry per person
Winner will receive signed copies of Russell's novels and have his or story published in The Paris Review.
Click here for more details.
Writing advice, publication opportunities, and thoughts on books, language, and life from Donna Volkenannt, winner of the Erma Bombeck Humor Award. Donna believes great stories begin in a writer's imagination and touch a reader's heart.
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Something to check out, thank you! Have a wonderful week and a Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteSounds fun! Thx for the info.
ReplyDeleteGrant writing season is killing me. Can't seem to motivate myself after I get home. I'd like to try, but not sure it will happen.
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Oh crap. Marcia knows about it.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, thanks for the information. I don't know if I can whip something up in time, but I will try.
Hi Karen,
ReplyDeleteThanks. Back at ya!
Hi Marcia,
You're welcome.
Hi Pat,
Lots of busy times for you. Hope you get to take a breat.
Hi Sioux,
You are welcome. Wish you good luck.
Donna
Thanks for sharing this, Donna! I'm off to check it out. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Madeline,
ReplyDeleteI've read some of your flash fiction stories and they're very good. Hope you enter.
Donna
I can't remember when I wrote a flash story...maybe I can write about that missing skill? 'Cause I don't think I'm gonna find it again. ;-)
ReplyDelete(Thanks for the tip, Donna!)
Sounds interesting. I already know there's no way I'll enter but good luck to all who do. And one day. . . :)
ReplyDeleteI went and got a copy of the Fifty Shades of Santa a while back. Sure enjoyed your, "Time To Get Your Jingle On". Have a great Mother's Day weekend.
ReplyDeleteSounds awesome, Donna. And you know I love the short stuff, so this is right up my alley. Thanks for the head's up!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Donna! For the past two or three years I've wanted to enter this, but never got to it....Maybe this will be the year!
ReplyDeletethis sounds interesting. No more than 600 words should be easy for me, I write short :o)
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