In the interest of promoting the reading (and writing) of quality short fiction, EDF’s Flash Fiction Chronicles is adding this feature for general announcements about short fiction (particularly FLASH, but inclusive of all) across the world wide web.
Dear Mother Call for Submissions
My friend, Jo Nelsen, a singer/writer/journalist, is putting together a live performance at the Lyric Theater near Mother’s Day. She is asking for any one who is interested to send her a “Dear Mother” submission. She will choose the ones that she feels will work well and then use them on stage.… Here’s the link. http://www.jonelsenonline.com/
String-of-10 Short 250-word Story Contest Announcement:
For the week of February 7 through February 14, Flash Fiction Chronicles is having its second String-of-10 Contest—String of 10 TWO—for the best 250-word story written from a specific prompt: of ten words given to you at 12:01 AM on February 7, 2010. Joel Willans is our guest judge for this contest.
1st Place winner will have his or her story published at Every Day Fiction in April 1010 while 2nd and 3rd Place will have their stories published at Flash Fiction Chronicles during the same month.
Look for full guidelines at Flash Fiction Chronicles on January 24th.
To find out about last year’s first place winner, visit “The Haircut” at Every Day Fiction.
2nd Place: The Forever Summer by Mary J. Daley
3rd Place: Choices Made by Jim O’Loughlin
From June 7, 2009 through July 7, 2009, Bosley Gravel’s post Good Advice about Bad Advice received the most hits with a two-day total of 194.
July Calendar for Every Day Fiction is up. Check out what’s coming up: http://www.everydayfiction.com/julys-table-of-contents-2009/
There’s a short fiction contest over at Editor Unleashed sponsored in tandem by Editor Unleashed and Smashwords:
Find out more. http://editorunleashed.com/contest/
There’s been a slight change to EDF’s Flash Fiction Chronicles submission process.
Please email Gay Degani at flashfictionblog@everydayfiction.com if you are interested in posting. She will then send you a letter explaining the overall procedure to doing so and how to access the site. See the Submit-a-Blog-Post page for ideas of what to submit.
The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips from Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field is hot off the presses and ready for order on our website for the low low price of just $15.95 plus shipping: http://www.rosemetalpress.com/Catalog/Field%20Guide_more.html
The book is a concise and action-packed collection of 25 brief essays by experts in the field—including Robert Olen Butler, Ron Carlson, Kim Chinquee, Stuart Dybek, Jayne Anne Phillips, and Deb Olin Unferth. It also includes an expansive introduction featuring never-before-seen material on the origins of the genre by editor Tara L. Masih. This guide is a must for anyone who reads, teaches, writes, or edits flash, and wants to know more about its genesis and practice. See? http://www.rosemetalpress.blogspot.com/
From Publishers Marketplace, regarding Robert Swartwood’s Hint Fiction: A new anthology:
Blogger and writer Robert Swartwood’s HINT FICTION: an anthology, consisting of very, very, very, very short stories that cannot be more than 25 words, to Amy Cherry at Norton by Scott Miller at Trident Media Group.
Get updates regarding Robert Swartwood’s Hint Fiction Contest results at Rob’s blog here.
The month of May has been declared “Short Story Month.” Read all about it at Emerging Writers Network.
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