Deadline: October 20, 2009

Awards: $400 (first), $200 (second), $100 (third) $50 (fourth) and $50 (fifth).

This is our third contest, our third opportunity to receive inspiring short fiction. We are celebrating with two prizes for a total of five. An innovation is the posting, on our website, of our checkmark evaluation grid. Now entrants will see what the “grid” is all about.
Theme is open–We welcome whimsy, allegory, mystery, romance, fable, humor, love, fantasy, even horror.

Winning stories are published on the website and ten Honorable Mentions listed by name of author and name of story.

Entry Fee: $15; with Scored checkmark evaluation: $18. A critique is $12, or with entry and checkmark, $30.

Please look into our website for guidelines, plus past winning stories and examples of critiques.

www.100wordsorfewerwritingcontest.com