Flash Fiction Contest

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Enter the Word Smitten Flash Fiction Contest and win $150.00
with Word Smitten's 500-word (or less) flash fiction short stories' award.

It's summer and we've got penguins, we've got baseball, but do we have enough Flash Fiction?

You let us know! Send us your short (very short) story. Write the story this week.

Enter this competition and two things will happen. You may win and be published on our witty and winsome site, www.wordsmitten.com, and you certainly will have fun. This year we had fun. So did Wendy Lestina, who won this year's 2002 competition with her Flash Fiction story,

On The Other Hand

Click here to read her winning story in 2002's Flash Fiction Competition.

When she won, she tells us she ran to her front yard, yelling, "I won!" to the amusement--and applause--of her housepainters.

Remember that May 1, 2003 is the deadline for our upcoming writing contest for Word Smitten's SHORT STORY CONTEST. Competition prize is $150.00 for the best Flash Fiction writer. Write it. Make us laugh, break our hearts, and prove you are a Flash Fiction aficionado.