Organized by the César Egido Serrano Foundation. Keeping in mind the Foundation´s ethos, which is that the word is the tool of coexistence between different cultures, religions and ideologies, the 5th Edition of International Prize for Micro-Stories is open, under the motto: The Word, bridging the gap between different cultures and religions”.

Writers from anywhere in the world may participate. The stories cannot exceed 100 words. The texts will be original, unpublished in all media (paper, blogs, electronic publications, etc.) and must not been awarded prizes in any other contest. Can be written in Spanish, English, Arabic or Hebrew. Two per author, maximum.

An overall first prize of 20,000 dollars is awarded for the best story in any of the languages authorized in the contest. Three prizes of $ 1,000 each will be awarded for the best stories in each of the other remaining languages admitted in the contest, that are not winners of the main prize.

Further details and online entry form available here 

Deadline: 23 November 2017