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The NYC Midnight 250-word Microfiction Challenge
Deadline: Thu 14 Oct 2021
The 3rd Annual 250-word Microfiction Challenge is a competition that challenges writers around the world to create very short stories no longer than 250 words based on genre, action, and word assignments in 24 hours. Cash prizes and feedback on submissions.
The event is organized by NYC Midnight Movie Making Madness, an organization founded in 2002 with the mission to discover and promote a new wave of talented storytellers.
In the 1st Round (October 15-16, 2021), writers are placed randomly in groups and are assigned a genre, action, and word assignment. Writers have 24 hours to craft an original 250-word story in their assigned genre, with the assigned action taking place, and incorporating the assigned word. The judges choose a top 10 in each group to advance to the 2nd Round (December 17-18, 2021) where writers receive new assignments and again have 24 hours to craft original stories.
Judges select the top 5 writers in each group from the 2nd Round to advance to the Final Round of the competition taking place February 4-5, 2022 where writers will receive their final assignment of the competition.
1st Place USD$4,000 Cash
2nd Place USD$2,000 Cash
3rd Place USD$1,000 Cash
4th Place USD$500 Cash
5th Place USD$250 Cash
6th Place USD$200 Cash
7th Place USD$175 Cash
8th Place USD$150 Cash
9th Place USD$125 Cash
10th Place USD$100 Cash
Entry fee: USD$32
Find out more here
Final entry deadline: 14 October 2021
Additional Information:
Location:
International
Region(s):
International
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