Rapid River Arts & Culture Magazine’s First Ever Flash Fiction Contest!
A flash fiction story should be concise and complete. Strive to use active yet tight sentences. I’ll be looking for stories that are vivid and bright; clear and clean; without being forceful and hard-hitting. You can choose to let the dialogue portray the characters and create any conflict. Illustrate a moment, or a series of moments, with a setting that is either described or implied.
This is the art and the challenge of Flash Fiction!
Submissions not in strict compliance with the following guidelines will not be read or considered.
RapidRiverMagazine.com is a family-friendly website, therefore works with devastation, offensive or graphic content, will not be read or considered. Also, no erotica and no poetry.
Word limit is 500.
Copyrights must be owned by the author and will be retained by the author. Submission to Rapid River Magazine implies continued, one-time-use consent to publish the author’s material on RapidRiverMagazine.com. First or exclusive rights to a written piece are not required for this contest.
Deadline for submissions is November 1, 2015
Only hardcopy submissions, with the $5 reading fee attached, will be accepted. Make checks payable to Kathleen Colburn.
Mail to:
Rapid River Arts & Culture Magazine
Attention: Flash Fiction Contest
85 N. Main St.
Canton, NC 28716
Writers whose pieces have been chosen as finalists will be asked to submit their work by email.
Modest prizes will be awarded for the first, second and third place winners, and you’ll always have bragging rights!
Finalists, semi-finalists and honorable mentions will be announced in the December issue of the print edition and will appear on RapidRiverMagazine.com.
There will be plenty of promotion directing readers to the website.
Contest is curated by Rapid River Magazine copy editor and Short Story editor, Kathleen Colburn. Judges to be announced soon.
For questions only, no submissions, email to: rrshortstories@gmail.com
The contest curator reserves the right to update and change the guidelines as necessary.
