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Week 12 Flash Fiction Contest Voting

Vote for Me!The time has arrived for IU readers to begin voting in this week’s Flash Fiction Competition. On behalf of the IU staff, I want to thank all the entrants for doing such a great job with the writing prompt and the merciless constraints of the exercise.

This week, there are fourteen entries from which to choose. You may review the entries here. Please spread the word and encourage your friends to vote by using the share buttons at the bottom of the post!

The poll will be open until 5:00 PM MST Thursday

Select the entrant with the best story for the IU writing exercise competition, "Nowhere."

  • 7. Monica (43%, 128 Votes)
  • 9. Jen Daniele (35%, 104 Votes)
  • 6. Kay Weeks (7%, 21 Votes)
  • 12. Melissa Cameron (6%, 19 Votes)
  • 8. Dick Waters (3%, 8 Votes)
  • 2. Margo Prior (2%, 6 Votes)
  • 1. Erica Manfred (2%, 5 Votes)
  • 13. Eleanor Wood Mason (1%, 3 Votes)
  • 3. Diane Stephenson (1%, 2 Votes)
  • 4. RG Bud Phelps (0%, 1 Votes)
  • 5. Stephen B. Pearl (0%, 1 Votes)
  • 11. Rose (0%, 1 Votes)
  • 14. A. L. Kaplan (0%, 1 Votes)
  • 10. Aurelia (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 300

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Switchback’s March Flash Contest

SwitchbackEach month Switchback provides a prompt for a flash fiction contest. The winning entry as decided by their editors will be featured on Switchback. Contest submissions can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or even art but must be 500 words or under. Please send only one submission per prompt and only previously unpublished works. The deadline for submissions is 5:00 pm on the last day of the month.

The March prompt is: “Three men walk into a bar.”

For more information, visit their website.

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Indies Unlimited is pleased to provide this contest information for the convenience of our readers.  We do not, however, endorse this or any contest/competition.  Entrants should always research a competition prior to entering.

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Week 11 Flash Fiction Contest Winner: Shiri Sondheimer

Today we’re pleased to announce the winner of the 11th weekly Flash Fiction competition at Indies Unlimited.

The winning entry is rewarded with a special feature here today and a place in our collection of winners which will be published as an e-book at year end.

A total of 97 votes were cast in the contest this week. The winner (with 39% of those votes) is: Contestant #3 Shiri Sondheimer.

Congratulations to Shiri, and thanks to everyone who participated – excellent entries! Now, without further ado, (release balloons) here’s the winning entry: Continue reading “Week 11 Flash Fiction Contest Winner: Shiri Sondheimer”

Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition

Cut Throat MagazineWriters of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2012 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. The competition has a thirty-one year history of literary excellence, and its organizers are dedicated to enthusiastically supporting the efforts and talent of emerging writers of short fiction whose voices have yet to be heard.

The entry fee is $15 for each story postmarked by May 1, 2012.

For more information, visit their website.

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