Group-Sponsored Pidgeonholes Microfiction Contest

Details

Deadline:Mar 16, 2015
Fee:Free

In conjunction with the Flash group, Pidgeonholes, a weekly online publication, is holding a contest here on Scribophile to accompany our second quarter of submissions. As a publication, we’re not interested in genre restrictions. We’re interested in the idea of “foreignness”, in geography, in identity, ideas, and language. We want genre-breaking, bold, risk-taking works.

Entries should be microfiction between 100 and 500 words. Related to flash fiction, microfiction is underrepresented in today’s literary scene. It is not however, the same as a vignette. These should be tales the reader can connect with, ideas that hint at a larger picture, with messages that leave the reader thinking long after the story is finished.

The publication, while published online weekly, will have each quarter’s works collected into a volume released through ISSUU, and made available for download. To read our latest works, go to http://pidgeonholes.com/dispatches/

For more information about Pidgeonholes, our philosophy and our submission guidelines, please stop by our website: http://pidgeonholes.com/

Winning entries

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Prizes

1st prize:Publication in Pidgeonholes during the month of April, Inclusion in the second quarterly volume, 15 karma points
2nd prize:10 karma points
3rd prize:5 karma points

Rules

  • Entries must be received before midnight, Monday, 16 March (UTC time) and the winners will be announced on or before 28 March.

  • Entries must be no more than 500 words per Scribophile’s count.

  • Multiple entries are allowed.

  • Work must have Public visibility on Scribophile until a winner is announced.

Submission guidelines

  • To enter the contest, post your work on Scribophile and check the box that says "Enter this work into the Group-Sponsored Pidgeonholes Microfiction Contest." Your work will automatically be considered.

  • The checkbox will be visible until the contest deadline, which is in UTC time.

  • Entry is free, but you'll need karma points to post your work. You can earn karma points by writing critiques of work by other members.

  • If you have placed in a contest in the past with a particular piece, you may not resubmit that piece in other contests.