53 Word Story Contest Calls for submission in the month of April:
For the 53 word story contest, the Prompt for April is:
The Prompt for April: Of the many collective nouns used for animals—crash, herd, conspiracy, business, murder, prickle, fever, shiver, and galaxy, to name a few—one obvious one seems to be missing. Humans use it often in unifying places: marriages, people, music, colors and striations, even machinery, and anything else we need just a bit tighter.
Write a 53-word story about a tool
Read the winning story for March here!
Eligibility
- The contest is free, no entry fee is required.
- Also, there is no age restriction
- An important addition is that the prompt must be followed strictly.
- Submit before 15th of January
Submission Guidelines
- Each month, when the organizers offer a new prompt, they introduce it with a short 53-word description that suggests several ways you might look at your story.
- Even the photo can offer a different way to look at it. M
- What do they seek? A story that surprises a reader in its approach to the prompt, something unusual and creative.
- Your story must be 53 words—no more, no less—titles are not included in the word count.
- Stories with fewer than or more than 53 words will be disqualified.
- Therefore, send only stories; poetry with line breaks will not be considered.
- More so, be very careful of word count. Hyphenated words count as one word.
- Further more, titles are not included in the word count. If your story is not titled, they will create a title for publication.
- More so, only one submission is required per person.
Further Guidelines
- Paste your story into the body of your email. Stories sent as attachments, or images in the email, will not be considered.
- By entering this contest the author grants Press 53 First Serial Rights to publish the story in Prime Number Magazine
- Further more, they give permission to archive it permanently on the website.
- Therefore, all other rights remain with the author.
- –Email your story directly to [email protected] by the 15th day of the month, midnight Eastern Time.
Prize
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The winner for February will receive a free copy of A Small Thing to Want: Stories by Shuly Xóchitl Cawood.
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In addition to the above, their story will appear on the 53word page for the month of January.
- Also, it will be published in Issue 251 of Prime Number Magazine.
2 comments
Abuobkr
Aug 6, 2023 at 5:09 pm
I am optimistic about this competition because it is my first competition and I hope to win
Nwakpa Gilbert Arinze
Aug 7, 2023 at 1:16 pm
Great