LitMag’s Anton Chekhov Award for Flash Fiction
Deadline: October 1, 2019
First Prize: $1,250, publication in LitMag, and agency review by Sobel Weber Associates (clients include: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Richard Russo, Laura Lee Smith).
Finalists: Three finalists will receive $100 each. All finalists will be considered for possible agency review. All entries will be considered for publication.
Guidelines: Entries must be short stories between 500 and 1,500 words. Please use 12-point type, preferably Times New Roman, and submit your short story as either a Word document or a PDF. Only previously unpublished short stories are eligible. Writers may submit multiple stories, each of which requires a separate submission. Enter through Submittable only. Entry fee: $16.
Notification: The contest will be judged by the editors of the magazine. The winning short stories and finalists will be announced publicly on our website and social media as well as by email to all contestants in January of 2020.
