The Challenge:
Write a story using the following rules:
Must be exactly 6-words, 50-words, or 100-words in length OR between 101 - 500 words. Title is never counted towards word count.
Any genre is allowed but if a Trigger Warning is needed, please indicate so behind the title. (Ex. TITLE [TW])
Share your story in the comments or Substack Notes. Remember to TAG
for a chance to be featured in future posts.
DIGITAL ISSUE OPPORTUNITY
Starting with this 8th prompt, and moving forward, if we receive at least 5 different submissions, then one of them will be selected to appear in the next issue. So, if there are 5 submissions on this post, then the September Digital Issue will feature at least one of these stories. I haven’t decided yet if the chosen story will be based on judging against the others or random or community votes. And, to make things more pressing, this offer is only open to stories submitted in the next 72hrs!
OPPORTUNITY CLOSES: Wednesday, August 28th at 9pm EST
[This is only for those who wish the opportunity for their story to appear in a digital issue. Otherwise, please contribute a micro fiction story anytime you like.]
Good luck!
Bonus Challenges:
For those of you who like to push yourselves beyond what you already know you are capable of…
Write a story using ALL of the story lengths: 6-words, 50-words, and 100-words.
Write a STACKed STORY. This is a story that starts as 6-words then is a continuation story at 50-words, and has one final continuation at 100-words.
I did a 3 part Stacked Story of 6, 50 and 100 words. My First Car I,II and III. Hope you enjoy. It was a blast writing it. Thanks for the prompt Erica!
https://open.substack.com/pub/timconnolly
Just posted a STACKed story: [Strong sexual content] "What Everyone Came For" https://open.substack.com/pub/emastonig/p/what-everyone-came-for?r=3v2v5o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true BTW: When trying to include a link to MicroZine, Substack is sometimes showing The Microzine as an option, but not you.