National Public Radio is sponsoring a contest of "Three Minute Fiction," a story of approximately 500-600 words that can be read in three minutes or less. It is open to legal U.S. residents.
Judging will take place between now and July 24, 2009, by James Wood (staff writer and literary critic for The New Yorker and author of How Fiction Works).
One contest winner will be interviewed and have his/her story read on-air during Weekend All Things Considered and will receive an autographed copy of the book How Fiction Works.
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Hi Kathy,
This is an intriguing concept. Thanks for the heads up.
Terrie
Thanks for letting us know about it! I'll enjoy reading the entries, even if I can't find the time to write one.
Elizabeth
Mystery Writing is Murder
Thanks for the notice, Kathy.
Anyone who likes audio short stories should check out Sniplets.com. The stories are of all lengths and all genres. The prices are extremely reasonable, and every week a free story is available for download by members.
Cool. I'm gonna check it out. I may have just the story to sub.
Hi Terrie - I know you have your hands full -- just something to consider among all your other projects.
Elizabeth - I have so many different projects going at the same time...I hear 'ya! I listened to one of the stories that James Wood read as a sample...it was a good one.
Elaine - Thanks for the heads-up on Sniplets. I''ve never heard of it. Sounds like something to check out!
Charles - I wish you the best of luck. I hope you take the prize!
We are fairly swarming with calls for tiny stories!
Good luck to anyone who's got something ready (go, Charles!). I'm still catching up on other-length obligations and hoping I'll have enough spare brain cells for Hint Fiction. Good tip on sniplets, Elaine, because I may have to stick to reading and listening, since
Kathy comes up with new markets faster than I can come up with ideas.
Hi Lois - There are so many...but never enough time!
Hi Clare - I guess it's convenient (and time saving) if you happen to have something ready to go (like Charles has)... I wish I had more time to try some of these competitions.
Best wishes with all of your projects!
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