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9 years, 9 stories: 9 winners of the LitWit Challenge

One of our regular features is the LitWit Challenge, in which we furnish a situation, premise or photograph, and the participants develop it into a story of 1,000 words or more. This contest has generated a lot of good stuff over the years—bizarre, hilarious, absurd, inventive, moving, filthy, and always extremely readable. This is our […]

1. Agalmatophilia by Qsdn

Published 15 Sept 2010 We walked together in this hallway, and sat on this self-same Persian runner, gazing into space, saying sweet nothings, making love. Yet, love was forbidden between the two of us and quickly I became your Romeo, and you, my sweet Juliet. We kept our secret hidden, yet I couldn’t resist. I […]

2. Feast Day by joyeah

Published 28 April 2013 – Sa manga guibo mong milagro, minadolog gabos simo, cahelangan man o ano, gabos pinagraranga mo. Manga buta binulong mo na baga entermero. Vicente aranga cami, an simong ugay halat mi. – The whole of San Vicente was abuzz with activity. It was the eve of the Barangay Fiesta and the […]

3. Ramen Noir by Ejia

Published 1 Oct 2013 I like the rain. Somehow it makes the city at night feel more real. Helps with the crime rate, too – well, most crimes. I looked at the people at the next table. They didn’t seem the type. No, they knew better. Not like the guy I was tailing. He knew […]

4. Barbecue by noelz

Published 8 July 2013 You know how, in those movies, something horrible happens to the lead characters — say, an EMP takes out all power for weeks in a major city and all life as you know it is disrupted and everybody ends up starving and turning into cannibals? Or a zombie apocalypse forces a […]

5. No Permanent Address by Ronigurl

Published 28 March 2013 No TV, no books, no radio, and no neighbors for kilometers. This hell was my summer. I was sent to the boondocks where I could spend time with my grandparents so my Mom would have one less mouth to feed. At least the grandies were rich enough to have running water […]

6. Intervention: Letter to Bru by samutsari

Published 29 Nov 2011 Asan ka? AWOL ka na naman daw? Nag-away na naman kayo ng jowa mo ano? Lagi ko namang sinasabi kasi sa ‘yo, tigilan mo na ang mga beinte anyos at hindi sila para sa ‘yo. Yang mga cougar cougar na yan na napapanood mo sa The Tyra Banks Show ay puro […]

7. Flagged by Cacs

Published 16 Jan 2011 “Ang mamatay nang dahil sa’yo!” It was the only part of the national anthem that I would sing so fervently. Not so much for love of country but for love of Mrs. Palomares. Okay, love may have been too loaded a word. What did I know about love, anyway? But I […]

8. The Harlot Champion Is At Stake by Momelia

Published 18 Nov 2010 Once upon a time, in the Widely Homosexual Kingdom of Gaynerdia, there lived the handsome Sir Harry the Impaled. He was called so because he had this enchanted sword six inches into his chest, and he can’t pull it away no matter how he tried because certain magical properties kept this […]

9. Tandang Sora, Palabang Lola by johnbristol6

Published 10 July 2010 Maynila, 1896—Isang misteryosong sakit ang dumapo sa mga Katipunero. Halos kalahati sa kanila ang isa-isang tinubuan ng nagnanaknak na pigsa sa singit, na nagparalisa sa kanilang pagsagupa sa mga Espanyol. Dinala ang mga maysakit sa tahanan ni Tandang Sora, upang magamot at magpagaling. “Conching, bunutin mo ang puno ng bayabas sa […]