It’s the holidays – you mean I still have to write?
Yes, kittens, you do. You want to write because it’s the holidays. If you’re me, you NEED to write because it’s the holidays. Fortunately for you, my friends at Press 53 invited me to come up with a prompt for December’s 53-word story contest. That’s right, fifty-three words. C’mon. Here’s the link to the contest and the prompt, and it’s pasted below, too. So let’s get to venting, uh, writing and working with abstract form.
53-Word Story Contest with Prime Number Magazine: December
This month’s guest judge is Jessica Handler! Jessica Handler is the author of Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing About Grief (St. Martins Press, December 2013). Her nonfiction has appeared on NPR, in Tin House, Drunken Boat, Brevity, Newsweek, The Washington Post, and More Magazine. Honors include residencies at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, a 2010 Emerging Writer Fellowship from The Writers Center, the 2009 Peter Taylor Nonfiction Fellowship, and special mention for a 2008 Pushcart Prize. She can be found at www.jessicahandler.com.
Jessica’s prompt: Write a 53-word story involving a want ad.
Guidelines and Information
-53 words—no more, no less—titles are not included in the word count.
-1 submission per person.
-e-mail your submission directly to 53wordstory@press53.com by 5 PM Tuesday, December 31st Eastern Standard Time. The winner will be announced on January 14th.
-Each quarter, Prime Number Magazine, Press 53’s online literary journal, comes out with a new issue. All winning 53-word stories will be published in the journal!
-The 53-Word Story App is now available for download in the Android App Store (it’s called 53Words)! For those with other smart devices, check out the web app (developed by Daniel Krawiec) at 53wordstory.com.
I’ll post mine here shortly. (Ha, get it. Shortly?)
