We have a winner of the 250-word Microfiction Challenge 2024! Congratulations to Paul Leonard (Kudardup, WA, Australia) for winning the competition with his final round story, "Hey, Google." View the full list of winners at https://lnkd.in/eg5BSXn7. Thanks to all who participated!
NYC Midnight
Artists and Writers
New York, NY 743 followers
Inspiring challenges for storytellers.
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Inspiring challenges for storytellers. Next up is the Flash Fiction Challenge on May 30th at www.nycmidnight.com/ffc.
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- Headquarters
- New York, NY
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- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2002
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The 1st Round results for the Screenwriting Challenge 2025 are up at https://lnkd.in/e56Nucs5! Congratulations to the top five in each group for advancing to the 2nd Round, which kicks off this Thursday, April 24th. Best of luck to them, and thanks to all who participated!
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The 500-word Fiction Challenge kicks off on August 15th, and registration is open! The 3rd annual competition will challenge writers worldwide to create short stories no longer than 500 words based on genre, action, and object assignments in 48 hours. Feedback from the judges is provided for every submission, writers keep all the rights to the stories they create, and the winners will receive thousands in cash prizes. Learn more, register, and read previous winning stories at https://lnkd.in/eTvDMHTV. Good luck, writers!
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The 2nd Round of the Short Story Challenge 2025 is underway! View the new genre/subject/character assignments and a countdown to the deadline at https://lnkd.in/eYkFwcfx. Best of luck to the 1,050 participating writers with their 2,000-word stories over the next three days!
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The 1st Round results for the Short Story Challenge 2025 are up at https://lnkd.in/e4Vt6MyJ! Congratulations to the top 5 in each group for advancing to the 2nd Round, which kicks off this Thursday, April 3rd. Best of luck to them, and thanks to all who participated!
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The Flash Fiction Challenge 2025 kicks off on May 30th, and registration is now open! The 17th annual competition will challenge writers worldwide to create short stories no longer than 1,000 words based on genre, location, and object assignments in 48 hours. Feedback from the judges is provided for every submission, writers keep all the rights to the stories they create, and there are thousands in cash prizes for the winners. Learn more, register, and read previous winning stories at https://lnkd.in/e_D4Q5B3. Good luck, writers!
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The 100-word Microfiction Challenge 2025 is underway! View the 1st Round assignments, a countdown clock, and an upload link for the stories at https://lnkd.in/ed5DQMab. Best of luck to the 4,300+ writers participating worldwide over the next 24 hours! #MicrofictionChallenge100
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The 100-word Microfiction Challenge 2025 kicks off at 11:59 PM (New York time) tonight, March 21st! Registration will be open until 10 PM (New York time). Learn more, register, and read previous winning stories at https://lnkd.in/eXcdNzxw. Good luck, writers!
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We're proud to present the winning story from last year's 100-word Microfiction Challenge! Read "The Perfect Sourdough Loaf" by Christy Hartman (Comox, BC, Canada) at https://lnkd.in/dsyBePYX, and get ready for this year's challenge on March 21st. Original Illustration by Yevgenia Nayberg. Enjoy!
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Are there any horror fans out there? We're proud to publish the story that placed 2nd overall in last year's 100-word Microfiction Challenge. Check out "Step One: Remove the Stem" by Rachel Henderson (Gretna, LA, USA) at https://lnkd.in/dyF62uPT, and get ready for this year's 100-word challenge, which kicks off on March 21st. Original illustration by Yevgenia Nayberg. Enjoy!