We brought you the Richard Bausch Award, the Emerging Writer Award and now we bring you the Gordon Award. The Gordon Award is the Our Stories prize for the best piece of flash fiction, the strongest, the best and most powerful piece of flash fiction in this universe and beyond.

Our Stories is pleased to announce this new contest open from February 1st until April 15th. The winner of the Gordon Award will receive $150 and 3-5 runners up will have their submission fees waived.

Guidelines:

Flash fiction stories must be under 1000 Words
Micro fiction also cool
All genres accepted
Microsoft Word (.doc/x) format

For our taste in stories check out our archives

Like our other contests, you will receive a review of your work for your submission fee. Our flash fiction reviews will be slightly different from our other contest reviews as they will be two to three paragraphs of overall thoughts as opposed to page-by-page reviews.

At Our Stories, we believe it is better to give than receive. We don't buy into the idea that you should submit stories to a contest and not receive anything in return.

Check out our What You Say page for comments from past submitters, our reviews will be thoughful and help you along the next draft.

Submit using the PayPal links below, after payment is received you will be redirected to our submissions page. If you have any questions please contact us at editor@ourstories.us. Thank you and best of luck!

"I am pleased to bring Our Stories into the 21st century and finally host a flash fiction contest.  Over the years I’ve been asked many times to create a space for flash and micro fiction.  I personally have written flash and always felt that it didn’t get the space it deserves.  The online journal is the perfect home for flash fiction and Our Stories is very pleased to now offer the Gordon Award for the best piece of flash fiction for 2010.  It’s my hope to showcase some of the best flash fiction here on the web at long last.  As always, my staff and I will read and review your work and give something back to you for your submission fees, otherwise—we wouldn’t be Our Stories, would we?  Best of luck and may the strongest earthling win the Gordon Award." 

Alexis E Santi, Editor in Chief

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