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March Madness Flash Fiction Contest!

January 14, 2022 Contributed By: Kirk Sever

We are currently accepting submissions for the March Madness Flash Fiction Contest!

  • Entry is free.
  • The first place winner will receive $100 and second place $50.
  • The Final Four contenders will be published and receive prize boxes including books and other goodies from our co-sponsors, including New American Press, Milkweed Editions, Copper Canyon, the Colorado Review, Moon City Press, f(r)iction, Orison Press, Unnamed Press, Autumn House Press, Unsolicited Press, and others.

To participate:

  1. Follow us on social media (Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram) and like or share one of our posts before submitting your story.
  2. Then send one flash fiction story (about 100-500 words) by March 1.

The top 16 contenders will be selected by MAYDAY fiction editors and the winners will be determined by popular vote on social media platforms beginning March 14.

MAYDAY is interested in original and engaging literary short fiction. We love innovative, strong writing that trusts the reader and is true to its author regardless of genre. We are committed to featuring a diverse range of content and authors, including LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and international voices.

Filed Under: Featured Fiction, Featured Poetry, Fiction, Hybrid, Poetry Posted On: January 14, 2022

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UNTITLED by Osip Mandelshtam (translated from the Russian by Tony Brinkley and Raina Kostova)

In the raw, moist forest, with a freezing measure, an impoverished light-beam sows the light-world. I am lingering—like the gray bird in my heart—incurring sorrow. What do I do with this wounded bird? The dying firmament fell silent— from its clouded tower, someone had taken the bell— and there height stands, mute and orphaned, like […]

CACTUS (THE IMMORTAL PALM) 仙人掌 by Xiao Qiao (translated by Cindy M. Carter)

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Five-hundred Sirens by Jay Shearera

That night the moon was the thing, maybe even more than the sirens. It was laughing. That’s what I saw anyway. The same basic premise of the man in the moon, only here he looked like he was cracking up. A vague effect—at least at first—that leapt out at you like a corny cartoon the […]

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