Creative Writing Institute Short Story Contest
Deadline - September 15, 2016
First, second and third place winners and seven additional Judge's Choice stories will receive publication in our fourth annual anthology, and for the first time, we are awarding professionally designed eMedals to post on your site or blog. You'll love them! Make them any size you want.
First place: Professionally designed Gold eMedal and $100, plus publication
Second place: Striking Silver eMedal and $50, plus publication
Third place: Brilliant Bronze eMedal and $25, plus publication
Fourth and Fifth place: Finalist eMedal and publication
This is a themed contest and this exact sentence must appear in the story:
"Explain how that happened."
Entry fee is $5.00 per entry. Your story must be between 1,500 and 2,000 words.