2024 Competition
The 100-word Microfiction Challenge 2024 is underway! All competition assignments and results will be automatically updated below. Best of luck to the 5,400+ writers participating worldwide!
UPDATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS
IMPORTANT LINKS
1st Round: Kickoff Email / Assignments
Rules: Official Rules & Participation Agreement
How it Works
The 5th Annual 100-word Microfiction Challenge is a competition that challenges writers worldwide to create short stories no longer than 100 words in 24 hours. In the 1st Round (April 19-20, 2024), writers are placed randomly in groups and are assigned a genre, action, and word assignment.
Writers have 24 hours to craft an original 100-word story in their assigned genre, with the assigned action taking place and incorporating the assigned word. The judges choose a top 15 in each group to advance to the 2nd Round (June 14-15, 2024), where writers receive new assignments and again have 24 hours to craft original stories.
Judges select the top 8 writers in each group from the 2nd Round to advance to the Final Round of the competition, taking place August 9-10, 2024, where writers will receive their final assignment of the competition. Feedback from the judges is provided for every submission, and there are thousands in cash and prizes for the winners. If this sounds like fun to you, make sure to join the competition below and get ready for April 19th!
A Few Reasons to Participate
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Feedback provided on every submission
Not only do the writers receive feedback from the judges for every submission, but a special review forum is available for the participants to submit their stories for review from fellow writers throughout the competition.
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A vibrant writing community
Join over 28,000 writers in our online forum to discuss the challenges, post and review stories, and discuss writing in all facets. We are dedicated to providing a welcoming and helpful forum for writers of all levels. Click here to visit the forums.
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Keep all the rights to your stories
Writers retain all the rights to the stories they create during the competition, which means that we could not and would not share the stories publicly without consent from the authors.
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Thousands in prizes
There are thousands in cash and prizes for the top writers, with $4,500 going to first place. Click here to view the full prize list.
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Writing for a good cause.
We are proud to support global charities currently dealing with some of the most critical issues facing our world. We will be donating two dollars from each entry fee, and writers can choose where their donation goes. Click here to view the charities.
Are you New to Writing Microfiction?
What Our Participants Say
“I love being a writer, don't you? Small challenges such as this one give us the strength to face much bigger challenges.”
— Laura M. (Fort Collins, CO, USA)
“The sense of accomplishment I feel right now defies description.”
— Tanya O. (South Boston, VA, USA)
“First time competitor and it is so much fun. A challenge in brevity and one I can't wait to do again! Best of luck to all!!”
— Alicia C. (Berlin, NH, USA)
“The challenge itself rewarded me with a fantastic idea for a story.”
— Jake L. (Buderim, QLD, Australia)
“How could 100 words keep me up all night? They did! What fun! LOVELOVELOVE these challenges!”
— Laurel M. (Salida, CO, USA)
“This was so much fun! I've never had to think about each word so much.”
— Neha M. (Mumbai, India)
“That was super fun! 100 words is tough, but a great way to force you to really boil the narrative down to the studs.”
— Alex P. (San Francisco, CA, USA)
“Way to feel alive! Write 100 words that you're happy with in 24 hours. Fun challenge. Best wishes everyone”
— Pierina C. (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)
“Just hit submit! First time for me, such a great exercise! I didn't think I'd have so much fun trying to craft such a short story.”
— Kristie B. (Belmopan, Cayo, Belize)
How to Register
Registration is now closed. We’ll have many more exciting challenges in 2024, so make sure to sign up for our newsletter to know when the next one is announced!
*Get $5 off the entry fee just for tweeting! Click here to make a post to Facebook or Twitter and receive a $5 promotional code.
We will donate two percent of every entry fee to charities currently dealing with some of the most critical issues facing our world, and writers can choose where their donation goes. Click here to learn more.
Mark Your Calendar
While we send e-mails at the beginning of each round to all registered writers, many times e-mails go to junk mail folders, spam, or are blocked by servers for unknown reasons. We recommend that everyone marks their calendars with the start dates of each round, especially the first round at 11:59 PM (New York time) on Friday, April 19th, so that you know when to expect an e-mail. Use the "Add to Calendar" buttons below to add each event to your calendar, or click here to learn about subscribing to our entire event calendar.
Results
1st Round
June 12, 2024
Results
2nd Round
August 7, 2024
Results
Final Round
September 25, 2024