100 Word Project

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100 Word Project is a themed monthly online journal and annual anthology seeking family-friendly, unpublished 100-word stories.

Response time info: within a few days of the deadline

Read the full guidelines at manawaker.com↗

Submission calls

flashCloses Oct 31Pays: $1 per included story and an electronic copy of the 100 x 100 volume; payment is made in December, with the option to donate it to Child’s Play.

Seeks previously unpublished, entirely human-written stories exactly 100 words long, with small counting leeway, responding to the monthly prompt; content should be family friendly. The October 2026 prompt is “Siren,” and the deadline is the last day of the applicable month. Only one drabble per prompt; no simultaneous submissions. Open January through May and July through November.

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