Apex Drabble Contest

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Apex Magazine is a venue for dark, boundary-pushing speculative fiction.

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The contest sought exactly 100-word stories, excluding the title, centered on “The Masks We Wear”; entries had to be dark and strange. Submissions opened July 10, 2025, and closed July 24, 2025. Three winners were to be published in Apex Magazine issue 151, releasing October 2025.

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