Apex Drabble Contest

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Apex Magazine is a speculative-fiction publication that hosted a 100-word drabble contest themed “The Masks We Wear.”

Response time info: ~44 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at apexbookcompany.com↗

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The contest sought exactly 100-word stories, excluding the title, centered on “The Masks We Wear”; entries should be dark and strange. Submissions opened July 10, 2025, and closed July 24, 2025. Three winners were to appear in issue 151, with payment of $0.08 per word.

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