Apex Drabble Contest

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Apex Magazine is a speculative-fiction publication seeking dark, strange, boundary-pushing stories.

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

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