Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest

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Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest seeks strange, unsettling flash fiction connected to Christmas or another winter holiday, with three prompt categories and publication, podcast reading, and payment for selected stories.

Response time info: Winners will be announced as soon as possible, hopefully before Christmas.

Read the full guidelines at weirdchristmas.com↗

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Three prompts: Stocking Stuffer, anything weird connected to a winter holiday; Weird Cards, inspired by a posted card with the link included; and Weird Unreal Cultural Celebration, featuring a new holiday from a new culture, species, planet, or nonexistent historical period. Maximum 350 words, title excluded; narrative poetry is accepted. Deadline December 1, 2024. Winners will be announced hopefully before Christmas.

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