Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction Award

Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction Award Deadline: July 31, 2013

Prizes: 1st place wins $1,500 and, of course, publication in Glimmer Train Stories. 2nd place wins $500, or, if chosen for publication, $700. 3rd place wins $300 or, if published, $700.

Other considerations:
	Entries should not exceed 3,000 words, but any shorter lengths are welcome.
	Winners and finalists will be officially announced in the October 1 bulletin, and contacted directly by September 27.
	Reading fee is $15 per story. Please, no more than three submissions per category.
	Simultaneous submissions are okay. Please notify immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere.

Glimmer Train has been discovering, publishing, and paying emerging writers since 1990. One of the most respected short-story journals in print, Glimmer Train is represented in recent editions of the Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, New Stories from the Midwest, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, New Stories from the South, Best of the West, and Best American Short Stories Every story published in Glimmer Train is unsolicited. And every year, we pay out over $50,000 to fiction writers.