VERY SHORT FICTION guidelines

Open to all writers, this category welcomes stories
that have not appeared in any print publication.

Maximum length: 3,000 words.

Held quarterly. Open to submissions in JANUARY, APRIL, JULY, and OCTOBER.

  Next deadline: January 31.*

Winners are announced in the April 1, July 1, October 1, and January bulletins, respectively, and contacted directly one week earlier.

Reading fee: $15 per story. Please, no more than three submissions per contest.

Prizes:

• 1st place wins $1,500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of that issue.
• 2nd place wins $500 (or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies).
• 3rd place wins $300 (or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies).

Please make your submissions at Glimmer Train’s online submission site. We look forward to reading your work!

* There is always a one-week grace period.

>via: http://www.glimmertrain.com/veryshort.html