Show us your shorts!

“Brevity is the soul of wit,” said William Shakespeare (that’s not him stretching). In honor of Sport Literate’s 20th anniversary, we’re asking you to keep it brief for our “sport shorts” essay contest. You’ll have to bowl us over in 750 words or less. The SL editors will send anonymous finalists to Brevity’s Dinty W. Moore (that’s not him either), who will select a winner. Said winner receives $500 — American!

Drop $25 for a chance to win $500

With a $25 reading fee, send your creative nonfiction piece (no more than 750 words each) through the Submittable online submission tool on our website: www.sportliterate.org. All entrants receive a two-issue subscription to Sport Literate — beginning with your choice of the current issue or the forthcoming anniversary issue. All submissions will be considered for publication.

If you must, snail mail may be sent to our post office box  a check for $25 (Sport Literate 2248 W. Belmont #20 Chicago, IL 60618). 

Your deadline 
Midnight, June 30, 2015

Our judge
Dinty W. Moore is author of Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy: Advice and Confessions on Writing, Love, and Cannibals (Random House/Ten Speed 2015), as well as the memoir Between Panic & Desire and Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Nonfiction. He recently edited The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction: Advice and Essential Exercises from Respected Writers, Editors, and Teachers. He’s also the editor of Brevity, the essential online journal for brief creative nonfiction.

*We don’t know who this guy is.