UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: November Edition
Column by Taylor Houston November 26, 2014
Trying to write 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo this month? We'll give you a break and only ask for a 5-word story.
UPDATED WITH WINNERS: LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: October Edition
Column by Taylor Houston October 31, 2014
It's October, and we're celebrating Chuck Palahniuk's newest book BEAUTIFUL YOU by writing stories of WORLD DOMINATION!
UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: September Edition
Column by Taylor Houston September 30, 2014
It's my BIRTHDAY month...so someone write me an awesome birthday-themed flash fiction story.
UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: August Edition
Column by Taylor Houston August 29, 2014
Red, hot summer FLASH!
UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: July Edition
Column by Taylor Houston July 31, 2014
Finish my sentence...and WIN!
The Art of Microfiction
Column by Gayle Towell July 24, 2014
A brief discussion of microfiction: who writes/reads it and why, tricks of the trade, and places to submit.
UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: June Edition
Column by Taylor Houston June 30, 2014
Win James Neal Harvey's latest and celebrate 100 years of Joyce.
UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: May Edition
Column by Taylor Houston May 30, 2014
15 words or less about this old house. Go.
UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: April (Poetry Month) Edition
Column by Taylor Houston April 30, 2014
Poetry Noir and a SWEET prize from Richard Thomas.
9 Great Poop Reads: Taking Literary Structures From Classroom To Bathroom
Column by Peter Derk April 9, 2014
Learn everything you need to know about short form writing through Poop Reads, short reading sprints accomplished while...well, you get it.
UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: March Edition
Column by Taylor Houston March 31, 2014
More awesome reads from Two Dollar Radio will be awarded to the best Flash Fiction story about Pi(e)!
UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: February Edition
Column by Taylor Houston February 27, 2014
Short month and a closer deadline. Get Flashy!
Bookshots: 'States Of Grace' by Stephen Graham Jones
Review by Christopher Shultz February 26, 2014
Fifty short, short stories exploring the mundane, the depraved, and all points in-between.
UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: January Edition
Column by Taylor Houston January 31, 2014
New year, new rules. This month, write about something "new" in 14 words or less.
UPDATED WITH WINNER: LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: December (Holiday) Edition
Column by Taylor Houston January 1, 2014
Can't get "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" out of your head? Did you just watch "A Muppet Christmas Carol" for the 100th time (even though you're 41?)Then this edition of the Smackdown is for you!
UPDATED WITH WINNER: LitReactor's Flash (Crime) Fiction Smackdown: November Edition
Column by Taylor Houston November 27, 2013
Win a copy of the Kwik Krimes anothology by writing a 100-word "Flash Crime" story.
UPDATED WITH WINNER: LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: October Edition
Column by Taylor Houston October 31, 2013
I dare you to scare me. 25 words. 2 sentences. Endless opportunity for horror and pre-Halloween fright.
Updated With Winners: LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: September Edition (...and another chance to win Chuck Palahniuk's new book!)
Column by Taylor Houston September 30, 2013
Get another chance to win one of three copies we are giving away of Chuck Palahniuk's next book Doomed by writing a metaphor for Purgatory in 25 words or less.
UPDATED WITH WINNER: LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: August Edition
Column by Taylor Houston August 30, 2013
25 Words. 2 Sentences. Win!
UPDATED WITH WINNER: LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: July Edition
Column by Taylor Houston July 31, 2013
Win a copy of DOOMED, Chuck Palahniuk's upcoming sequel to DAMNED, in: Flash Fiction Smackdown - Dante Edition
Five Literary Magazines That Restore My Faith in Publishing
Column by Taylor Houston July 8, 2013
Five literary magazines that keep me from utter despair.
UPDATED WITH WINNER: LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: June Edition
Column by Taylor Houston June 28, 2013
Summer. June. Gatsby. Flash. Fiction. Win. Joyland. King.
UPDATED WITH WINNER: LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: May Edition
Column by Taylor Houston May 31, 2013
Flash! (ahh-hh) It's flash fiction time!
UPDATED WITH WINNER: LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: April (and POETRY) Edition
Column by Taylor Houston May 1, 2013
A poem. An apology. A prompt. Flash Poetry in honor of April's Poetry Month.
Inkvite - New Collaborative Fiction App for iPhones
News by Dean Fetzer
A new social reading and writing app for the iPhone aims to rejuvenate flash fiction by making it easy (and fun).
