The Writing Short Stories by The Write Practice and join their Contest Here.
Maximum length: 1,500 words, — as Google Docs counts them. Many writing softwares count words differently; it’s to do with hyphens and apostrophes.
Contest theme: Countdown. Your character has a deadline. It might be a cancer prognosis giving him 6 months to live, a blackmailer giving her twenty-four hours to comply before a secret is revealed, a few more minutes until the clock strikes midnight and his one true love vanishes, or something else entirely. Whatever the case, your character is racing against the clock. Tell a story with a countdown.
Enrollment deadline:
To participate, you must enroll for the contest by Tuesday, October 24.
Your story will be due for workshopping on Monday, October 30.
Your final submission is due Monday, November 6.
Crime Fiction: Hardboiled Detective 