Just a reminder that I will be at the Chestnut Hill Book Festival this Sunday afternoon at two o’clock along with anthology contributors John Cashman, Bruce Harris, and Minter Krotzer talking about Hint Fiction. You can view the entire schedule here. The Serial Killer’s Wife has been out for a few weeks now and I haven’t really [...]
From the Columbia Art League’s website: Hint Fiction August 23 – October 1, 2011 Opening Reception: Thursday, September 1, 2011 Artwork submission dates: Friday and Saturday, August 19 and 20, 2011 An anthology of 125 short stories, each told in 25 words or fewer, is the inspiration and muse for this juried show. Editor Robert [...]
First, I want to thank everyone for helping spread the word and participating in the contest. We had an amazing turnout this year, with just under 650 stories submitted, which isn’t too bad considering the contest was open for just two weeks. The past two years there have been 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners [...]
Let’s go over some stats, shall we? 648 stories were submitted to this year’s Hint Fiction contest, which is about 300 stories more than had been submitted last year (in fact, after this post I’m just going to call it 650 because that sounds better and easier to remember). Out of those 648 stories, 564 [...]
The deadline for this year’s Hint Fiction contest has come and gone. I wasn’t at my computer at midnight to close comments and take away the alternative submission form (though two writers did try to sneak through an hour or two after the deadline but which have since been deleted). Instead my wife and I [...]
In the last four days, just over 200 stories have been submitted to the Hint Fiction contest, the majority of those done via the alternative submission form. I haven’t really sat down and read the stories closely yet, but I’ve been glancing at them as they come in, and it’s interesting to note that a [...]
Hint Fiction is, I guess, my baby, and like all babies, you’re supposed to look out for and take care of them, right? So whenever Hint Fiction is mentioned around the Webosphere, I’m usually aware of it. Oftentimes people mention the anthology or might even quote a story from the anthology, but when they do [...]
