Thanks to Mickey Mills for pointing us in the direction of SmokeLong Quarterly and their flash fiction short story contest.

In December 2010, SmokeLong Quarterly will publish its 30th issue. We thought that nice, round, pretty number deserved some kind of celebration, and so it is so.

In honor of our 30th issue, we are holding a 30-word story contest.

From November 1 to November 30 (“Thirty days hast September, April, June and NOVEMBER!” Get it?), we will be accepting submissions of 30-word stories on any topic.

The rules are simple:

* Thirty words exactly�no less, no more.
* You MUST have a title for your story, though the title does not count toward the word count.
* You can submit up to three stories, but please submit each story SEPARATELY.
* No entry fee.
* Submissions open from November 1 to November 30.

The top 5 stories will be published in our 30th issue due out at the end of December.

You can visit the contest at http://www.smokelong.com/features/30wordstories.asp