Competition No 4300, set by J Seery, calls for “micro fiction: complete, but very brief, stories.” The rubric references the six-word novel often attributed to Hemingway -- “For sale: baby shoes, never worn” -- but the word limit is a loquacious 150 words, not a laconic six. It's not clear whether they'd welcome an entry consisting of, say, 15 stories, each 10 words or less.
The deadline is November 14.
comp@newstatesman.co.uk