Karin Patton, the winner of the 24th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition, reveals the inspiration for her winning story and more!

Congratulations to the winners of the 24th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition!

Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge, led by Managing Editor Moriah Richard. Each day, receive a prompt, example story, and write your own. Today’s prompt is to employ as many senses as you can.

Congratulations to Emmett Knowlton, Grand Prize winner of the 22nd Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition. Here’s his winning story, “Bluebird.”

Congratulations to the winners of the 22nd Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition!

Congratulations to the winners of the 21st Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition!

Congratulations to JJ Lubinski, Grand Prize winner of the Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition. Here’s her winning story, “The Night the Moon Cries.”

The winner of the 20th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition reveals his strategies for writing award-winning short fiction.

Congratulations to Gregory Jeffers! Read “Quitting Time,” his winning entry to the 20th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition.

Congratulations to the winners of the 20th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition!

Congratulations to the winners of the 19th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition! WD is proud to announce the top 25 winners.

Read “Hari Om Senior Center” by Reena Shah, the winning entry of the 19th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition.

Read an interview with Reena Shah, winner of the 19th Annual WD Short Short Story Competition.

Writer’s Digest would like to congratulate the winners of the 18th Annual Short Short Story Competition. Each year, writers submit their very best short stories of 1,500 words or fewer.

Writer’s Digest would like to congratulate the winners of the 18th Annual Short Short Fiction Competition. Each year, writers submit their very best short stories of 1,500 words or fewer. This year, “Beneath the Cracks” by Nicole Disney bested more than 3,000 entries. Read a Q&A with her here.

Writer’s Digest would like to congratulate the winners of the 18th Annual Short Short Story Competition. Each year, writers submit their very best short stories of 1,500 words or fewer. This year, “Beneath the Cracks” by Nicole Disney bested more than 3,000 entries. Read the story here.

To celebrate National Short Story Month, Grant will join us this Friday, May 1, on our Facebook page and answer your questions about short story writing from 9 a.m – 11 a.m. Eastern Time. Here’s how it will work …

Over the coming month thousands of writers (including you, perhaps?) will take a stab at knocking out 50,000 words in just 30 days for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). But before the marathon hits, we wanted to do a short race–a super short race–and give you an opportunity to write The Shortest Short Story you can write. In fact, we’ll give away a prize to the best one. Here’s how it works.

Here’s the winning story in WD’s 11th Annual Short Short Story Competition by Mikala Engel.