Pulp.net - Story.txt

The Online Home of New Fiction

November 2008
prizes
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STORY.TXT — the 100-word story competition
In 2007, Pulp Net in association with the london paper and the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction ran a competition to for a 100-word story sent by text message. The winning entry, BLONDE by Anna-Louise Jeffrey, can be read here.

SHORT, SHORTER, SHORTEST — how did stories get to be this short? Where will it end? Pulp net editor Lane Ashfeldt on the shrinking short story.
Plus a few sample stories by 101-word maestro Dan Rhodes, and others.

Judges for the prize were short story writer Lane Ashfeldt, novelist Gautam Malkani (author of Londonstani), and literary editor of the london paper, Lottie Moggach. Oh, and Pulp Net readers of course, who selected the readers’ winner.