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FICTION WAR SPRING —2018Q2

20-23 APRIL 2018

$2400 in awards

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Do you write short/flash fiction?
Enter the 3-DAY FICTION WAR™ and compete with writers from around the world for a share of up to $2400 in awards and publishing within 
Fiction War Magazine Issue 7.

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FIFTEEN FINALISTS including

ONE CHAMPION entry will be selected from all submissions.

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AWARDS

$1000 CHAMPION

$100 FOURTEEN FINALISTS

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TOP 15 ENTRIES PUBLISHED IN

FICTION WAR MAGAZINE ISSUE 7

SCHEDULE

EARLY ENTRY DEADLINE

22 February 2018 AOE

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FORMAL ENTRY DEADLINE

22 March 2018 AOE

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FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE

19 April 2018 AOE 

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PROMPT ANNOUNCED

20 April 2018 12PM CST

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SUBMISSION DEADLINE

23 April 2018 12PM CST

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FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

28 May 2018

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CHAMPION ANNOUNCED

11 June 2018

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Prompt
FICTION WAR SPRING 2018Q2 PROMPT

 

"I, Monster"​

Rules

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

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Congratulations to our Fiction War Spring Finalists, and to every Fiction Warrior. We have some returning finalists and a ton of brand new authors to celebrate!

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Finalists will receive their cash honoraria within 30 days of printing — awards are contingent upon first publishing within Fiction War Magazine — please do not publish submissions elsewhere before then. Open Call submissions may substitute for withdrawn/ineligible selections.

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Congratulations to the following authors:


Suzanne Andrews (CONTROLLING YOU)
Jenni Cook (DOWN, DOWN, DOWN)
Kelly Fisk (THE MORNING AFTER)
Anne Kittredge (THE TREES KNOW)
Laura McGinnis (I AM THE DARKNESS)
Jennifer Quail (REMORA)
Joshua Robinson (ACCEPTANCE)
Greg Roensch (ON MY WAY HOME)
A. A. Rubin (THE SUBSTANCE IN THE SHADOW)
Anila Syed (JUST DESSERTS)
Aleksandra Zabost(THE MONSTER WITHIN)

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This list is not considered official until the authors are been contacted directly.

Complete list of submission scores will be on website as soon as possible.

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Finalists

I am the Darkness

Remora

The Monster Within

On My Way Home

The Trees Know

The Morning After

Acceptance

The Substance in the Shadow

Just Desserts

Controlling You

Down, Down, Down

 

.900–.949

Quiet

Bump In The Night

The Underground Manifesto

Shift

Dear Diary

The Judgment

The Prophet

An Accidental Monster

Emergency 911

Vampires are People Too

Mirror Man

Final Words

Generational Monster

 

.875–.899

Miasma

The Accidents

I've Been Known* (Untitled)

 

.850–.874

I am Moonlight

A Shift in Perspective

A Blessing and a Curse

AKA Baba Yaga

Monsters

Give and Take

For Better and For Worse

To Faithfully Execute

Life on the Mountain

The Trick To Being a Monster

A Silly Crush

 

.800–.849

The Monster She Lives With

The Backwash

Close Enough

Monster in the Bottle

The Lake Serpent

Les Vermines

Everyday is Like Sunday

Touché

Amity

A Question for Miranda

Hungry

Of Doctors and Monsters

Narrow Escape Audition Tape

Theobroma Cacao

It’s a Family Affair

I, Hero

Shame on Me

Madhouse

Headless Beauty

Fang for a Fang

The Deed

Coordinated Brutality

You and I

Extremists

Monsters

 

.750–.799

I, Banshee

Beneath the Surface

Monsters are Hot

Clarence, the Fashionable Monster

Confessions of a Teacher

Thumbs Up?

Who’s the Real Monster?

Superpowers

Never Leave Me

Choices

Departures

Chasers

Amit Shrugs

In Words, Drown I

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.749 and below are not listed.
Works within each score range

are in the order of submission.

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