Sponsoring Institution: Prime Number Magazine

Type: Free Writing Contest

Eligibility: Anyone and everyone can enter this contest!

Application Deadline: 15th of each month (contest occurs monthly)

Highlight: Quality over quantity! Pay homage to the wise author of this saying with Prime Number Magazine’s 53-Word Story Contest! Held monthly, this unique and fun short story contest is open to everyone no matter your age or background! All you need to do to enter this short story contest is to write a story of precisely 53 words, no more no less, in response to a prompt! And email it as text to 53wordstory@gmail.com before the 15th day of the month! This free short story contest features a new prompt every month, with the prompt for June being to write a 53-word story about a train and August being to write a 53-word story about ripening.  Feel free to check out some of the past winning entries. Explore your creativity and tackle the prompts not just literally but metaphorically too! Winners of this short story contest will earn a free book and publication in the Prime Number Magazine! So, what are you waiting for?!  Get your prompt and enter the 53-Word Story Contest!!