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The stories are in for the 3rd Jerboa Lit flash fiction contest! Check back January 9, 2026 to find out the winners!
Thanks to everyone who participated in our third Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest! All submissions are in, and now we move on to our favorite part: Reading everyone’s stories 🧡
See you on January 9, 2026, when we announce the winners!
Here it is—the prompt for our third Jerboa Lit 500 contest!
🐿️ Genre: Myth/Legend/Tall Tale
🐿️ Item: Abstract painting
🐿️ Phrase: “Open the cellar door”
Thanks to everyone who tuned in! We’re so excited to read every myth, legend, and tall tale that comes our way.
Have fun!
It's Jerboa Lit contest #3 day! Sign-ups close tonight, October 3, at 10PM. There's still time to register for our flash fiction event! www.jerboalit.com/registration
On October 3, he asked us what day it was, and we said, “It’s Jerboa Lit contest 3 day.”
That’s right! Contest 3 kicks off TONIGHT at 10pm CT! We’re going live on YouTube to announce the prompt—Hope to see you there!
Want more details? See our IG!
YouTube.com/@jerboalit
Tomorrow's the big day!!
The Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest begins October 3rd at 10PM CST. Entrants will have 48 hours to write a 500-word story based around a prompt we'll draw from a hat (genre, item, and phrase). $2200 is up for grabs!
Sound like fun? You can register at jerboalit.com!
We’re just 2 days away from our third Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction writing contest!
This round’s final honorable mention prize? The 74th anniversary issue lunchbox from @mcsweeneys — companion cuppa tea encouraged but not included.
Register now at jerboalit.com!
THIS FRIDAY is our third Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction writing contest, and we can see it in the cards: It’ll be a good one.
One lucky honorable mention will win this gorgeous set of tarot cards from @eldiagram.bsky.social — could it be you?
Register at jerboalit.com!
Can you believe we’re ONE WEEK away from contest 3?
It’s true! At 10pm (Chicago time) on Friday, October 3, we’ll announce the prompt for the third Jerboa Lit 500 contest. We can’t wait! 🐿️
Have you registered yet? If not, there’s still time! Just visit jerboalit.com
It’s fall, and you know what that means? 🍁 Changing leaves, sweater season, and—most importantly—our 3rd Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest!
If you haven't already, we'd love to have you join us! You can sign up at www.jerboalit.com/registration for all the fun. October 3-5! 48 hours, 500 words!
Honorable mention prizes are back! We had so much fun with them last round, we had to put our extra copies to good use for contest 3. Check out our Instagram to see what’s up for grabs 📚
The next flash fiction contest starts Friday, October 3!
Do you want to help other writers? Here’s one way to do it: Community Pass donations!
Register for the next Jerboa Lit contest (October 3-5!), and you can pay it forward for another writer. You’re even entered into a prize raffle for your donation.
See www.instagram.com/jerboalit for more details!
Thanks so much for sending our info along -- we'd love to read her work next month!
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Hi Darth! My good friend and I started a short story competition, and we just finished our second one! Over 100 people sent us wonderful stories that they wrote in 48 hours, which is so many more people than I ever could have expected.
And now our third event kicks off in October! www.jerboalit.com
Jerbie, a plush jerboa, hangs onto the steering wheel of a car, on his way to announce the winners of the 2nd Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest!
Jerbie's on his way to the studio! The contest two winners are announced tonight, LIVE on Instagram! 💥
At 9pm Chicago time, we’ll reveal the writers who wowed us with their stories and can claim a cash prize *or* one of our literary items for honorable mentions.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Jerbie, a plush jerboa, wears a tiny black cowboy hat and a large red bandana. In his lap, a straight razor. He means you no harm.
TOMORROW NIGHT! Grab your straight razors and estranged friends and sit down to watch the LIVE awards ceremony for our second contest!
Winners and honorable mentions will be revealed! Perhaps you’re one of them?
Tune in to our Instagram at 9pm Chicago time to find out! www.instagram.com/jerboalit/
Jerbie, a stuffed jerboa wearing a brown cowboy hat, holds a straight razor while sitting on a bathroom sink behind a can of shaving cream.
💥 SAVE THE DATE 💥
In 8 days, we’re hosting an awards ceremony for our second contest! 🏆 Come congratulate the winners with us LIVE on Instagram, 8/29 at 9pm CDT!
In the meantime, here’s Jerbie having fun with this prompt’s item. He's gotta get his whiskers cleaned up for the big announcement!
We’re having so much fun reading all of the contest 2 submissions, we already set our sights on contest 3.
That’s right, we’re back again with another Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest! 💥
Registration is open now, and the contest begins Friday, October 3.
Sign up: jerboalit.com
Thank you for the reminder: just posted some numbers! 116 stories were submitted!
01.07.2025 23:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Some numbers from the 2nd Jerboa Lit 500!
• 116 stories submitted 📖✍️
• Writers from 13 countries participating 🌐
• 5 different continents represented! 🌎🌏
• 2 months until the results are released (August 29th!)
• 1 amazing community ❤️
Thank you so much to everyone who entered!
#writingcommunity
TODAY'S THE DAY for our flash fiction contest!
48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes!
We'll draw a prompt tonight at 10PM CST, and registered writers will send us their stories by Sunday.
Want to more info? Head over to www.jerboalit.com
#WriteSky #Writers #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writing
FINAL DAY TO SIGN UP for our flash fiction contest!
48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes!
We'll draw a prompt at 10PM CST on June 27th, and then writers will have the weekend to write their best stories!
Want to more info? Head over to www.jerboalit.com
#WriteSky #Writers #WritingCommunity
FINAL DAYS TO SIGN UP for our flash fiction contest!
48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes!
We'll draw a prompt at 10PM CST on June 27th, and then writers will have the weekend to write their best stories!
Want to more info? Head over to www.jerboalit.com
#WriteSky #Writers #WritingCommunity
This is the FINAL WEEK TO SIGN UP for the Jerboa Lit 500!
48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes!
We'll draw a prompt consisting of a genre, item, and short phrase at 10PM Central on June 27th, and then the fun begins!
Want to sign up? Head over here: www.jerboalit.com
#writers #authors #writing
Just over 2 weeks until the next Jerboa Lit 500!
June 27-29: 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200! And another sweet prize: The 74th issue of @mcsweeneys.net! Cards, pencils, art, and an awesome anthology, all in one nifty lunchbox.
Enter our flash fiction contest for a chance to win! Visit jerboalit.com
Picture of a stuffed animal jerboa on a pink background, with fake green plants sitting near it. The jerboa is holding the book “The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction” in its lap.
Our next prize for honorable mentions? “Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction” by @rosemetalpress.bsky.social. 📓 25 essays and the history of short fiction await one lucky winner.
Want a copy? Submit your story in the next Jerboa Lit 500 contest for a chance to win! Register at jerboalit.com
Guess what—We have 8 Community Passes to give out, thanks to @chicagowrites.bsky.social! ✏️
The Chicago Writers Association is a creative writing organization that supports the literary community in Chicago. Check them out!
Need a Community Pass? Let us know at jerboa@jerboalit.com
@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social!
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Image shows a copy of the book “Best Microfiction 2024” by Pelekinetic publishing laying on a blue floral background. Next to the book is a stuffed toy jerboa, cropped so only the head is showing, peeking out from the left side of the frame.
It’s finally June, which means our next Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction writing contest is this month! 💥
If you enter and don’t snag a cash prize, you might win an honorable mention prize—maybe even this very copy of “Best Microfiction 2024” by @pelekinesis.bsky.social
Register today! jerboalit.com
ONE MONTH until the Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest! 🐿️
June 27-29th! 48 hours! 500 words! 💥
Prompt reveal at 10pm US Central time on June 27! (A genre! An item! A short phrase!)
$25 entry! $2,200 in cash prizes! Honorable mentions!
We're so excited—Can you tell?
Register at jerboalit.com 🔗
Now introducing Community Passes!
If you'd like to sign up for a Jerboa Lit contest but are having trouble affording the registration fee, let us know and we'll add you to the waitlist for a free entry.
And if you are registering, please consider donating to the fund to help a writer in need.
