NYC 500-word Fiction Challenge, 25 August and The Rhyming Story Challenge, 25 October

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Up Next: The 500-word Fiction Challenge on August 25th The Rhyming Story Challenge on October 20th The 500-word Fiction Challenge Kicks Off in Two Weeks!     Learn More & Register   Our newest competition, the 500-word Fiction Challenge, kicks off on August 25th and will challenge writers worldwide to create short stories no longer than 500 words based on genre, action, and object assignments in 48 hours. Feedback from the judges is provided for every submission, writers keep all the rights to the stories they create, and there are thousands in cash prizes for the winners. Learn more and register at the link below. Good luck, writers!     Learn More & Register       WINNING STORIES Read Last Year's Winning Rhyming Story       We proudly present the winning story from last year's Rhyming Story Challenge! From an original field of over 3,100 writers worldwide and after three writing challenges, 90 finalists were challenged to create a rhyming story or poem no longer than 400 words based on the open genre, cross-country (theme), and bashful (emotion) in 48 hours. Read "Love Languages" by Brianna Chamberlain (Reisterstown, MD, USA) at the link below. Original illustration by Yevgenia Nayberg. Enjoy!     Read "Love Languages"   Learn More about the Rhyming Story Challenge 2023         Follow NYC Midnight   Facebook Twitter Instagram Copyright © 2023 NYC Midnight, LLC, All rights reserved.