Win a pass to the April 2015 AWP conference.

We love writers. We love the writers who contribute to Stoneslide. We love the writers who read Stoneslide. We love the writers whose work we read.

If you fall into one of those categories, know that we love you.

Since we love you, we’d like to make your life a little easier. We have one badge for admission to the 2015 AWP Conference available, and we’d like to give it to a writer we love. If you are thinking of going anyway, this will save you a few shekels.

So here’s what we’re doing… a snap contest for flash fiction. Send us a story up to 666 words. There is no entry fee. We’ll choose one story that we think is the strongest, and the author of that story will receive the badge.

Interested? You can submit your work here.

The details:

PRIZE
One badge for entry to AWP 2015. By accepting this badge, you have no obligation to represent Stoneslide in any way, but we do hope you’ll visit our table to say hello.

DATES
Contest opens September 8
Entries due by October 3
Notification made on October 28

SUBMISSION
The contest is open to any previously unpublished work of fiction up to 666 words in length. Each individual may submit up to two works. All submissions will also be considered for publication under our standard terms.

Again, here is the submission page.

MORE DETAILS

• All work submitted must be original and never published before.
• All submissions will be read blind, meaning that the readers and judges will only see the title and body of the story before making a judgment.
• Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but you must withdraw a work immediately if it is accepted for publication elsewhere.
• The contest will be judged by the editors of The Stoneslide Corrective.
• Family members of the editors and editorial staff are ineligible to enter.
• Stoneslide will provide the AWP badge to the winning author. The badge will provide access to the conference. It cannot be exchanged, traded, or redeemed for any other prize. It is what it is.