Writers’ Morning Out will begin accepting submissions for the twelfth annual Ultra-Flash Fiction contest on August 1. The contest will have two divisions: one-syllable and multi-syllable.
Al Manning, the founder of WMO, conceived the one-syllable UFF Contest to encourage writers to proofread. The contest rules also encourage writers to read and follow guidelines when submitting. Publishers and agents assume writers who cannot follow guidelines, can’t follow instructions and thus will be hard to work with. Who wants to work with someone difficult?
Follow the guidelines! Use guidelines as a checklist before clicking the submit button. Submissions to the UUF contests that do not follow the guidelines below will be rejected.
Submission Period: August 1 through August 31, 2021.
Genre is any type of fiction.
Open to WMO members.
Manuscripts must be no longer than 300 words, including the title, as calculated by Microsoft Word.
Words can have any number of syllables.
Manuscripts must have one-inch margins, be double-spaced, and use 12pt Times New Roman
Manuscripts must be emailed to Carol Phillips as .doc, .docx, or .rtf attachments. No PDFs.
Manuscripts must not have author’s name or contact information.
Author’s name, manuscript title, word count, and email address must be in body of email.
Email subject line must be in the format: UFF: [Title of work]
By submitting an entry, you are assumed to be granting Writers’ Morning Out one-time reprint rights. If you do not wish your winning entry to be posted, let us know at the time of submission.
These guidelines are clear. Now I can get to work.
Thanks.