Opens: August 16, 2022
Closes: October 18, 2022
Entry Fees: CWC Members: $15.00, Non-members: $20.00
Prizes: First Place — $150, Second Place — $75, Third Place — $25
Winners Announced: December 13, 2022
Short fiction of up to 500 words.
Ashley Memory is the author of a novel, Naked and Hungry, and a poetry collection, Waiting for the Wood Thrush. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she has twice won the Doris Betts Fiction Prize, and she currently serves as a critique editor and judge for Women on Writing. Her writing has appeared in numerous journals, magazines, and websites, including Carve, Permafrost, Poets & Writers, Real Simple, and NBC Think. She lives in southwestern Randolph County, North Carolina, surrounded by the mystical Uwharrie Mountains. For more, visit her blog at ashley-memory.com.
Ruth Moose Flash Fiction Contest Judge: Ashley Memory