The annual North Coast Journal Flash Fiction Contest winner and finalists are here! We’ve also got a story on the second investigation into a county supervisor’s behavior, this time regarding Rex Bohn. And finally, we’re looking at recently released body camera footage of sheriff’s deputies fatally shooting a suspect in July, and questions about why […]
Flash Fiction Contest
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It’s Flash Fiction Season
Here’s the story in 99 words: NCJ’s 99-word Flash Fiction Contest is on. Send up to three entries in the body of an email (no attachments or links) to fiction@northcoastjournal.com with your name and contact information (no pen names) by midnight Oct. 31. Dainty dramas, bite-sized adventures, flits of fantasy, micro-mysteries, half-pint hauntings, brief romances […]
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NCJ’s Flash Fiction Contest is On
Feel that electricity in the air? The Journal’s annual 99-word Flash Fiction Contest is now open. Send us your original stories of 99 words or fewer (not including title) and your work might just wind up in a special issue of the Journal. Send up to three entries in the body of an email (no […]
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NCJ Preview: Flash Fiction, Ponche, Counsel Cleared and a Jail Outbreak
It’s time for our annual Flash Fiction Issue. We’re chatting about reading, judging and what Humboldt’s been writing. We’ve also got a conclusion to the saga of a right-to-die case, as a pair of county attorneys have been cleared of misconduct charges. Over at the county jail, a COVID-19 outbreak has created upheaval. We’ll get […]
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Flash Fiction Season is Here
Well, that went by fast. It’s already time again for the annual North Coast Journal Flash Fiction Contest, so get typing. Make your original stories 99 words or fewer (like this announcement), not including the title, for a chance to see your work of genius and brevity in the Journal. Email up to three entries […]
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NCJ Preview: Flash Fiction and Local Delivery
It’s time for the NCJ Flash Fiction Issue! One of our judges, Eureka Poet Laureate David Holper, joins us to talk about reading and ranking the hundreds of 99-word stories submitted by readers. And we’ll talk about how the local business USVetsDeliver is trying to make over the delivery service model. Hit subscribe for weekly […]
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Crack Your Knuckles: Flash Fiction 2020 is On
Reality, amirite? How about a little fiction — a real little? The annual North Coast Journal Flash Fiction Contest might be just the bite-sized escapism we need. Make your story 99 words or fewer, not including the title, for a chance at small-scale literary fame and seeing your story in the Journal. Email up to […]
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The Flash Fiction Contest Returns
Let’s cut to the chase: The annual North Coast Journal Flash Fiction Contest is on. Tell your tale in 99 words or fewer, not including the title, for a chance at a prize or to see your story in the Journal. Email up to three entries as attachments to fiction@northcoastjournal.com with your full name and […]
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Make it Fast: The Flash Fiction Contest is Back
Hurry up! It’s time to flex your storytelling skills for the annual North Coast Journal Flash Fiction Contest. You’ve got 99 words or fewer, not including the title. You might just win a prize or see your story in the Journal. Email your entries as attachments to fiction@northcoastjournal.com with your full name and contact information […]
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Lightning Strikes
It’s a dark and stormy night … what better time to work on your 99-word Flash Fiction Issue entry? You never know, you could even end up with a book, like frequent flash contributor Neil Tarpey, whose collection of extremely short stories, Flashes of Lightning, comes out in just a few weeks. He writes that […]
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We Want Short Shorts
Writers of ridiculously tiny prose, your time is running out. Friday — aka Oct. 31, aka Hallowe’en, aka (over there yonder) Nevada Day — is the last day to enter our flash fiction contest. It’s too late to snail mail those suckers to us, so e-mail them to fiction@northcoastjournal.com. Or, if you have to, drop them […]