Shorter than flash fiction, longer than six words, Hint Fiction is what it sounds like: 25 words that reveal a story and hint at a more complex tale.
A contest at http://www.robertswartwood.com/?page_id=8 is looking for the best hint fiction to be included in a W.W. Norton anthology, tentatively scheduled for Fall 2010. Here’s what they’re looking for:
It’s possible to write a complete story in 25 words or less — a beginning, middle, end — but that’s not Hint Fiction. The very best Hint Fiction stories can be read many different ways. We want stories we can read again and again and never tire of. Stories that don’t pull any punches. Stories that make us think, that evoke some kind of emotional response.
Check it out! Winners get $25, too!
