NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge 2021
Round 1 Entry, July - Assignment: Genre - Romantic Comedy, Location - Arcade, Object - Childproof Pill Bottle
Story Submitted: Games and Other Drugs
Place: To be announced September 15th, 2021
Points: To be announced September 15th, 2021
Games and Other Drugs (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
The National Arcade Championships are here with top competitors from cities across the country. On day one of the championships, two players meet and fall for each other, unaware that they are each other’s fiercest competition.
Story Submitted: Games and Other Drugs
Place: To be announced September 15th, 2021
Points: To be announced September 15th, 2021
Games and Other Drugs (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
The National Arcade Championships are here with top competitors from cities across the country. On day one of the championships, two players meet and fall for each other, unaware that they are each other’s fiercest competition.
NYC Midnight Micro Fiction Challenge 2020
Round 1 Entry, November - Assignment : Genre - Romance, Action - Tour, Word - Target
Story Submitted: The Space Between Breaths
Place: Placed out of top 15
Points Awarded: 0
The Space Between Breaths (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
A tour of a loving relationship.
Story Submitted: The Space Between Breaths
Place: Placed out of top 15
Points Awarded: 0
The Space Between Breaths (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
A tour of a loving relationship.
NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge 2020
Round 1 Entry, July - Assignment: Genre- Ghost Story, Location- Diner Car, Object- Diamond
Story Submitted: Protection
Place: Placed out of top 15
Points Awarded: 0
Protection (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
Three social media influencers take a private champagne tasting tour on an antique train, unaware of the sinister connection a piece of their jewelry has to the train and the curse they are about to encounter.
Story Submitted: Protection
Place: Placed out of top 15
Points Awarded: 0
Protection (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
Three social media influencers take a private champagne tasting tour on an antique train, unaware of the sinister connection a piece of their jewelry has to the train and the curse they are about to encounter.
NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge 2019
Round 1 Entry, January - Assignment: Genre- Drama, Subject- Career Change, Character- Investor
Story Submitted: Changes
Place: Placed out of top 15
Points Awarded: 0
Changes (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
A life-changing incident forces an unwanted career change for a driven investor.
Story Submitted: Changes
Place: Placed out of top 15
Points Awarded: 0
Changes (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
A life-changing incident forces an unwanted career change for a driven investor.
NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge 2018
Round 1 Entry, July - Assignment: Genre- Historical Fiction, Location- Bookstore, Object- Floodlights
Story Submitted: In the Cover of Darkness
Place: 11
Points Awarded: 5
In the Cover of Darkness (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
A group of civilian resistance fighters try to convince an ally to assist them in a dangerous mission in Poland, 1941.
Story Submitted: In the Cover of Darkness
Place: 11
Points Awarded: 5
In the Cover of Darkness (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
A group of civilian resistance fighters try to convince an ally to assist them in a dangerous mission in Poland, 1941.
Round 2 Entry, September - Assignment: Genre- Sci-fi, Location- Atelier, Object- Recycle Bin
Story Submitted: First Appearances
Place: Placed out of top 15
Points Awarded: 0
First Appearances (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
A student at Master Augusta Rogu's Atelier for Fine Arts and Futurist Design must sell the attributes of her first invention to save it from destruction.
Story Submitted: First Appearances
Place: Placed out of top 15
Points Awarded: 0
First Appearances (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
A student at Master Augusta Rogu's Atelier for Fine Arts and Futurist Design must sell the attributes of her first invention to save it from destruction.
NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge 2017
Round 1 Entry, July - Assignment: Genre- Drama, Location- Cybercafé, Object- Snail
Story Submitted: The World's Doorstep
Place out of 31: 12
Points Awarded: 4
The World's Doorstep (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
A young woman returns to her hometown and must face a symbol from her past.
Story Submitted: The World's Doorstep
Place out of 31: 12
Points Awarded: 4
The World's Doorstep (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
A young woman returns to her hometown and must face a symbol from her past.
Round 2 Entry, September - Assignment: Genre- Crime Caper, Location- Driving Range, Object- Salmon Fillet
Story Submitted: The Long Game
Place out of 31: 15
Points Awarded: 1
The Long Game (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
Jasmine, the leader of a criminal organization running a high-tech scam on her clientele, meets with another crime boss, in hopes of enticing him to join her. He has other plans in mind for the meeting, leading to a tense stand-off.
Story Submitted: The Long Game
Place out of 31: 15
Points Awarded: 1
The Long Game (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
Jasmine, the leader of a criminal organization running a high-tech scam on her clientele, meets with another crime boss, in hopes of enticing him to join her. He has other plans in mind for the meeting, leading to a tense stand-off.
NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge 2017
Round 1 Entry, January - Assignment: Genre - Science Fiction, Subject - Heat Wave, Character - Scientist
Story Submitted: Terraforma
Place: Placed out of top 15
Points Awarded: 0
Terraforma (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
Since we first turned our gaze to outer space and dreamed of other life, we began to prepare for and wonder what an encounter with intelligent life would be like. There was no way we could have anticipated what the reality would be when first contact was made.
Story Submitted: Terraforma
Place: Placed out of top 15
Points Awarded: 0
Terraforma (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
Since we first turned our gaze to outer space and dreamed of other life, we began to prepare for and wonder what an encounter with intelligent life would be like. There was no way we could have anticipated what the reality would be when first contact was made.
NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge 2016
Round 1 Entry, July - Assignment: Genre- Crime Caper, Location- Bowling Alley, Object- Raincoat
Story Submitted: The Diamond Job
Place out of 35: 14
Points Awarded: 2
The Diamond Job (Click the title to be brought to the story.)
This was going to be a diamond heist for the ages, a heist which would go down in history as being perfectly planned and executed. Every eventuality had been taken into account; a simple in and out job, until an unexpected text message comes at a critical moment, bringing with it a horrifying twist of events.
This was going to be a diamond heist for the ages, a heist which would go down in history as being perfectly planned and executed. Every eventuality had been taken into account; a simple in and out job, until an unexpected text message comes at a critical moment, bringing with it a horrifying twist of events.
Round 2 Entry, September - Assignment: Genre- Horror, Location- Fundraiser, Object- Doctored Photograph
Story Submitted: Deaf Ears
Place out of 35: Placed out of the top 15
Points Awarded: 0
Deaf Ears (Click Title to be brought to the story.)
A 5th annual, private, charity fundraiser turns into a nightmare when an aggrieved parent takes control of the evening. What happens when we encounter someone we have turned our back on in a time of need?
A 5th annual, private, charity fundraiser turns into a nightmare when an aggrieved parent takes control of the evening. What happens when we encounter someone we have turned our back on in a time of need?