Stories of the Nature of Cities aspire to green cities around the globe—cities that are resilient, sustainable, livable, and just. What does this mean? The flash fiction prize imagines and explores visions of how people, nature, and cities might join (or not).

The 2020 edition of the Stories of the Nature Cities Prize for Flash Fiction is now accepting submissions. The theme of this year’s stories is City in a Wild Garden.

Winners of the Stories of the Nature of Cities

There will be, at the Judging Committee’s discretion, up to 6 money-winning stories. One 1st place story receives $2,000; two 2nd place stories receive $1,000 each; three third prize stories receive $500 each. Further, a larger number of stories will be included in a book to be published

Eligibility for the Stories of the Nature of Cities Competition?

The Stories of the Nature of City considers a candidate eligible for the 2020 Flash Fiction competition if they are:

• written by a person of any nationality or country of residence;
• Stories may be of any style or genre of fiction (realism, surrealism, sci-fi, magical realism, dystopic to utopic);
• Likewise, the writers may set the story in any location;
• However, the stories must occur in the future (near or far) or present.
• Also, there are no limitations on the plot or action of the story

How to submit for Stories of the Nature of Cities?

Participants of the 2020 Flash Fiction competition must submit the stories online. Further, the submitted stories must be:

• 750 words or less, not including the title (i.e., “sudden fiction” or “flash fiction”);
• successfully submitted to the organizers no later than 1 January 2020;
• submitted via the contest’s web-based form;
• set in a city (the notion of “city” may be liberally interpreted);
• include as significant plot elements both nature and people;
• submitted in English;
• an original work by the submitter, to which he or she holds the rights;
• previously unpublished, not under consideration in other contests,

Deadline

The Stories of the Nature of Cities accepts the submission for the 2020 Flash Fiction Competition until the deadline on 1 January 2020. Submissions after the deadline do not gain any position in the competition.