Winners of the 8th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Contest
Congratulations to Robert Brandt, grand-prize winner of this year’s Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition. His story, “The Procedure.”
Robert’s story beat out 6,805 entries and won him more than $3,000 in prizes. To read the story in its entirety, click here.
As a third-year E.R. resident at Synergy Medical Education Alliance in Saginaw, Mich., Brandt spends his days and nights either on call or at home, studying. The hours are long; the work is intense. And when the life of a doctor begins to overwhelm him, he turns to a passion he’s had since childhood—writing. Read more about Brandt and the other winners of this year’s Short Short Story contest in the June issue of Writer’s Digest.
Think you’d like to try your hand at short short fiction? Enter your bold, brilliant and brief fiction in the 9th-Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition. Send us your best in 1,500 words or fewer. The deadline is Dec. 1, 2008, and the entry fee is $12 a story. Mail your entry to: Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition, 700 East State St., Iola, WI 54990. For more information on the contest or to enter online, visit writersdigest.com/competitions.