THIS FRIDAY is our third Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction writing contest, and we can see it in the cards: It’ll be a good one. One lucky honorable mention will win this gorgeous set of tarot cards from @eldiagram.bsky.social — could it be you? Register at jerboalit.com!

Can you believe we’re ONE WEEK away from contest 3? It’s true! At 10pm (Chicago time) on Friday, October 3, we’ll announce the prompt for the third Jerboa Lit 500 contest. We can’t wait! 🐿️ Have you registered yet? If not, there’s still time! Just visit jerboalit.com

It’s fall, and you know what that means? 🍁 Changing leaves, sweater season, and—most importantly—our 3rd Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest! If you haven't already, we'd love to have you join us! You can sign up at www.jerboalit.com/registration for all the fun. October 3-5! 48 hours, 500 words!

Honorable mention prizes are back! We had so much fun with them last round, we had to put our extra copies to good use for contest 3. Check out our Instagram to see what’s up for grabs 📚 The next flash fiction contest starts Friday, October 3!

Do you want to help other writers? Here’s one way to do it: Community Pass donations! Register for the next Jerboa Lit contest (October 3-5!), and you can pay it forward for another writer. You’re even entered into a prize raffle for your donation. See www.instagram.com/jerboalit for more details!

Jerbie's on his way to the studio! The contest two winners are announced tonight, LIVE on Instagram! 💥 At 9pm Chicago time, we’ll reveal the writers who wowed us with their stories and can claim a cash prize *or* one of our literary items for honorable mentions. We can’t wait to see you there!

TOMORROW NIGHT! Grab your straight razors and estranged friends and sit down to watch the LIVE awards ceremony for our second contest! Winners and honorable mentions will be revealed! Perhaps you’re one of them? Tune in to our Instagram at 9pm Chicago time to find out! www.instagram.com/jerboalit/

💥 SAVE THE DATE 💥 In 8 days, we’re hosting an awards ceremony for our second contest! 🏆 Come congratulate the winners with us LIVE on Instagram, 8/29 at 9pm CDT! In the meantime, here’s Jerbie having fun with this prompt’s item. He's gotta get his whiskers cleaned up for the big announcement!

We’re having so much fun reading all of the contest 2 submissions, we already set our sights on contest 3. That’s right, we’re back again with another Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest! 💥 Registration is open now, and the contest begins Friday, October 3. Sign up: jerboalit.com

Some numbers from the 2nd Jerboa Lit 500! • 116 stories submitted 📖✍️ • Writers from 13 countries participating 🌐 • 5 different continents represented! 🌎🌏 • 2 months until the results are released (August 29th!) • 1 amazing community ❤️ Thank you so much to everyone who entered! #writingcommunity

TODAY'S THE DAY for our flash fiction contest! 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes! We'll draw a prompt tonight at 10PM CST, and registered writers will send us their stories by Sunday. Want to more info? Head over to www.jerboalit.com #WriteSky #Writers #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writing

FINAL DAY TO SIGN UP for our flash fiction contest! 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes! We'll draw a prompt at 10PM CST on June 27th, and then writers will have the weekend to write their best stories! Want to more info? Head over to www.jerboalit.com #WriteSky #Writers #WritingCommunity

FINAL DAYS TO SIGN UP for our flash fiction contest! 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes! We'll draw a prompt at 10PM CST on June 27th, and then writers will have the weekend to write their best stories! Want to more info? Head over to www.jerboalit.com #WriteSky #Writers #WritingCommunity

This is the FINAL WEEK TO SIGN UP for the Jerboa Lit 500! 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes! We'll draw a prompt consisting of a genre, item, and short phrase at 10PM Central on June 27th, and then the fun begins! Want to sign up? Head over here: www.jerboalit.com #writers #authors #writing

Just over 2 weeks until the next Jerboa Lit 500! June 27-29: 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200! And another sweet prize: The 74th issue of @mcsweeneys.net! Cards, pencils, art, and an awesome anthology, all in one nifty lunchbox. Enter our flash fiction contest for a chance to win! Visit jerboalit.com

Our next prize for honorable mentions? “Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction” by @rosemetalpress.bsky.social. 📓 25 essays and the history of short fiction await one lucky winner. Want a copy? Submit your story in the next Jerboa Lit 500 contest for a chance to win! Register at jerboalit.com

Guess what—We have 8 Community Passes to give out, thanks to @chicagowrites.bsky.social! ✏️ The Chicago Writers Association is a creative writing organization that supports the literary community in Chicago. Check them out! Need a Community Pass? Let us know at [email protected]

It’s finally June, which means our next Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction writing contest is this month! 💥 If you enter and don’t snag a cash prize, you might win an honorable mention prize—maybe even this very copy of “Best Microfiction 2024” by @pelekinesis.bsky.social Register today! jerboalit.com

ONE MONTH until the Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest! 🐿️ June 27-29th! 48 hours! 500 words! 💥 Prompt reveal at 10pm US Central time on June 27! (A genre! An item! A short phrase!) $25 entry! $2,200 in cash prizes! Honorable mentions! We're so excited—Can you tell? Register at jerboalit.com 🔗

Now introducing Community Passes! If you'd like to sign up for a Jerboa Lit contest but are having trouble affording the registration fee, let us know and we'll add you to the waitlist for a free entry. And if you are registering, please consider donating to the fund to help a writer in need.

Happy weekend! Resting up for the Jerboa Lit 500 next month? Don’t forget: We have prizes for honorable mentions in addition to cash prizes! ✨ Here’s a sneak peek: “Best Microfiction 2023” from @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social, featuring 83 short stories 📚 Enter at jerboalit.com for a chance to win!

We’re less than 50 days away from the next Jerboa Lit 500, and this time around, we have prizes for honorable mentions in addition to cash prizes! 📚 A sneak peak of what’s in store: “First Fiction: Stories from 10 New Writers” from @mcsweeneys.net Enter at jerboalit.com for a chance to win!

💥We’re just TWO MONTHS away from the next Jerboa Lit 500—Have you signed up yet? 🐿️ WHEN: June 27–29, 2025 🐿️ WHAT: A weekend-long writing competition 🐿️ WHY: The winner takes home $1,000, with more 💰 for the four runner-ups Got a question we didn’t answer? Learn more (and register!) at jerboalit.com

June 27-29th! 48 hours! 500 words! We hope that you will join us for the 2nd Edition of the Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest this summer! $1,000 top prize, and a brand-new prompt picked from our trusty video hat! For more information, and to register, head to www.jerboalit.com!

Congrats again to the winners of the inaugural Jerboa Lit 500! All winning stories and author bios are officially on our website at www.jerboalit.com/results Also, registration is now open for our 2nd contest! June 27-29! 48 hours, 500 words! Sign up here: www.jerboalit.com/registration

June 27-29th! 48 hours! 500 words! We hope that you will join us for the 2nd Edition of the Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest this summer! $1,000 top prize, and a brand-new prompt picked from our trusty video hat! For more information, and to register, head to www.jerboalit.com!

30 minutes until we go live with our awards ceremony for the Jerboa Lit 500! Join us at www.instagram.com/jerboalit/ at 9PM Central time and watch us celebrate all the fine writers who participated in our first contest!

This Friday, March 21 at 9PM Central time, we'll be announcing the winners of the inaugural Jerboa Lit 500 on Instagram live! Please join us at www.instagram.com/jerboalit/ for an awards ceremony celebrating all of the excellent writers from our first contest, and an announcement for contest two!

Happy Valentine's Day from Jerboa Lit! Jerbie's having a lovely evening in with the fire extinguisher from our first-ever contest prompt 🥰🧯 Hallie and David are just about halfway through all your lovely 500-word rom-coms! Jerbie helps but he's taking a break tonight 🙂🔥

This sounds incredible! @megpokrass.bsky.social

❤️ - 🧯- 🤔💭 ^ That's our first prompt! We are beyond excited to read everyone's submissions -- thanks to all the #writers who participated in the very first Jerboa Lit 500! Results will be announced March 21. :)

TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT! Our 48-hour, 500-word flash fiction contest kicks off at 10PM Central time, when we draw the prompt from our spiffy hat! Want to join in the fun? For all the info and to register, head to: jerboalit.com #writers #authors #writingcommunity #writesky #flashfiction #flashfic

What are you up to this weekend? Feel like writing 500 words and maybe winning $1,000? Join us for the JERBOA LIT 500, a prompt-based flash fiction contest! For all the info and to register, head to: jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky #flashfiction

Our flash fiction contest kicks off TOMORROW!! 48 hours! 500 words! 1 writing prompt, drawn from a hat! $2,200 in prizes, including $1,000 for first place! For all the info and to register, head to: jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky #flashfiction

LAST WEEK TO SIGN UP! Our flash fiction contest runs from January 17-19th! 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes, including $1,000 for first place! For all the info and to register, head to: jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky #flashfiction

LAST WEEK TO SIGN UP! Our flash fiction contest runs from January 17-19th! 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes, including $1,000 for first place! For all the info and to register, head to: jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky #flashfiction

ONE WEEK UNTIL CONTEST WEEKEND! January 17-19th! 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes, including $1,000 for first place! For all the info and to register, head to: jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky #flashfiction

This is the FINAL WEEK TO REGISTER for our 48-hour, 500-word flash fiction contest, running January 17-19th! $2,200 in prizes, including $1,000 for first place! For all the info and to register, head to: jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky #flashfiction

This is the FINAL WEEK TO REGISTER for our 48-hour, 500-word flash fiction contest, running January 17-19th! $2,200 in prizes, including $1,000 for first place! For all the info and to register, head to: jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky #flashfiction

Genre, item, phrase. 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes! Interested in a fun writing prompt-based contest? Join us January 17-19th for the inaugural Jerboa Lit 500! For more info and registration, head on over to www.jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky

12 days to go! January 17-19th: 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes! We're a brand new prompt-based flash fiction contest, and sign-ups are open now! For all the info and to register, head on over to www.jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky

12 days to go! January 17-19th: 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes! We're a brand new prompt-based flash fiction contest, and sign-ups are open now! For all the info and to register, head on over to www.jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky

Sign-ups are OPEN NOW for our 48-hour, 500-word flash fiction contest, running January 17-19th! We have a total of $2,200 in prizes to hand out, and we'd love to read what you come up with! More info at our website: www.jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky

Genre, item, phrase. 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes! Interested in a fun writing prompt-based contest? Join us January 17-19th for the inaugural Jerboa Lit 500! For more info and registration, head on over to www.jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky

Happy New Year! If you're looking for a fun writing competition to enter for 2025, look no further! Our 48-hour, 500-word contest runs from Jan. 17-19, and we'd love to read your work! More info at our website: www.jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky

Happy New Year! If you're looking for a fun writing competition to enter for 2025, look no further! Our 48-hour, 500-word contest runs from Jan. 17-19, and we'd love to read your work! More info at our website: www.jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky

It's almost here! January 17-19th: 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes! Interested in a fun writing prompt-based contest in the new year? We've got you covered! For more info and registration, head on over to www.jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky

It's almost here! January 17-19th: 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes! Interested in a fun writing prompt-based contest in the new year? We've got you covered! For more info and registration, head on over to www.jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky

Our 48-hour, 500-word flash fiction contest is coming January 17-19th, and sign ups are open now! We have a total of $2,200 in prize money to give out, and we'd love to read what you come up with! More info at our website: www.jerboalit.com #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky

January 17-19th: 48 hours! 500 words! $2,200 in prizes! Interested in a fun writing prompt-based contest in the new year? Look no further! (Actually, look a little bit further: get all the info and sign up here: www.jerboalit.com) #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #writesky