The winning stories from the 3rd Jerboa Lit 500 have been published on our website! Head to www.jerboalit.com/results3 to read them, and while you're there, sign up for our upcoming weekend-long flash fiction contests! 250 words (new!): February 27-March 1 500 words: March 13-15

Don’t forget—The winners of contest 3 are announced TONIGHT at 10pm central (Chicago time), live on YouTube! 💥 Tune in by visiting YouTube.com/@jerboalit, or you can read the list of winners in the email we’ll send as soon as the livestream ends. See you tonight!

Have you heard? The winners of contest 3 are announced in TWO DAYS! Tune in to the awards ceremony LIVE on YouTube (youtube.com/@jerboalit) this Friday, 1/9/26! We’ll kick things off at 10pm Central time, and the winners will be announced shortly thereafter. See you soon!

Happy new year, and happy one week until the winners of contest 3 are announced! Now that it’s the new year, join us on YouTube next Friday, January 9, as we reveal the winners of this round! We’ll go live at 10pm Central, so be sure to watch over at YouTube.com/@jerboalit

Lots of winter weather in Jerbie’s part of the world, and he’s been spending his days curled up with a blanket, a hot drink, and all of your contest 3 submissions to read! ☕️ The winners will be announced one month from today, on January 9, and we cannot wait. See you then! YouTube.com/@JerboaLit

Thanks to everyone who participated in our third Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest! All submissions are in, and now we move on to our favorite part: Reading everyone’s stories 🧡 See you on January 9, 2026, when we announce the winners!

Here it is—the prompt for our third Jerboa Lit 500 contest! 🐿️ Genre: Myth/Legend/Tall Tale 🐿️ Item: Abstract painting 🐿️ Phrase: “Open the cellar door” Thanks to everyone who tuned in! We’re so excited to read every myth, legend, and tall tale that comes our way. Have fun!

On October 3, he asked us what day it was, and we said, “It’s Jerboa Lit contest 3 day.” That’s right! Contest 3 kicks off TONIGHT at 10pm CT! We’re going live on YouTube to announce the prompt—Hope to see you there! Want more details? See our IG! YouTube.com/@jerboalit

Tomorrow's the big day!! The Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest begins October 3rd at 10PM CST. Entrants will have 48 hours to write a 500-word story based around a prompt we'll draw from a hat (genre, item, and phrase). $2200 is up for grabs! Sound like fun? You can register at jerboalit.com!

We’re just 2 days away from our third Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction writing contest! This round’s final honorable mention prize? The 74th anniversary issue lunchbox from @mcsweeneys — companion cuppa tea encouraged but not included. Register now at jerboalit.com!

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