Round one
Centina
A complete story in exactly 100 words.
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The Centina Pentina writing contest
Small stories. Big prizes.
$900
in cash prizes
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$500First place
$250Second place
$100Third place
$50Fourth place
How much story can you tell?
Fresh prompts. Forty-eight hours per round.
Round two
Pentina
A complete story in exactly 50 words.
Receive your prompt. Start the clock. Make every word count.
Meet your judge
Bill Adler Jr.
Bill Adler Jr. is an American writer living in Japan and the author of more than twenty books, including Outwitting Squirrels and No Time to Say Goodbye. His fiction spans science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, and more—from single-sentence stories to longer short fiction. He publishes his work on Fiction by Bill Adler.
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