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Meetup Message from: mark drozda, via Motown Writers Meetup Group Short fiction contest. $500 first prize. We cordially invite your members and associates to enter our Fiction500 contest for May. Here's the contest in a nutshell: Writers submit an original work of fiction no longer than 500 words, based on our prompt. We accept only 500 entries. Faculty from the country's top MFA Creative Writing Programs judge the contest The winning author receives $500 cash. Second-place author receives $200, and third-place author receives $100. We publish winning stories (and honorable mentions) on our website. At the end of the year, we e-publish an anthology of the year's winners for the Kindle, Nook and iPad. Details are at www.Fiction500.com. Mark Drozda Executive Director Fiction500 PHONE (858) 775-9299 FAX (858) 259-1800 www.Fiction500.com