We are excited to announce that Brandon Hobson-author of Where the Dead Sit Talking， a National Book Award Finalist-will judge our 2023 American Short（er） Fiction Prize.
General Guidelines
Stories must be 1， 000 words or fewer. You are allowed to include up to three stories per entry. Please submit（提交） all stories in one document. Each story must begin on a new page and be clearly titled. For the title of your submission， list the story titles， separated by a comma.
The first-place winner will receive a $1，000 prize and publication（出版） in a future issue of American Short Fiction（ASE）. All entries will be considered for publication. Please submit your S17 entry fee and your work through Submittable. We no longer accept submissions by post.
You may submit multiple entries. We accept only previously unpublished works. Submit your entry online between November 24，2022-February 1， 2023. Conflicts（冲突） of Interest.
Staff and volunteers currently working with ASF are not fit for consideration or publication. Additionally，students， former students， and colleagues of the judge' s are not admitted to participate（参加）. We ask that previous winners wait three years after their winning entry is published before entering again.
About writing， Hobson has said，"I' m always more interested in language than I am certainly in plot. Most of us who write literary fiction are interested in experimenting in more ways than just looking at it， especially a traditional storyline or plot that we all learned in school. " With those words of encouragement and wisdom， good luck! We can' t wait for your submissions!
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