Glimmer Train‘s Very Short Fiction Award is now accepting submissions. This contest welcomes any story of up to 3,000 words that has not been accepted for print publication. The reading fee is $15 per story. The prizes are as follows:

• First place: $1,500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of that issue

• Second place: $500 (or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies)

• Third place: $300 (or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies)

The submission deadline is April 30, 2015.