Line Zero litmag is running a 24-hour flash fiction contest. Here are the rules, from the contest website:

We’re running a 24 hour prompt-based contest showcasing the art of flash fiction.

Participants will have 24 hours to write a short story at 300 words or less. Line Zero editors, Renda Dodge and Bailey Shoemaker Richards will judge the contest. Three winners will be chosen for publication in the February issue of Line Zero.

Contest Rules:

–          The stories must be 300 words or less and somehow (even obscurely) relate to the prompt.

–          Deadline is January 6th at 1:00pm Pacific Time

–          Submit stories to: flashfiction@linezero.org

Good luck!

Prompt: Affection