All entries must indicate intended contest and judge's decisions are final. All contest Grand Prizes include cash, publication, courtesy copy and one-year subscription to Tickled by Thunder fiction magazine. Prizes will be increased without notice. No entries will be returned, but winners will be announced within Tickled by Thunder.
Theme is open.
Word limit is 2000. Entries may be deemed by judges to merit publication within the Year's Best Fiction, an annual collection published as a chapbook. Feb. 15, May 15, Aug. 15 and Oct. 15 annually. Theme, length and style are open. Entries may be deemed by judges to merit publication within the Year's Best Poetry, an annual collection published as a chapbook.