THE CONTEST:



One hundred words of heartbreak.  The heartbreak does not have to have taken place on Valentine's Day.  The heartbreak does not have to be yours.  The heartbreak can be yours.  The heartbreak does not require a take-away or silver lining.  Usually, it's better if it doesn't.





THE JUDGE:











Emma Straub's debut story collection, Other People We Married, was published in February 2011 by FiveChapters Books, and will be
rereleased in February 2012 by Riverhead Books. Her fiction and
non-fiction have been published by Tin House, The Paris Review Daily, Slate, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Cousin Corinne's Reminder, and many other places.  She is a staff writer for Rookie.  Emma lives in Brooklyn,
New York, with her husband. A more illustrated version of this appears
at M+E



















THE PRIZE:



First Place winner receives a free and signed copy of Other People We Married.









Praise for Other People We Married:



"Through the dozen stories told within the binding of this book, Ms.
Straub takes her readers many places, shows them the full range of
emotional color, tone and hue through the peculiar prestidigitation of
her words."

–Vinton Rafe McCabe, for the New York Journal of Books







SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:



No entry fee. To be eligible:



Subscribe to this blog Other Things (on the right margin) so you can be informed about future contests.



Email your entry (no attachments please) to aespach@gmail.com by February 13, 5pm EST.  Please put ONE HUNDRED WORDS OF HEARTBREAK in the subject
line, and include your name somewhere in the email, though all
submissions will be read blind by Emma Straub.





Winners will be announced here after Valentine's Day!



Alison