Three-Minute Fiction Round 7 Is Closed!
We are no longer accepting submissions to Three-Minute Fiction, All Things Considered's short story contest. We'll post our favorite submissions on the Three-Minute Fiction page until the winner's been chosen. Meanwhile, we invite you to read the winning stories from previous rounds below.
Winning Stories From Previous Rounds
A Saint And A Criminal By Lauri Andersen
A Saint And A Criminal by Lauri Anderson. iStockphoto.com hide caption
My father tells a joke about a saint and a criminal who meet at a bar. He forgets the punchline, but I get his meaning...
'Roosts' By Zach Brockhouse
Some people swore that the house was haunted. Almost every day for three weeks, we'd find a dead one inside of it...
'Not Calling Attention To Ourselves' by Yoav Ben Yosef
So the date was a failure, I get it. "He is a total plant," says Vuk, shooting me a look, all fire. "A what?" I ask...
'Please Read' by Rhonda Strickland
In Tucson, we found the train-hopping kids, and went with them to New York City. I was 15 and had never been out of Arizona. That summer, I'd learned to eat from Dumpsters...
'Last Seen' by Cathy Formusa
"The nurse left work at five o'clock." He sauntered his words at me like he was king of the street...
'Not That I Care' by Molly Reid
There goes our neighbor, Jim, running into the street again. He grabs one of the ducks crossing...
All Things Considered's contest has a simple premise: Listeners send in original short stories that can be read in three minutes or less.