# So I just submitted a story to NPR's "Three Minute Fiction" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-submitted-a-story-to-nprs-three-minute-fiction/553483 "2010-09-12T06:24:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-submitted-a-story-to-nprs-three-minute-fiction/553483/1 "2010-09-12T06:24:32Z")
The rules for this round are that the story has to start and end with these pre-written sentences, and you fill in the rest. "Some people swore that the house was haunted. " “Nothing was ever the same again after that.” Anybody else going to try? The contest expires in two weeks, plenty of time for you to write 600 words. The hardest part was coming up with a decent title. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-submitted-a-story-to-nprs-three-minute-fiction/553483/2 "2010-09-12T07:08:54Z")
I heard about this on NPR earlier. I haven’t heard any previous broadcasts of Three Minute Fiction before, but it sounds interesting. I’m thinking about writing and submitting an entry–could be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-submitted-a-story-to-nprs-three-minute-fiction/553483/3 "2010-09-12T07:19:19Z")
Folks, we’re running something similar on the SDMB right now: > **[Doper Writers - the Logistics Thread for the Sept. 2010 edition of the SDMB...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577028)** > > Hello and welcome. We last had a Short Fiction Contest in May of 2010 and there has been interest expressed in having another. (Previous Logistics Thread, previous Anthology Thread.) So, I propose that this coming weekend, from 9 AM EDT on Friday,... Check it out! ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-submitted-a-story-to-nprs-three-minute-fiction/553483/4 "2010-09-12T08:46:36Z")
I’m going to take a shot at it. I just hope I don’t get so swamped over the next two weeks that I have to set it aside. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-submitted-a-story-to-nprs-three-minute-fiction/553483/5 "2010-09-12T12:07:53Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Folks, we’re running something similar on the SDMB right now: > > [Doper Writers - the Logistics Thread for the Sept. 2010 edition of the SDMB Short Fiction Contest. - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577028) > > Check it out! And the results, as they arrive, are here in the [Anthology Thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577967)