I found an interesting Short Story challenge, run by NYC Midnight. The first heat starts January 28th, so I signed up.  There are prizes - cash, publishing deals, and discounts 0n writing tools. For each heat you have ou have 8 days, then 3 days, then 1 day.

They also run a Flash Fiction contest, in the summer, that sounds like fun. You are given a genre, a location, and a thing as prompts, and have 48 hours to write your story - 1000 words max. More prizes, of course.

I thought I'd try something similar this week , and challenge with a random location and thing.  There are six choices for each, so roll a pair of dice for specific prompt. If you can't find any - here's a site for you. I'll leave the genre open but feel to pick one you like. Or one you've not tried. 

As usual, 1000 words maximum, due next Friday, January 18, at 12 noon EST. Have fun.