Flash fiction/nonfiction human-authored writing contest! Winning prize: WE WILL PUBLISH YOUR BOOK! The winners must have a completed manuscript to be eligible for our winning prize. Early deadline: August 1, 2026. Final deadline: September 15, 2026. Early submissions have the biggest chance of winning. Please follow the guidelines below for where and how to submit your story. Here are the rules and submission guidelines: There will be three winners and three finalists. Your submissions must be approximately a 1,000 word flash fiction or flash nonfiction, essay, or work. Political or religious nonfiction is ineligible. Winning Prize: We will publish your manuscript (political, religious, AI authored submissions, and stories requiring illustrations are ineligible. Note: winning writers who have their own human-authored illustrations are eligible to be published). Your flash fiction/nonfiction may not use illustrations. Finalist prize: You will be published in our online NBAP-Literary.com *^&%!zine. WHERE TO SUBMIT YOUR FLASH FICTION:
Step 1: Writers (contestants) must register to https://neighbahood.com
Step 2: Visit Library Publishing House page here:
https://neighbahood.com/u/LibraryPublishingHouse 
Step 3: Click the MESSAGE BUTTON.
Step 4: Send your 1,000 word submission here.
Submissions must include the story title, your first and last name (and pen name, if applicable). Your city, and state, and your email address. You must be 18 years or older to submit your work or a parent may submit the work on your behalf if you are 16 or 17 years old, the minimum age for the submission.
Winning prize: Book publication. Author will retain 100% of their publishing and distribution rights. Final approval determined by the quality of your writing of your manuscript. Your winning short story will also be published to https://nbap-literary.com
Finalists: Will be published to NBAP-Literary.com 2026 bi-annual *^&%!zine issue.