From Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, submissions will be taken for the 3rd Annual Micro Award. The Micro Award is a competition for fiction not over 1000 words, published in 2009. Editors may submit two stories and anyone else may submit one. This year, self-published stories are eligible and the prize for the winning story is $100. Rules and submission information are posted at the Micro Award Official Website, www.microaward.com.

Robert Laughlin, Micro Award Administrator