Only ONE WEEK until our second mini-contest kicks off! 🐿️
Jerbiss has $1,000 in prizes to award, including $500 to first place! (We don't ask how Jerbiss got the money, we're just happy he's chosen to fund the arts.)
$15 to enter. Sign up here! www.jerboalit.com/registration...
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Jerbiss, a small plush jerboa, stands in front of a collection of classic books. He is so excited that the Jerboa Lit 250 (the 48-hour flash fiction contest that he runs), is almost upon us! April 24-26! He would also like you to know that you can register for the competition at www.jerboalit.com
TWO WEEKS TO GO!
The 2nd Jerboa Lit 250 is almost here, and Jerbiss can't wait!
April 24-26th! 250 words! A prompt drawn live from an actual hat! $1000 in prizes! Results in only a month!
Sound like fun? Registration is open now! www.jerboalit.com
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TONIGHT we’ll be going live on YouTube (YouTube.com/@JerboaLit) at 9pm CDT (UTC -5) to announce the winners of our first-ever Jerboa Lit mini-contest!
Can’t make the stream? Don’t worry! We’ll send out an email about the winners as soon as we’re done.
Hope to see you there!
Here it is—The prompt for the 4th Jerboa Lit 500 contest! The genre is isekai, the item is a rotary phone, and the phrase to be included in the story is “he looked like you.”
Stories from our registered writers are due back by 11:59pm CDT on Sunday, March 15. We know this batch will be a good one!
TONIGHT 🐿️ Join us as we draw the prompt for our fourth Jerboa Lit 500 contest!
At 10pm CDT, we’re going live on YouTube (YouTube.com/@JerboaLit), and we want to see you there.
Can’t make it? We’ll email the prompt afterwards!
Haven’t signed up yet? Registration is open until 9:50 CDT tonight!
A plush jerboa with a mug full of tea and a cup full of pens, sitting against a floral blanket. He is getting ready to participate in a weekend-long flash fiction contest, the Jerboa Lit 500, where he will try to write 500 words in the 48ish hours between 10PM CDT on March 13 and midnight on March 15. Unfortunately for Jerbie, he does not know how to write, and as such, is unlikely to win the competition. Would you like to compete against writers around the world for a shot at $2,200 in prize money? More information can be found at our website, www.jerboalit.com, and you can register right here: https://www.jerboalit.com/registration-500
Jerbie's getting ready for his big day tomorrow: the 4th Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest!
500 words! 48 hours! $2,200 in prizes! Genre/item/phrase prompt! March 13-15!
Want to join in? Registration is still open! www.jerboalit.com/registration-500
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We're ONE WEEK AWAY from the 4th Jerboa Lit 500!
48 hours! 500 words! Genre, item, & phrase prompt! $2,200 in prizes, including $1,000 for first place!
Registration closes at 9:45PM CST on March 13th, so sign up soon! www.jerboalit.com/registration...
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The Jerboa Lit 250 is closing in on the home stretch!
We cannot wait to read the 250-word Westerns being written this weekend, featuring a character who's just a bit eccentric. Happy writing to all those who are participating this weekend!
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Come write with us this weekend!
48 hours! 250 words! A genre + character prompt drawn from a hat! $1000 in prizes!
The contest kicks off TONIGHT at 10PM CST, and registration is still open! Need to sign up? Register at: www.jerboalit.com/registration...
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TWO DAYS LEFT to register for our 250-word mini-contest!
48 hours! 250 words! A genre and a character type pulled from a hat! $1,000 in prizes, including $500 for first place!
All info can be found at our website, www.jerboalit.com, and registration is open here: www.jerboalit.com/registration...
TEN DAYS until we kick off our first mini-contest!
February 27th - March 1st! 48 hours! 250 words! A genre and a character drawn from a hat! $1,000 in prizes, and only $15 to sign up!
Registration and more details at jerboalit.com! We hope to read your work soon!
(The honorable mentions have been published too!)
www.jerboalit.com/results3
The winning stories from the 3rd Jerboa Lit 500 have been published on our website! Head to www.jerboalit.com/results3 to read them, and while you're there, sign up for our upcoming weekend-long flash fiction contests!
250 words (new!): February 27-March 1
500 words: March 13-15
Congratulations again! It was an incredible piece of flash fiction!
Congratulations again! That school bus at the end is going to stick with us for a long time!
Congratulations!! We loved your story very much!
Don’t forget—The winners of contest 3 are announced TONIGHT at 10pm central (Chicago time), live on YouTube! 💥
Tune in by visiting YouTube.com/@jerboalit, or you can read the list of winners in the email we’ll send as soon as the livestream ends.
See you tonight!
Have you heard? The winners of contest 3 are announced in TWO DAYS!
Tune in to the awards ceremony LIVE on YouTube (youtube.com/@jerboalit) this Friday, 1/9/26! We’ll kick things off at 10pm Central time, and the winners will be announced shortly thereafter.
See you soon!
Happy new year, and happy one week until the winners of contest 3 are announced!
Now that it’s the new year, join us on YouTube next Friday, January 9, as we reveal the winners of this round! We’ll go live at 10pm Central, so be sure to watch over at YouTube.com/@jerboalit
Jerbie the jerboa sitting on a red couch, with a festive blanket and a mug of hot coffee
Lots of winter weather in Jerbie’s part of the world, and he’s been spending his days curled up with a blanket, a hot drink, and all of your contest 3 submissions to read! ☕️
The winners will be announced one month from today, on January 9, and we cannot wait. See you then! YouTube.com/@JerboaLit
The stories are in for the 3rd Jerboa Lit flash fiction contest! Check back January 9, 2026 to find out the winners!
Thanks to everyone who participated in our third Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest! All submissions are in, and now we move on to our favorite part: Reading everyone’s stories 🧡
See you on January 9, 2026, when we announce the winners!
Here it is—the prompt for our third Jerboa Lit 500 contest!
🐿️ Genre: Myth/Legend/Tall Tale
🐿️ Item: Abstract painting
🐿️ Phrase: “Open the cellar door”
Thanks to everyone who tuned in! We’re so excited to read every myth, legend, and tall tale that comes our way.
Have fun!
It's Jerboa Lit contest #3 day! Sign-ups close tonight, October 3, at 10PM. There's still time to register for our flash fiction event! www.jerboalit.com/registration
On October 3, he asked us what day it was, and we said, “It’s Jerboa Lit contest 3 day.”
That’s right! Contest 3 kicks off TONIGHT at 10pm CT! We’re going live on YouTube to announce the prompt—Hope to see you there!
Want more details? See our IG!
YouTube.com/@jerboalit
Tomorrow's the big day!!
The Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest begins October 3rd at 10PM CST. Entrants will have 48 hours to write a 500-word story based around a prompt we'll draw from a hat (genre, item, and phrase). $2200 is up for grabs!
Sound like fun? You can register at jerboalit.com!
We’re just 2 days away from our third Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction writing contest!
This round’s final honorable mention prize? The 74th anniversary issue lunchbox from @mcsweeneys — companion cuppa tea encouraged but not included.
Register now at jerboalit.com!
THIS FRIDAY is our third Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction writing contest, and we can see it in the cards: It’ll be a good one.
One lucky honorable mention will win this gorgeous set of tarot cards from @eldiagram.bsky.social — could it be you?
Register at jerboalit.com!
Can you believe we’re ONE WEEK away from contest 3?
It’s true! At 10pm (Chicago time) on Friday, October 3, we’ll announce the prompt for the third Jerboa Lit 500 contest. We can’t wait! 🐿️
Have you registered yet? If not, there’s still time! Just visit jerboalit.com
It’s fall, and you know what that means? 🍁 Changing leaves, sweater season, and—most importantly—our 3rd Jerboa Lit 500 flash fiction contest!
If you haven't already, we'd love to have you join us! You can sign up at www.jerboalit.com/registration for all the fun. October 3-5! 48 hours, 500 words!
Honorable mention prizes are back! We had so much fun with them last round, we had to put our extra copies to good use for contest 3. Check out our Instagram to see what’s up for grabs 📚
The next flash fiction contest starts Friday, October 3!
Do you want to help other writers? Here’s one way to do it: Community Pass donations!
Register for the next Jerboa Lit contest (October 3-5!), and you can pay it forward for another writer. You’re even entered into a prize raffle for your donation.
See www.instagram.com/jerboalit for more details!