Short and Sweet: OBON 2025's
Micro Storytelling Contest
Do you like telling stories? Can you do it in 55 words or less?
Challenge accepted!
Contest Rules​​
1) Attend at least one micro storytelling workshop. Click here to register.
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2) Write your own 55-word story
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Can be fiction or nonfiction
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Can be written in any language
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Can submit more than one piece of original writing
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Must be original
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Must be human-generated (no AI)
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Must be 55 words or fewer
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3) Submit your story HERE by Friday, 10/10/25
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Winners will receive:
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Invitation to dinner with candice iloh and the OBON team
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Autographed copies of candice iloh’s novels: Salt the Water and Every Body Looking
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Two front-row seats to an evening with candice iloh on Friday, 10/24/25
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An opportunity to read your story allowed or on video to be presented at an evening with candice iloh
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Public acknowledgement at an evening with candice iloh
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NAEF swag bag
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$20 gift card to Recycle Read Repeat