Tall Tail

For this challenge, the tale is tall and the story is short.

The Prompt

In order for your submission to qualify, it must:

• Be between 600-1,000 words.

The Prizes

• Grand Prize: $1,500
• Second Place: $250
• 10 Runners-Up: $25

For your story to be eligible, it should be between 600 and 1,000 words, and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Stories published on Vocal and entered into the contest up until 11:59 PM ET on March 14th will be entered for consideration. Official Rules for the Challenge can be found here.

The Tall Tail Challenge is exclusive to Vocal+ members. To learn more and upgrade to Vocal+ visit https://vocal.media/vocal-plus.

To be eligible to win the grand prize, second place, or runners-up prizes, you must be over the age of 13 and residing in a country where Stripe is available at the time of entry. A complete list of countries where Stripe is available can be found here—winners will need to have a Stripe account created and connected in order to receive the prizes. For this reason, entrants located outside of any of these countries will not be eligible to win.