100 Words

100 Words Submission Guidelines

Thrifty Words 100 Theme Challenge

Roen in Red by Reuben Salsa

Welcome to THRIFTY WORDS.

TBI aims to provide a home for all microfiction consisting of 100 words and no more.

1. Tag every story #The Bad Influence AND #Thrifty Words for stories as well as other appropriate tags such as #fiction, #satire, #poetry. No #The Bad Influence tag, no play. No #Thrifty Words and your story won’t slide into our EXCLUSIVE section.
2. Please add the ‘kicker’ (above the title): 100 WORDS
3. Every story MUST BE exactly 100 words. No exception. Titles and subtitles don’t count. Contractions such as “y’all,” “don’t,” and “can’t” count as one word. Hyphenated words such as “ two-fold” and “merry-go-round” count as one word. You can check the word count by highlighting the story in the editor and the word count will appear in the top left corner. Or copy and paste into Word or Google Docs and use their word count tool. Keep in mind, the editor provided by this platform counts hyphenated words as two or three words. I highly recommend either counting by hand or using the above-mentioned options.
4. You may include an explanation/summary at the end (must add the spacer).
5. TBI will publish one 100 word Theme Challenge story per writer per…