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We are proud to announce the release of To Fill The Dark With Music: The 1,000 Word Herd Competition Winners 2026. This collection contains the top 25 stories of the competition, including the winning story, Midnight Symphony by MM Schreier. a.co/d/02lDnZn7 #1kwhc
Congratulations and thank you to our contributing authors for this collection! Such a wonderful group of writers we’re happy to celebrate and share.
You can find the eBook on Amazon now for $2.99 USD, all profits go to Trans Lifeline: a.co/d/02lDnZn7 #1kwhc
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All entrants should receive feedback from us today via email. Thank you for sending us your writing, and we hope to see many submitters return for our next call for submissions! We can’t wait to share this eBook full of fantastic flash fiction soon.
Congratulations to our full lineup of winners! Fantastic work all around in so many styles and genres that we cannot wait to share with the world!
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Announcing the winners of the 2026 TL;DR Press 1000 Word Herd Contest!
1st place: Midnight Symphony by MM Schreier
2nd: PETE AND FISHER: Tw0 S0ns, in Three Acts by Joanna McLaughlin
3rd: Delivered by Corrie Haldane
These 3 pieces absolutely floored us.
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We had an amazing time reading all of your entries. Thank you so much for making judging them so hard by sending us some truly fantastic writing. While we had to pick a top 25, it was the hardest call we’ve had in the history of the contest, as we had so many high scoring works.
23rd Heavenbound Pomeranians by Jack Lennon
24th Be Kind, Rewind by Joel Shoemaker
25th Writers of Fate by Jessica Dorden
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19th The Voices of Wilhelm Fiedler by Jo Spicer
20th The Products of Discord by Steven Patchett
21st Drowning in Your Grandma's Pool in 1998 by Rachel Ashcraft
22nd The Zeroth Law by Rachel Swabey
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14th Am I The Asshole for Refusing to Take Over My Dad’s Business? by Becca Levitin
15th Let Fate Decide by Colette Murphy
16th They're coming for you by Madeleine Pelletier
17th Little Barker by Jane Stecyk
18th Holding On by Natalie Minaker
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9th Phoenix by EJ Sidle
10th The Fire Down the Street by Cristina Farinas
11th The Fix by Ren Crewell-Fuerst
12th Sky Running by Sally Curtis
13th The Annual Scottish Inter-Regional Electricians Association’s Burns Night Supper by Gavin Rankin
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The other excellent placing stories:
4th To Fear Red Wool by Anne Meale
5th Sophie's World by Alyssa Beatty
6th Helico-pter by Sam James
7th The Piano by Jennifer Smith
8th The Shape She Keeps for Another Man by Glen Creed
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the 2026 1000 Word Herd contest has a winner! we'll post an announcement next week. we had so many good stories in this contest, and it was a blast reading them all. thanks to everyone who submitted their work! #1kwhc