UPDATING: Deadline for the CBA's Flash Fiction contest extended to March 3

Updated after publication to include extended entry deadline

Members of the CBA, including law students (but excluding CBA board and officers, CBA staff and CBA Record Editorial Board members) are invited to submit short stories (up to 1200 words) by Monday, March 3, for the CBA Record's 2025 Flash Fiction Contest.

Topics do not need to be related to the legal field but must be original works, rated PG, and previously unpublished. Use of ChatGPT or similar AI prohibited. The CBA will retain nonexclusive rights to all materials published by the CBA. The winning entry will be published in the CBA Record and the winning author will receive a $100 Amazon gift card. Second and third place winners will have their work published on the CBA's website.

Submissions will be judged by the members of the CBA Record Board of Editors, last year's flash fiction first-place award winner, and a celebrity judge (yet to be revealed).

Entries should be sent to CBARecord@chicagobar.org. No person may submit more than two entries. Further information may be found at this page of the CBA website.