Format
Use a plain font, as ease of reading is paramount. The max word count is 5000 words, and there is no longer any minimum (meaning short-shorts are welcome). Put your cover page in the same file as the story, and don't put the story in the body of the email.

Challenge Line
Each month there will be a different challenge line posted at the site. In order to submit, you must create a story that integrates the given challenge line seamlessly. Punctuate it however you need, as long as the words of the challenge line appear in the same order within your story. The story submitted must contain the challenge line for the month submitted. In other words, the writing, polishing and submission of your story must take less than a month.

Inappropriate Content
Profane language is fine, as long as it's primarily in English. There is no restriction on content. This means that your story about chopping up puppies just might make it in. Just watch the realism of your dialog.

Publication & Payment
An accepted story will recieve publication on the site, in .pdf format. The site receives one time electronic rights. Sorry, but there is no payment for publication, other than the encouragement that we writers eat up like morphine. You'll get an email from me within six weeks if you're in.

Rejection
It is my mission, possibly a mission impossible, to give feedback to all rejected manuscripts. I try not to sugarcoat feedback, so it's a chance to get a thick skin. Rejection is one of the most important things an author can go through, so embrace it, and grow from it. Or wither and shrink to nothing. Whichever seems like a better idea to you. Here is a big point, so I will both bold and underline it: All feedback will be posted directly to the blog, identified by the story's title. You will not get a rejection email. This allows writers to learn from each other's mistakes, and adds a salty sting to the wound of rejection, further toughening the rejected individual.