Short Story Contest

’Guidelines

• ’The story must be original, fictional, written in either Japanese or English by the submitting author and never been published (even online).The use of generative artificial intelligence and plagiarism in the creation of submitted stories is prohibited. Please contact the organizers at imaginelittletokyo@gmail.comfor any clarifications.

• ’The same story submitted in a previous year cannot be resubmitted.

• ’The setting of the story should be in Little Tokyo – either past, present or future.

• ’Submitted manuscript should be 2,500 words or less for English or 5,000 ji or less for Japanese and have a title.

• ’File should be a Microsoft Word doc, docx or rtf.

• ’For English-language entries, please use 12 point font, preferably Times Roman or Courier type and double space.

• ’Please remove any mention of your name from your short story, including headers.

• ’The short story manuscript must be submitted digitally as an e-mail attachment to Imaginelittletokyo@gmail.com (include SHORT STORY  in the subject line). In the e-mail message, please include your name,phone number and age if 18 or under.

• ’The submissions should include a signed agreement, which can be found on the Little Tokyo Historical Society website. The agreement can be either e-mailed or sent via US Postal Service.

• ’Submissions need to be e-mailed by February 28, 2025, 12 midnight PST. NO EXCEPTIONS.

• ‘Immediate family members of judges (first-round or final) are ineligible.’