{"id":7016,"date":"2022-10-24T16:59:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T20:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/?p=7016"},"modified":"2022-10-24T16:59:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T20:59:53","slug":"the-three-minute-fiction-slam-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/the-three-minute-fiction-slam-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Minute Fiction Slam Returns!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NHWP is delighted the annual fall event, the Three-Minute Fiction Slam is returning, following a two-year hiatus during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. As happened previously, there are a series of regional flash fiction competitions taking place around the state in October. The winners of the regional events will meet to compete for the coveted award the evening of November 12, 2022 at the Mara Auditorium on the SNHU campus beginning at 7 pm.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, let\u2019s talk about this interesting genre.<\/p>\n
What Is the Origin of Flash Fiction?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Flash fiction is said to have originated in prehistorical times as oral traditions (storytelling). It was later recorded and written as fables and parables, most notably Aesop\u2019s Fables generally featuring animals as characters.<\/p>\n
Flash fiction\u2019s popularity has waxed and waned over the following centuries. Petronius wrote short-stories in ancient Rome. Marie de France wrote them in medieval times. But the genre became firmly established in the 19th <\/sup>century through notable authors who have dabbled in the form, including Balzac, Chekov, Walt Whitman, Kate Chopin, Ambrose Bierce, and Ernest Hemingway.<\/p>\n