I just finished my first classic Western story (not counting poems, "The Ballad of VanKeith". "Jack and Jim") in time to submit it to "SADDLEBAG DISPATCHES MAGAZINE" for a flash fiction contest, eligible for their "Mustang Award".
Irrespective of whether I land in the top three submissions (each of which becomes eligible for publication in the magazine), I'm thrilled to have finished a new story after struggling lately over longer forms. It's also the first new thing I've submitted in quite a while.
As time permits (I'll be traveling soon) I can now return to completing a much longer Western story I had begun writing before setting it aside for the sake of this competition.
Update, May 2024: Too bad. My story was not among the finalists.
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