I wrote a story to enter a flash fiction competion, run by Newscientist magazine. (https://www.newscientist.com/)
My story got fourth place (…shades of you have won second place in a beauty contest) .
Funny thing is, as the rights were given away (I think) – It popped up in the most bizzard place
It’s a source text used in a book called
“Texts and Lessons for Teaching Literature: With 65 Fresh Mentor Texts…”
It’s called “Untitled” in the book, but the story name was “Dear Friend”
5 star reviews…
Sadly i can’t see the story in the preview PDFs – I do wonder what teaching points they drew from the story … Perhaps “This stinnks!”
But that means I’m literature, as it’s in a book called teaching literature…
Update – You know, i’m not sure if the rights were ever mentioned in the rules – only:
“Submitting your entry constitutes your consent for us to use your entry, name and photos for editorial or publicity purposes, should you be a winner.”
well, I suppose this could be construed as publicity.