| Discipline | Literary magazine |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Grant Faulkner & Lynn Mundell |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2011–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | 100 Word Story |
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100 Word Story is a literary magazine that was founded in 2011 by writers Grant Faulkner and Lynn Mundell in Berkeley, California. It publishes stories and essays that are exactly 100 words in length (also known as a drabble); each piece is published with an accompanying photo.
The 100-word format forces the writer to question each word as they write it. The brevity of the form, and the magazine's presentation, allows the writer to "keep a story free from an explanation," in the spirit of Walter Benjamin's philosophy of storytelling.[1] The magazine reads submissions throughout the year.