Ha! Stereotypes Ha! Story/Video Competition

A project of Catbird Lit

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions (November 2020). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

Write or produce a story, essay, or video, true or fictional, that has something to do with stereotypes. It can be focused on stereotypes or only tangentially related. It can be about stereotypes dealing with race, gender, age, ability, occupation, region, beauty, weight, intellect, or anything. It can be about the stereotypes of Asian men (one of us here has been writing around that topic for decades). It can play off of stereotypes of police. Or what it means to be a blonde capitalist. Or stereotypes about hoarders and war veterans; Vietnamese anti-Communists and Mexican American gangsters (Please, Mr. Trejo, please contribute something.) It does not even have to be about humans. Get furry with it (uh-oh). Perhaps the stereotype only appears in your story at its climax. Or perhaps it is incorporated into your very personal essay about your genitalia. Perhaps the stereotype is your obsession. Or simply the obsession of a divided American society. We as a society and as a well-rounded globe need to laugh at, or about, stereotypes and the people who use them, or fit them, or buck them, or abuse them.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2020

Publication Medium & Contest Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Unknown contest frequency

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: No specific word count limits known (our definition: up to 1000 words).
Short Story: No specific word count limits known (our definition: 1000 to 7500 words).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Humorous, Literary, Mainstream, Satirical.

Topics:

Other: See guidelines.

Winner's Prize:

Unknown payment Unknown payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text. Video.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Essay: No specific word count limits known.
Narrative Nonfiction: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Humorous, Literary, Mainstream, Satirical.

Topics:

Other: See guidelines.

Winner's Prize:

Unknown payment Unknown payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text. Video.

Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary.

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026