Three thousand and counting! That's how many of your original short stories we've received so far in our Three-Minute Fiction summer writing contest.

So, 3,000-plus stories at three minutes each — that's 150 hours of fiction! It's kept all of us here at All Things Considered pretty busy, but it's also been great fun.

And we're not done yet! Keep sending in your short stories, and we'll keep reading and posting them. Here are some of our favorites so far.

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