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21 Tips for Winning Short Fiction Competitions

21 Tips for Winning Short Fiction Competitions

21 Tips for Winning Short Fiction CompetitionsPhilip Charter
Published on: 29/07/2025

August 2025 will be the very first Fiction Month on Stacker News. 21 Futures has sponsored the competition, which boasts a total prize fund of 200k sats. The overall winner receives 100k sats, and ten runners up will each receive 10k sats. Read our tips on how to win here.

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21 Futures Announces Strategic Partnership with Vexl

21 Futures Announces Strategic Partnership with Vexl

21 Futures Announces Strategic Partnership with VexlPhilip Charter
Published on: 23/07/2025

21 Futures and Vexl are announcing a strategic partnership to promote cypherpunk stories and non-KYC Bitcoin.

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The Story of 21 Futures - How We Started and Where We're Going

The Story of 21 Futures - How We Started and Where We're Going

The Story of 21 Futures - How We Started and Where We're GoingPhilip Charter
Published on: 07/07/2025

The Story of 21 Futures - How we started and where we are going. Get the latest news in this update from chief editor, Philip Charter.

Interview
FICTION - The Journal's Alchemists

FICTION - The Journal's Alchemists

FICTION - The Journal's AlchemistsGonzalo Coelo
Published on: 01/07/2025

Leo's eleventh birthday party was not as disenchanting as he expected it to be. At first, his anxiety was driven by his father's uplifting promise of a mysterious gift: "I will give it to you after the party." Those words stuck with him for a while, but he unexpectedly forgot about the matter throughout the day.

Fiction
FICTION - The Fixer: Medical Device Exorcist

FICTION - The Fixer: Medical Device Exorcist

FICTION - The Fixer: Medical Device ExorcistEric Kay
Published on: 17/06/2025

It’s that kind of crappy day: so cold the rain’s freezing to the windows and the roads are gridlocked. I don’t drive, and sometimes gridlock is good for business, but I do walk, and no one loves being upright one moment and then cheek-first into the icy sidewalk the next.

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FICTION - Behemoth

FICTION - Behemoth

FICTION - BehemothSF - Pleb Royale
Published on: 18/03/2025

The massive ship had just docked their home, Steadfast #2, and Flint Molvesper was ready to board. Wow, what a beast! he thought, as he ran towards the airlock. Normally you could see deep space all around the docking bay. You could see none of it now. Flint had never seen anything like it.

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