What is 121 Words?

Welcome to 121 Words, a site dedicated to showcasing and spreading flash fiction literature, thereby creating a new writing community.

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Almost 121 years ago, Anton Chekhov prophetically stated: “Brevity defines the art of writing”. In our hectic age of condensed information and rapid-firing social media, microfiction has become the latest challenge in providing escapism for the overactive mind.

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Yet how can any story, taking less space than an average computer screen and requiring less than a minute to read, be truly moving? How may lines of text make a whole story?

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If you‘re wondering what you could possibly relate in the space of exactly 121 Words, just start writing and trust us - It’s all you need for a great story!