I lo e that this is for ANY kind of speculative. Even horror... AND up to 10k words
https://northamericanreview.org/kurt-vonnegut-speculative-fiction-prize
“A statue isn't built from the ground up -- it's chiseled out of a block of marble -- and I often wonder if we aren't likewise shaped by the qualities we lack, outlined by the empty space where the marble used to be. I'll be sitting on a train...