Can you produce a masterwork of fiction in a mere 72 hours? The 3-Day Novel Contest is your chance to find out. The contest has run every Labor Day Weekend since 1977 and now attracts writers from all over the world.

The 34th Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest takes place Sept. 3-5 this year. The first-place prize is publication. Second place gets $500, and third place gets $100.

I’ve written a short piece on this unusual event that appears in the Take Note section of the August issue of The Writer, one of my favorite national writing magazines.

Although the Take Note section isn’t posted online, you can find the link to the issue’s table of contents here.