Three Minute Fiction: Laughing and Crying

NPR is holding a writing contest that I think sounds pretty cool. You have to write a fictional story, 600 words or less, during which one character tells a joke and one character cries. Submissions due by Sunday, Jan. 23rd. See below for more details.

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132744031/three-minute-fiction-round-6-laughing-and-crying