"New Round Of Three Minute Fiction"

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GUY RAZ, host:

The clock is now ticking on our Three-Minute Fiction contest here on weekends on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. Round Six is now open.

Ms. CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE: I want you to write a story in which one character tells a joke, and one character cries.

RAZ: That's our judge this round, novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, with her new challenge. To see the full rules and submit your story, go to our website npr.org/threeminutefiction. And Three Minute Fiction is all spelled out, no spaces. And good luck.

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