There’s a story contest. The rules are” start with the words “The Robot Felt” and end with “In the end, the robot felt nothing. He wasn't programmed to.”
Limit 2,000 words. No pay, as far as I can see, but your story will appear in a Simon & Schuster paperback. I have a story that can be shoehorned into the concept, but I am not sure it can be shortened that much. (Title of my story is Killer Zombie Robots Don’t Cry. It is about half done, so perhaps this is my chance to finish a story that I don’t think was going too well.)
It ends July 4th, so I’ll think about it.