If you’ve got a New York story that comes it at 2,500 words or less, Warren Adler wants to hear from you. The author of The War of the Roses, Random Hearts, and We Are Holding the President Hostage is sponsoring his second annual short story contest, which offers a $1,000 prize and a six-month contract for an Amazon Shorts deal. (Online readers will get to vote for a “People’s Choice” story receiving a similar deal from Amazon.) Take it as a sign of the times that the awards ceremony in March 2008 will take place in Second Life.