If you wanted to get really technical, the proper term is a Novelette. But the word count given is only for one award. Most publishers would likely consider that a short story (check every publishing opportunity to see their guidelines).
A writer is a world trapped in a person— Victor Hugo
Ink is blood. Paper is bandages. The wounded press books to their heart to know they're not alone.
He began to wonder why he had felt uneasy at all. It was like a man wondering in broad daylight why a dream had appeared so terrible to him at night. — Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart
