THE MISERY Fiction Writing Contest A new competition with a focus on something horrific and a word limit of 600. Submissions due 19 June. Thanks to Mark Kanera for the idea. Check the guidelines for more details.… Read More
Using one of of the prompts from Writing Prompts For Science Fiction Stories as a starting point, write your best science fiction story of no more than 700 words. Make sure you follow all the guidelines listed below, including how to format your entry. Make sure to include links to your website, twitter, or other contact… Read More
STORY CONTEST GUIDELINES In six hundred words or less write a short story where the protagonist receives unexpected news from a Doctor, Dentist, or other medical professional WHAT ARE THE CHARACTER REQUIREMENTS? There must be at least the protagonist and the medical professional. Aside from that, you are free to include as many (or few)… Read More
The SHIRT STORY Short Story Contest STORY CONTEST GUIDELINES Taking ‘Magical Realism’ as your genre, write a story about the importance of a shirt. It might be a particular shirt, a magical shirt, a favourite shirt, shirts in general. But it should absolutely, postively, be about shirts. The word length in up to… Read More