The Afritondo Short Story Prize 2026/ How to Apply (Prize: $1400)
The Afritondo Short Story Prize is open to submissions from writers who identify as Black or who are of African
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Short story contests
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest / Submit Now!
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025: Submit Your Sharpest 250-Word Masterpieces Flash writers and micro maestros, it’s time. The SmokeLong Quarterly annual SmokeLong
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The Hudson Review Short Fiction Prize
The Hudson Review, one of the most respected quarterlies of literature and the arts, has opened submissions for its biennial Short Fiction Contest.
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Defenestrationism !Short Story Contest! | How to Submit (up to $105)
Defenestrationism.net !Short Story Contest! 2025 Defenestrationism.net has launched the 2025 edition of its !Short Story Contest!, following the explosive
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2025 Prime Number Magazine Awards | How to Apply ($1500 + Publication)
Deadline: March 31, 2025 The Prime Number Magazine Awards celebrate excellence in poetry and short fiction, offering cash prizes and
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Creative Future Writers’ Award 2025: Open for Submissions (£20,000)
The 2025 Creative Future Writers’ Award Competition is now accepting entries. As the only free national competition for underrepresented writers
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Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction Writing Contest(Prizes: $8700 + Publication)
Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction Writing Contest is calling for short stories that envision the next 180 years of equitable climate
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Call for Submissions – House of Zolo’s Journal of Speculative Literature
The House of Zolo’s Journal of Speculative Literature in it’s third edition is looking for radical, forward-thinking fiction and poetry
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The K & L Prize 2021: Madness ($1000 New Zealand + Publication)
Writers, You can now send in your short story Entries for the 2021 K and L prize on the theme,
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