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 Full details he 10th To Hull And Back short story competition is open until 30th June 2027 July 2026 saw the launch of the 10th To Hull And Back Humorous Short Story Competition, a biennial writing contest with a humorous twist that celebrates the most imaginative and amazing short stories from writers all over the world. Some highly prestigious writing contests offer huge cash prizes – for example, the BBC award a whopping £15,000 to their winner. What can you win by entering this competition that contends with short story prize giving heavyweights? THE most amazing, innovative and sought after writing prize on the planet. Forget the Pulitzer. THIS is the mother of all writing competitions. Admittedly, I may have slipped into sales-pitch-chaos-mayhem-overdrive-mode whilst writing the opening paragraphs, but I firmly believe that I can live up to expectation. Keep reading to see if you agree... The To Hull And Back Humorous Short Story Competition Ru...

 FUll details riar Press NY is looking for Short Stories in the Folk Horror tradition, previously unpublished and set in any time period/place/culture.  We are looking for beautiful writing, an engaging plot, memorable characters, and that authentic Folk-Gothic atmosphere.  Think: Wickerman, Rosemary’s Baby, The Seventh Sister, The Lottery, Lamb, Slewfoot Grimm’s Fairytales, Starve Acre.   We want NATURE, we want DAMP, we want UNSETTLING, we want RITUALS & FOLKTALES. 5 pp - 30 pp long (2,500 to 15,000 words)   DEADLINE:   1st  October, 2026 ANNOUNCED WINNER:   1st December, 2026 PRIZE:   Publication in Briar Press NY ‘s upcoming Anthology “These Rotted Things,” released Spring 2027 , including Briar Press social media and Goodreads presence, marketing assistance and guiding, all design and publishing of book in digital and soft trade-back. In addition, 3 free copies of the book will be provided to each author. SUBMISSION:   Submit y...

 Full details lapham Writers: The McNeile Writing Competition Summary A short story competition organised by Clapham Writers charity in honour of the late Penelope McNeile; celebrating creativity, diversity, storytelling, and emerging literary voices. Whether you are writing your first short story or have been writing for years, the McNeile Competition is an opportunity to share your voice, challenge your creativity, and be part of the vibrant writing community in South West London. Open to unpublished and self published writers of all levels, the competition invites you to submit an opening section of a short story inspired by the theme “Absent Friends.” Writers are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly, exploring ideas of memory, loss, distance, reunion, nostalgia, or the enduring presence of those no longer with us. *** The competition is now open and entries close on 5th September 2026. Winners will be announced at the Clapham Book Festival on 1...

 Full details  We nominate for Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best New Poets, Best Small Fictions, PENN Awards, AND pay $60 per piece of writing for our seasonal issues, $25 for Micro Monday features, and $50 for cover art.   Details on all opportunities and the forms to submit are on Submittable . We believe that diversity and inclusivity is important in redressing imbalances of representation in literary discourse. As such, we strongly encourage submissions by writers from underrepresented areas of society. 100% of the work we publish is unsolicited and many of the writers are early in their writing and/or publishing journey. Each piece that lands in our queue is handled with care, given serious consideration, and evaluated by at least three people, including both editors and readers, from genre specific editorial teams. The Basics: Work must be original and previously uncurated. We gladly accept pieces that have previously only appeared on p...

  Full details  We nominate for Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best New Poets, Best Small Fictions, PENN Awards, AND pay $60 per piece of writing for our seasonal issues, $25 for Micro Monday features, and $50 for cover art.   Details on all opportunities and the forms to submit are on Submittable . We believe that diversity and inclusivity is important in redressing imbalances of representation in literary discourse. As such, we strongly encourage submissions by writers from underrepresented areas of society. 100% of the work we publish is unsolicited and many of the writers are early in their writing and/or publishing journey. Each piece that lands in our queue is handled with care, given serious consideration, and evaluated by at least three people, including both editors and readers, from genre specific editorial teams. The Basics: Work must be original and previously uncurated. We gladly accept pieces that have previously only appeared on ...

 Full details  Submissions will be responded to within three to four months, if not sooner. There are no reading fees. Accepted pieces will be compensated as follows: $10 a story $10 a poem Payment will be made upon publication and processed through PayPal, CashApp, or Venmo, whichever is preferred. Please include which method of payment you prefer in your submission. If you live in a country that does not accept these as forms of payment, we will attempt to mail you cash or a check. Submissions are open to humans and other life forms of any nationality or planet of residence. Stories should be science fiction and/or horror (preferably both) and can be of any length, although we tend to accept shorter pieces. We also are looking for pieces that are more on the experimental and weirder side of the horror/science fiction spectrum. Please send one story at a time. Please include the genre of your story in your submission. Poems can be any length but the pieces you submit hav...

  Full details I am open to a variety of genres and subject matter. The submission does NOT have to be about teaching or learning to be accepted in Teach. Write. I also welcome student writing. It is in your best interest to be familiar with the type of work that I publish. Please see the current issue or read past editions in the archives section of the website. No previous publication experience is necessary. I am looking for work in the following categories: Flash Fiction, any theme or genre except erotica, extremely violent pieces or those laden with profanity. Under 1,000 words Short Fiction, any theme or genre, 1,000-5,000 words, ditto on the exceptions Poetry, any theme or genre (note exceptions above)–up to 100 lines (limit submissions to three poems, please) Creative non-fiction–up to 2,000 words (same exceptions as those above) Short dramas or screenplays–10 pages of dialogue or less (same exceptions) Write Your Own–writing or poetry inspired by your own wri...

 Full details  About submissions We accept submissions from individuals who belong to the queer, trans, and/or gender variant communities. All info about our current calls for entry, including submission guidelines, can be found on the linked page for each call. Please only send submissions via Duosuma unless you have been specifically given instructions to do otherwise. If you have accessibility concerns, please reach out and we’ll make every effort to accommodate your submission. For written work, we offer a handful of optional add-ons related to feedback and expedited response times. Due to the volume of submissions we receive, we are unable to provide feedback on submissions unless it has been selected and paid for at the time of submission. We always accept reprints if you have the rights to give them, including work published on personal blogs, websites, and social media. Also, in the case of web portfolios, Patreon & similar services, and social media, we don’t...

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The Pushcart Prize Full Details Submissions open on 1 October 2025 Submissions close on 1 December 2025 Award Eligibility and Criteria for Entry The nominations may be any combination of poetry, short stories, essays, memoirs or stand-alone excerpts from novels.  We do not accept nominations via email. Please send one copy of each work. Please do not send entire books or journals Nominations must have been published (or scheduled to be published) in the current calendar year. No entry fee or rom to fill out. No monetary prize only recognition

  Full details  Ink of Ages Fiction Prize If you write historical or mythology-inspired short fiction, you can enter a story under 2,000 words to win some great prizes from World History Encyclopedia and Oxford University Press! Our contest is free to enter and we accept submissions in English from anywhere in the world. Submissions open 28 July – 29 Aug 2025 Ink of Ages Fiction Prize is run by World History Encyclopedia and generously sponsored by Oxford University Press .      

 Full details  Enter the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival’s 2025 writing competition with new writing inspired by mental health and our theme of ‘Comfort & Disturb’. The writing competition is one of SMHAF’s most enduring successes, providing an opportunity for first-time writers to be published alongside established names. The awards ceremony helps us to discover what our festival is really about, as people from across Scotland and further afield take inspiration from our theme in poignant, powerful, personal and often ingenious and surprising ways. Writing programme comes to Aberdeen This year’s awards event will take place in Aberdeen during SMHAF 2025, with shortlisted writers invited to read from their work on the night. The Aberdeen event is the second of our writing awards events to tour to new locations in Scotland, following a fantastic evening last year at V&A Dundee. As always, the competition is open to everyone but this year we particula...

  Full details  OUR VISION & what we’re looking for We’re looking for honest work with literary merit : elevated work which acknowledges present realities. We encourage work that isn’t sanitized or buttoned-up. Scripture is brutal and real. Ezekiel was called to bake his bread by fire fueled by human excrement (Ezek 4:12), the psalmist called for the death of his enemies’ children (Ps 137:9), and Christ’s own death was horribly violent and described in graphic detail (Matt 27:26–56). Life is not tame and neither is Christianity; we want to meet people where they are. Further, we believe God’s truth can be found in all forms of art and literature, just as he’s found in all creation (Ps 19). Your work doesn’t need to directly pertain to Christian theology or contain Christian themes. Solum journal submissions We welcome unsolicited submissions. We accept both previously unpublished material and reprints. Simultaneous submissions are welcome so long as we...

 Full details  Submissions Fiction on the Web is accepting submissions for online and audiobook publication in the following genres: Funny stories - for when you need a laugh Creepy stories - to make your hair stand on end Fantastic stories - ghosts, swords, magic and fantasy Futuristic stories - many worlds of science fiction Criminal stories - crooks and detectives Real life stories - everyday life and relationships Please submit your 1,000-10,000 word story, double-spaced in a 12-point font, using Submittable. One submission at a time - please wait for a response before you submit again. (If you can't use Submittable for any reason, contact me .) \  

 Full details  General Guidelines We welcome work from writers who are working class or from working-class origins. All submissions must be the original work of the writer. We are interested in work of all lengths and in fiction, nonfiction, commentary, essays, and journalism. We are also interested in visual arts and photography submissions. Work will be published on  the Bee  website and considered for a forthcoming print edition. Any work submitted for consideration must not have been published online or in print previously. Agreement If we accept a piece for publication, you will be issued with an agreement for usage of the work. The agreement covers the following: that New Writing North (on behalf of  the Bee ) will retain the first publication rights on the work produced, and the non-exclusive right to use the work online and in print in perpetuity. We reserve the right to be involved in any future exploitation of the work. Payments We pay all of ...

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  Full details  Cyphers  publishes poetry and fiction in English and Irish, from Ireland and around the world. Translations are welcome. No unsolicited critical articles are published. Submissions should be sent by post as we cannot track digital submissions.  Email attachments will be deleted.  No simultaneous submissions please.  Decisions on manuscripts may take up to six months. Please do not send more than six poems or a single story. You can post your submission to us at the following address: Cyphers Magazine , 3 Selskar Terrace, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, Ireland, D06 DW66. Submissions, if the author wishes them to be returned, must be accompanied by a self-addressed envelope and the appropriate  Irish  stamps.  Unless this is done  Cyphers  cannot guarantee manuscript return. An email address should also be supplied if possible. ...

 Full details  Dappled Things  now accepts submissions exclusively through Submittable. You may upload your work by clicking on the link below: Submit Please read the submission guidelines found on our Submittable page carefully. If you are submitting simultaneously and are accepted elsewhere, please follow these directions: For fiction, nonfiction, and visual art , use the “Withdraw” feature in your Submittable account. Do not withdraw a submission through email. For poetry , if you are withdrawing your entire submission, please use the “Withdraw” feature in your Submittable account. If you are withdrawing one or more poems from a submission that contains other poems remaining eligible for consideration, please email managing editor Ann Thomas using the contact form below. We are unable to provide personal feedback on submissions due to the overwhelming number of works we receive and our small staff. Thank you for your un...

 Full details  Submissions should be sent to JustKeepUpMagazine@gmail.com Submissions will be responded to within two to three months, if not sooner. There are no reading fees. Accepted pieces will be compensated as follows: $10 a story $10 a poem Payment will be made upon publication and processed through PayPal, CashApp, or Venmo, whichever is preferred. Please include which method of payment you prefer in your submission. If you live in a country that does not accept these as forms of payment, we will attempt to mail you cash or a check. Submissions are open to humans and other life forms of any nationality or planet of residence. Stories should be science fiction and/or horror (preferably both) and can be of any length, although we tend to accept shorter pieces. We also are looking for pieces that are more on the experimental and weirder side of the horror/science fiction spectrum. Please send one story at a time. Please include the...

  Full details  Cold Caller is a publisher of crime and mystery fiction, and we define those terms broadly. We're looking for stories of bad decisions and worse consequences; unlucky losers who can't catch a break; grifters and con men convinced they're about to score big; good men and women who have very good reasons to do terrible things. Is that too vague? Here's what we like reading and watching. If any of this matches your vibe, send us your work. Fiction Homesick for Another World , Ottessa Moshfegh The Friends of Eddie Coyle , George V. Higgins Thieves' Dozen , Donald E. Westlake The Code of the Woosters , P.G. Wodehouse Crimes in Southern Indiana , Frank Bill Different Seasons , Stephen King Eleven , Patricia Highsmith Crook Manifesto, Colson Whitehead Dare Me , Megan Abbott Black Gum , J. David Osborne Movies & TV I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore Before I Disappear Sneaky Pete Rounders Bad Santa Fargo How long should my story be? Our...