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This short story competition is sponsored by the Environmental Biotechnology Network. It may appeal to writers with a scientific bent as it aims to use fiction to raise awareness of Environmental Biotechnology and what microbial systems can do for us. Have...

We are currently accepting submissions for our third issue via email and our submissions form! We accept submissions from writers aged 12-26 from anywhere in the world! Decisions are made on a rolling basis, and you will be notified via...

Write a story involving Home, and an anchor.$3,000 grand prize. Cross the threshold. Feel the warmth of the fire, the smell of rising bread. Loved ones speak softly in the hall, so release the breath you’re holding. You have come...

The annual Writers College Short Story Competition is held to acknowledge excellence in creative writing in the short story form. The competition is open to any writer who is unpublished or has been published fewer than four times. THEME FOR...

Grist is excited to announce our third-annual climate fiction short story contest, Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors.  Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, is the climate fiction contest organized by Grist, an American online magazine. Imagine 2200 is...

Folly is a new independent literary and arts journal from New Zealand, drawn to satirical takes on the social scene, dark humour and starkly honest account of ordinary life. The inaugural issue will be published late 2023 and will feature...

The Author of Tomorrow Award is designed to find the adventure writers of the future. Part of the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, it is an annual competition open to young people across the world who have completed a short piece...

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN! SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUE 19: BLUE ARE DUE MARCH 10TH, 2023 AT MIDNIGHT EST. TO SUBMIT, please follow the below instructions to the best of your ability to help make things easier for our small – but...

The competition is organized by The Pinch, a literary journal published at the University of Memphis. Guidelines & Important Info: ·      The 2023 Pinch Literary Awards accepts poetry and fiction. The 2023 Page Prize accepts non-fiction. ·      Submissions will be accepted...

The 2023 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize is now open for entries. The Jolley Prize is worth a total of $12,500 and is for an original work of short fiction of between 2,000 and 5,000 words, written in English. Entries must...