Short Story Competition Glimmer Train

Upcoming deadline:

It's not too late to give a meaningful gift to the readers and writers in your life.

• Fiction Open. 1st place wins $2,500, and publication. Deadline: January 2.
• NOTE: We are reorganizing our submission calendar for 2014. This will be the last Fiction Open until June. (Details to follow in the January bulletin.)
• The 1st-place winner will be published in Issue 93 and will receive 20 copies of that issue. Second- and 3rd-places win, respectively, $1,000 and $600 (or, if published, $700).

Short Story Competition Glimmer Train

 

Short Story Award for New Writers. First place: $1,500 and publication. Deadline: 11/30

Open only to writers whose fiction has not appeared, nor is scheduled to appear, in a print publication with a circulation over 5,000.

Most submissions run 1,500 to 6,000 words, but can be up to 12,00 words.

Winners and finalists will be announced in the February bulletin, and contacted directly by January 27th. 2nd/3rd place winners will receive $500/$300, respectively, or, if chosen for publication, $700.