short stories
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Welcome to my Guest Writer Spot. This week’s Guest Writer is Jo Elizabeth Pinto. She’s written a super short story. Before you read it, you might like to know a little bit about her: J. E. Pinto was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1971 and grew up in Brighton, Colorado. She has a nine-year-old daughter…
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We’re getting closer to Halloween so why not pen a Halloween themed story? Writing Magazine are holding a Halloween Short Story Competition. The word limit is 500 words and if you’re the winner, you can choose your prize – either £100 or a critique, and publication on the website. There is an entry fee of…
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The Fiction Desk is accepting general short story submissions. They say that now is a prticularly good time to submit a story as they’re currently looking for stories for their latest anthology. Here’s some more information from them: ‘We’re always looking for new short stories for the Fiction Desk anthologies, and most of the stories…
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I’ve covered many different ways of generating ideas for your writing over the last few weeks. Here is another idea for you: Pick up a book and open it up at a random page. What’s the first word you see? Write it down, then repeat the process another four times and then generate a story/poem…
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We all like a good old love story, don’t we? So if you’re feeling in the romantic mood, try writing a story for Writing Magazine‘s annual Love Story Competition. You have until 15th September to enter. Here are some more details for you: Prizes: 1st: £200, plus publication in the magazine 2nd: £50, plus publication on…
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Writing Magazine short story competitions are a regular feature in my weekly post. They have a sister magazine, Writers’ News, which is for subscribers to Writing Magazine. They also run a separate competition. The August issue has an interesting theme – HATE. Here are some more details for you: Prizes: 1st: £100 plus publication in…
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This week’s market is The Moth Magazine Short Story Competition. Here are some important details for you: Prizes: 1st: €3000 2nd: writing retreat 3rd: €1000 Entry fee: €12 Word limit: 5000 Closing date: 30th June 2018 Visit the competition page for further details. *** Photo credit: quotesgram.com
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If you enjoy taking your readers out of this world and into another, then the Writing Magazine ‘Other Worlds’ short story competition might be worth entering. Here are the all-important details for you: Prizes: 1st: £200 plus publication in the magazine 2nd: £50 plus publication online Entry fee: £6 (£4 for subscribers) Word limit: Between…
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My market for you this week is Reflex Fiction, a quarterly international flash fiction competition for stories between 180 and 360 words. Here are some details for you: Prizes: 1st Prize: £1,000 Second: £500 Third: £250 Entry fee: £7 The competition is always open for entries, but the latest competition ends today! To find out…
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Every week, on a Friday, I invite a writer to appear in my Guest Writer Spot. If you’d like your writing to appear on this page, please contact me here or by e-mail: estherchilton@gmail.com. I accept stories, poems, articles – in fact, anything and everything. All you have to do is make sure your prose…
