2024 Toes in the Sand Story Contest from Last Chapter Press. We are a quickly growing romance only, women-owned, independent small press.

Contest details: Think fun in the sun, salt in the air, and sand in my hair beach romances with curvy girls in swimsuits and working it to catch the eye of the surfer, the lifeguard, the ice cream guy, etc.

Along with male/female pairing, sweet and steamy LGBTQIA romance stories are welcomed, too. Join us and be part of a rich and diverse artistic publishing house where all voices matter.

• Sweet or Steamy
• Must be a new and complete happily ever after romance.
• No previously published works.
• No AI generated, created, conceptualized, or outlined stories.

Please see website for additional specifics on what we accept.

We are keen to encourage quality, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.