Open to anyone in the world. There are no genre or theme restrictions.

Three Winners are announced who are published and share in the $1000 USD total prize pool. Twenty writers are Shortlisted. All entries considered for publication, and for submission to the Pushcart Prize and other anthologies. Feedback available.

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.

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