Event Details
Seeking short fiction of any genre between 250 – 750 words. The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity, great writing, and provide well-rewarded recognition to contestants. Electronic submissions via
Event Details
Seeking short fiction of any genre between 250 – 750 words. The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity, great writing, and provide well-rewarded recognition to contestants.
Electronic submissions via e-mail only; reprints/previously published are okay; simultaneous submissions are okay; multiple submissions are okay. Open internationally.
Limit: 300 entries.
- 1st Place: $400, publication, interview, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate
- 2nd Place: $300, publication, interview, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate
- 3rd Place: $200, publication, interview and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate
- 7 Runners Up receive $25 Amazon Gift Cards, publication and interview
- 10 Honorable mentions receive $20 Amazon Gift Card
- Top 10 stories are published in the WOW! Women On Writing e-zine, and contestants are interviewed on WOW’s blog, The Muffin.
Entry: $10 entry fee; critique option for an additional $10
We are keen to encourage quality submissions, 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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