The inaugural year of the Next Generation Short Story Awards brought excellence from around the globe. The judges had difficult decisions to make and the winners have now been named and brought together in this single volume of excellence. Enter Your Short Short Story Today!$...
Before the 19th century the short story was not generally regarded as a distinctliteraryform. But although in this sense it may seem to be a uniquely moderngenre, the fact is that short prosefictionis nearly as old as language itself. Throughout history humankind has enjoyed various types of...
AnthologyShortStoryCompetitionEstablishedtorecogniseandencouragecreative,writingandprovideaplatformforpublication,thisshortstorycompetitionisopentooriginalandpreviouslyunpublishedshortstoriesintheEnglishlanguagebyawriterofanynationality,livinganywhereintheworld.Thereisnorestrictiononthemeorstyle.Storiessubmittedmustnotexceedthemaxi...
Lines that Linger by Katie Paterson The opening story of Ali Smith's collection The First Person and Other Stories ends with other writers’ reflections on what a short story is: “… Walter Benjamin says that short stories are stronger than the real, lived moment, because they can go on ...
NOTE: This story was originally written for the “Love and Other Kerfuffles” anthology, published by The New Romance Cafe in 2023. Un-Valentine’s Weekis a short story about Amy, who’s quitting her job at a resort in a tropical paradise, and Taylor, the guy who crashes a week-long...
(recent winner of the Lifetime Achievement award from the Short Mystery Fiction Society), K.L. Murphy (Virginia native, novelist, and short story author) and Josh Pachter (not only a prolific writer—first published inEllery Queen’s Mystery Magazineat age 16—and anthology editor, but also ...
I really enjoyed reading the group’s work – there’s some very talented writers here, some very deserving of more eyeballs (attention agents and publishers!) If you’d like to see what I’m talking about, check them out on social media and on Amazon. ...
It's a shame you haven't had any luck with publishers or agents, but I guess they must receive a huge amount of submissions. You could try looking through my novel / book competitions page and see if there is anything suitable for your work there? Best of luck with your writing. Chris...
The annual HG Wells Fiction Short Story Competition offers a £500 Senior and £1,000 Junior prize and free publication of all shortlisted entries in a quality, professionally published paperback anthology. How to Enter Theme 2024 Theme: The Fool ...
The Great Anthology of the Short StoryAlla Latynina discusses the state of the Russian short story in the context of the Iuri Kazakov Prize for distinction in the genre.doi:10.2753/RSL1061-1975490202LatyninaAllaRoutledgeRussian Studies in Literature...