https://e-sygoing.link Latest links in the Short Stories category en-us Sun, 24 May 2026 10:12:11 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/link/4994078-futures-mysterious-anthology-magazine-contest Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine seeks short stories in the mystery genre of 5,000 words or less. Prizes total $450 cash plus free subscriptions and possible publication. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: October 31. Sat, 10 Jan 2026 03:51:31 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/4994078 https://e-sygoing.link/link/4994090-words-magazine Seeks original short stories for various themed contests throughout the year. Limit: 2,000 words. Accepts IRCs for entry fees. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:26:22 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/4994090 https://e-sygoing.link/link/4994094-fire-by-nite-awards-for-christian-fiction Seeks short fiction stories with Christian themes. Over $1,000 in prizes plus opportunity for publication. $15 entry fee. Sat, 06 Dec 2025 15:42:52 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/4994094 https://e-sygoing.link/link/4994074-lorian-hemingway-short-story-competition An annual contest for original, unpublished stories up to 3,000 words in length, open to writers who have not yet achieved major market success. Cash prizes total $2,000. Entry fee: $10. Deadline mid-May. Sun, 04 May 2025 08:58:33 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/4994074 https://e-sygoing.link/link/4994088-glimmer-train-awards-for-fiction Glimmer Train Press offers a number of awards for literary short fiction each year. The prize money for short stories less than 2,000 words, for example, totals $2,000. A reading fee of $10 is required. The Press is also open for submissions where no upfront fees are charged. Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:13:59 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/4994088 https://e-sygoing.link/link/4994073-carve-magazine-short-story-contest The Raymond Carver Short Story Award at Carve Magazine is one of the world's premier fiction awards for original, unpublished short stories. Maximum length: 10,000 words. Prize money totals $2,000. All submissions are considered for publication. International entries welcome. Entry fees: $15 (one), $25 (two), $30 (three). Only three entries per author are permitted. Closes: February 1. Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:40:08 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/4994073 https://e-sygoing.link/link/4994066-writersweekly-24-hour-short-story-contest Ongoing quarterly contests require entrants to submit a short story within 24 hours of the topic's notification. $5 entry fee. Cash prizes total $750 for first, second and third places. Wed, 27 Nov 2024 03:09:05 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/4994066 https://e-sygoing.link/link/4994069-fish-publishing Provides information on the international annual short story contest which every year offers a significant cash prize and publishes an anthology of the winning stories. Tue, 15 Oct 2024 01:55:46 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/4994069 https://e-sygoing.link/link/4994080-mixed-stories-about-being-biracial-or-multiracial-in-america The stories must not exceed 8,000 words and must speak either directly or indirectly about what it is to be biracial or multiracial in the United States. Prize money will be awarded to the winner ($500) and each author published in an Anthology ($200). Deadline: December 31, 2003. Free entry. Sat, 30 Sep 2023 03:21:43 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/4994080