Ain’t life grand? That’s what Stories On Stage artistic director Anthony Powell thinks, and his group has just announced a new writing contest with that theme. Stories on Stage is looking for upbeat ...

Visitors can print a randomly-selected story by pressing a button on Waldo Library's Story Machine. Submissions are limited to 7,500 characters maximum (including spaces) and are due by Sunday, Nov. 2 ...

The Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest is a local writing competition that invites writers from across the Peninsula to share original work and be recognized by the community. The contest includes ...

Competition deadline: 15th June 2026 The Moth Short Story Prize is an international prize, open to anyone from anywhere in the world as long as their story is original and previously unpublished.

I struggled to get my first novel, “The Beasts They Turned Away,” published. It was set on a dairy farm, embraced the Gothic, and included a lot of details about agriculture. It took a year and a half ...

Writers over the age of 18 living in Ireland, and Irish writers around the world have until Friday 15th May 2026 to submit ...

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — In its 14th year, the Write Michigan Short Story Contest from the Kent District Library will celebrate its winners during an awards ceremony Saturday. “It’s great ...

Joseph Sidari, a physician from Sudbury, won third place in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. His short story, “A Girl and Her Dragon: A Life in Four Parts,” will be published in an ...

The Berkshire Athenaeum’s Children’s Library has announced the winners of the annual Short Story Writing Contest. Stories were judged on their originality, appeal and writing style. Winning entries, ...

Read the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a Banff Centre writing residency. The winner will be announced on May 7, 2026.