Short Story Connect discussion

Holiday-Theme Short Story Contest; open to all genres

Deadline: November 3, 2014

Details: 1500-2500 words - 20 Submissions will be published in a Holiday Anthology

For more info: http://digiwriting.com/short-story-co...

Mystery/Thriller Short Story Contest

Deadline: November 3, 2014

Details: 1500-2500 words - 20 Submissions will be published in a Mystery Anthology

For more info: http://digiwriting.com/short-story-co...

Sounds great. I will consider entering. Does the work have to be as yet unpublished or can a story have been published already?

Deirdre wrote: "Sounds great. I will consider entering. Does the work have to be as yet unpublished or can a story have been published already?"

That's great, Deirdre and thanks for the question! The works for these two contests must be previously unpublished.

Here's what I'll be working on in November instead of doing NaNoWriMo this year: Tied in Pink, a romance short story anthology to support breast cancer research. I will be one of the proofreaders for this project.

We're seeking contributions. Click the above link for more details. Deadline is November 1st.

A Fun Writing Contest is now Live!

https://www.goodreads.com/event/show/...

I will be checking this out.

The Sydney Writers' Room will be accepting entries for their 2015 Short Story Competition ($500AUD first prize) until the end of August. Only Australian writers are eligible. More details at http://writersroom.org.au/short-story...

Not a contest, but an opportunity for publication...

If you haven't come across CafeLit, they publish short stories as well as flash fiction online. They select the best for paperback and hardback publication. I recently had my tenth piece published with them.

http://cafelit.co.uk/

Excited to hear that my flash fiction has been selected for inclusion in the forthcoming 'The Best of CafeLit 4' (Chapeltown). I also have pieces included in The Best of CafeLit 3.

Sounds good. Thanks for the heads-up, Helen. ^_^

One question: Are they open to international authors or do you have to live in the UK?

Lura wrote: "Sounds good. Thanks for the heads-up, Helen. ^_^

One question: Are they open to international authors or do you have to live in the UK?"

Yes, anyone can submit, Lura.

Awesome! Thanks for the quick response.

Here is also a contest from http://www.lifeofwriters.com/home/index

It is a rainy Wednesday morning and Rebecca is on her way to a meeting. She has been waiting on this meeting for months and now the day has arrived. She got up early to take a long shower, do her makeup, and get dressed nicely. She wants to make a good impression.

She gets out of her car and walks the rest of the way, but as she passes a shop window, she stops. Her eyes are fixed at the window looking inside the shop and she cannot believe what she is seeing. She doesn’t move a bit, she just keeps looking.

Meet the following criteria:

1) Continue the story.
2) Will she get to the meeting?
3) What is she looking at?
4) Make your own title.
5) Must be a maximum of 700 words.
6) This contest will close once 50 writers have submitted their story after which the winners will be announced. Once LifeOfWriters has grown to enough users, a new contest will start each week.

Right now I've got too many plates spinning, but I'm really interested in this. Maybe your next one.
Love
Jenny
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For those in the group with an interest in Celtic mythology, Irish Imbas Books are holding a short story competition:

First prize: $500
Second Prize: $250
Third Prize: $100

What We’re Looking For:

Any kind of fiction short story will be considered (action, romance, drama, humour etc.) as long as they meet the following criteria:
(1) Celtic mythology or folklore forms a fundamental element of the story (i.e. the characters can be characters from Celtic mythology, the action can take place in a mythological location, mythological concepts can be used etc.).
(2) Any Celtic folklore or mythological reference used should be as authentic as you can make it (for example; no dedicated pantheon of Irish Gods, no werewolves or vampires etc.)
(3) A compelling story/theme, engaging characters. You’re a writer – you know what we mean.

Full details can be found here: http://irishimbasbooks.com/irish-imba...

For the ones who is interested. LifeOfWriters.com have a free writing contest this month. The topic is A Writer's Life. Have a look at it and see if you want to submit your story.

Happy writing

I have two blogs which might be of interest to short story writers.

This one has regular links to free to enter writing competitions - http://patsy-collins.blogspot.co.uk

This one has lots of information about writing for ewomen's magazines, including all the official guidelines - https://womagwriter.blogspot.co.uk

We are seeking short stories for a forthcoming anthology on the theme of "Summer". Please pm me for details.

I am also posting about short stories, how to write them, where to submit them, etc. For more details, please check out my blog.
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...