Short Story Contest
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Deadline: midnight Nov 30 Prize: $250 and publication
Length: up to 7,000 words; can be one single story or linked microstories. Multiple submissions accepted.
Judge: Sean Bernard
Sean Bernard directs the BA Creative Writing Program at the University of La Verne. His story collectionDesert sonorous was awarded the 2014 Juniper Prize, his novelStudies in the Hereafterwas published in 2015 by Red Hen Press, and he’s the recipient of a prose fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. His second novel,Can Writing Be Taught & Other Novel Ideas, will be published by What Books in Fall 2026.
We follow CLMP guidelines. Entries are judged anonymously, so please exclude identifying information on the manuscript. All entries are considered for publication, and all domestic entrants get issue #29 (international entrants receive PDFs of issues 28 & 29). The issue will be excellent!
Winners announced spring 2027.