Writer’s Digest is now accepting entries in the 72nd installment of “Your Story.” Write the opening sentence (just one sentence), of twenty-five words or fewer, to a story based on the photo on their contest page. Judging criteria are inventiveness, creativity and — where appropriate — humor. One entry per person.
Prizes: Winners will be published in a future issue of Writer’s Digest and on the Your Story winners page at WritersDigest.com.
Entry fee: FREE
Deadline: Submissions need to be submitted or e-mailed by February 22, 2016.
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Little Tokyo Historical Society (LTHS) seeks fictional short stories for its third annual “Imagine Little Tokyo” writing contest. The story must be original, fictional, written in either Japanese or English by the submitting author and never been published (even online). The setting of the story should be in Little Tokyo – either past, present or future. Submitted manuscript should be 2,500 words or less for English or 5,000 ji or less for Japanese.
Yellow30 Sci-Fi Review has opened submissions for the 2016 Pluto Award. Science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history books with publication dates during 2015 and/or 2016 are eligible. Books must have been reviewed by Yellow30 Sci-Fi Review between November 2015 and October 15, 2016 to be considered. Authors/publishers may submit books for review per the site’s submissions guidelines.
Submissions are now being accepted for the 2015 RRofihe Trophy No-Fee Short Story Contest. Unpublished short stories between