The 23rd Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest is open to original and unpublished short stories of no more than 2500 words.
Prizes: $1,500 to be divided among the five winners. Manuscript to be published in early winter in The Austin Chronicle.
Entry fee: FREE
Deadline: Entry must be postmarked December 12, 2014.
For more information, please visit their website.
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Simian Publishing is currently accepting submissions for their next anthology Apotheosis: Stories of Survival After the Rise of the Elder Gods. This anthology will feature stories about humanity under the reign of the Elder Gods and ancient terrors. They are interested in classic mythos gods and monsters and originals that have been inspired by the Lovecraft mythos.
carte blanche, the literary journal of the Quebec Writers’ Federation, is currently accepting submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, personal essay, literary journalism, and more. Previously unpublished works using narrative: a story that moves from some kind of a beginning to some kind of an end, are preferred.
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