Debbie Duncan has had the honor of serving as a judge for nine of the 39 years of the Short Story Contest, first with Tom Parker and the late Nancy Packer, and now Elaine and Maud Carol. She was the ...

TORONTO, Jan. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Toronto Star Short Story contest opens tomorrow and invites all aspiring published authors to take part. The winning stories will be published in the ...

In its 14th year, the Write Michigan Short Story Contest from the Kent District Library will celebrate its winners during an ...

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 ...

Sometimes, I wonder what it was like before life in the complex. Because now we are divided into groups – rich, middle class, and poor. Unfairly sectioned away to different buildings. The rich get ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—This fall, the University Libraries joined 14 institutions to participate in the Long Story Short contest, an inter-university, global writing contest. The writing contest encouraged ...

Winning a short story competition can be the acknowledgement budding writers need to kick off their careers. Local author Sarah Armstrong won The Echo short story competition twice, she credits it ...

Writers over the age of 18 living in Ireland, and Irish writers around the world have until Friday 15th May 2026 to submit their short story, in English or Irish at www.rte.ie/writing. Story ...

The Book Review Literary Trust announced the winners of the Short Story Contest 2025 on March 7. The first prize was awarded to Mumbai-based writer Kartikeya Shekhar for his story titled “Anamika”.