Ain’t life grand? That’s what Stories On Stage artistic director Anthony Powell thinks, and his group has just announced a new writing contest with that theme. Stories on Stage is looking for upbeat ...

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 ...

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 ...

Competition deadline: 31st May 2026 The Bridport Short Story Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the literary ...

I struggled to get my first novel, “The Beasts They Turned Away,” published. It was set on a dairy farm, embraced the Gothic, and included a lot of details about agriculture. It took a year and a half ...

The Pioneer Library System has announced the finalists for The Big Read: Old School Short Story Writing Contest. The winners for a high school division and a college division will be selected by ...

This year's contest, which focused on mystery/suspense writing and was judged by News reporters and editors, elicited some truly clever plots. Of the grand-prize winning story, "Luna Island," one ...