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Life is too short to be scared and not take risks. I'd rather be the person that's like, 'I messed up,' than, 'I wish I did that.’ Justine Skye

I hate it when I run across a comp too late for me to enter. But I thought these winners needed a little fanfare and hopefully this will run again in 2026. https://fictionprize.worldhistory.org/2025-results

Most people on here concentrate on novels tho we do work on FF, short stories and poetry esp for competitions. So I thought a thread where people can bring competitions or what they use in writing short stories.

I'm doing a little research about short stories. Do you write short stories, or focus only on longer forms such as novels? How often would you compose a short story, and how many are in your back catalogue (either published or sitting unpublished)? Thank you.

I've just been sent this info from an anthology editor at White City Press, and thought it might be of interest to others. Have you wanted to try your hand at short mystery fiction? Have you already been writing crime shorts and want some advice about the submission process? Here's an...

https://irishcountrymagazine.ie/short-story/ https://www.irelandsown.ie/irelands-own-writing-competition-2025/ The first will be slightly literary-see present winners. The 2nd explicitly says, NO SALLY ROONEY WANNABES

Life is too short to be normal. Stay weird. Anonymous

So meet Michael La. The protagonist of The Correction, who is entrusted with correcting the base reality of Earth in the year 4855. I am working towards making a book trailer and full scenes.

This seems like an interesting community to join...

relevant to songwriters ie poets and those thinking of audiobooks in their future. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/29/how-to-quit-spotify-music-alternatives-apple-youtube-amazon-tidal-ntwnfb

https://www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize

Young and creative people are looking for new ways of monetising and expression. I love that. You tube is the place to look.

Hello I'm interested in submitting some short stories for the women's magazines market. I've looked on the internet and purchased some magazines. I've put together some information about which magazines still publish fiction, word counts, rates of pay, how to submit etc. But some of the...

For those who need that deadline push to finish and write The End https://www.writing.ie/writing-comps/the-moth-short-story-prize-2025/ https://www.writing.ie/writing-comps/anthology-personal-memoir-competition/ https://www.writing.ie/writing-comps/rte-short-story-competition-2025/...

https://irishwriterscentre.ie/resources/competitions-submissions/

This is a contest with Gotham Writers - a writing school in NYC who also does online classes. I've taken 6 online classes with them, and they've all been great. Not a bad prize really... 10 words for a free class. Here's the contest from their site: It may be apocryphal, but the story goes...

New blog post by Claire G – discussions in this thread, please --- The Long and Short of It I enjoy writing short stories, which is a complete one-eighty compared to how I used to feel. I used to wonder how an author could convey so much meaning in so few words. It took practice and the...