Have you ever been tempted to enter a short story contest? Do you have what it takes to make a riveting tale in just 250 words AND in just 48 hours?
We supply the prompt / You supply the story!
- 48 hours to complete
- 250 word maximum (that’s one typed page)
- Authors retain the rights to their original material
Prompt Release: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 @ noon. Find the prompt on the Editors Barrie Facebook page.
Winners Announced: Thursday, November 7, 2024 @ noon on the Editors Barrie Facebook page.
Deadline: Thursday, October 10, 2024 @ noon.
Submit your story here.
Rules
- Contestants are asked to submit their entries using 12 pt font Times New Roman.
- Contestants must be Canadian and a least 12 years of age.
- All submissions must be previously unpublished work.
- Multiple submissions are allowed.
- Submissions using AI will not be accepted or considered.
Judging
- Entries are judged at the discretion of Editors Barrie.
- Judges will include book sellers, book readers, editors, and authors alike.
- Judges are looking for creativity, language use, emotional content, and imagery.
- Prizes include monetary gift cards for actual bookstores, fame and notoriety in the Editors Barrie newsletter, promotion on EB’s Facebook page and at the next NaNoWriMo event at the Library, as well as free mentorship from an editor who can offer avenues to publication and manuscript preparation.
The Judges
Mark Jacquemain is a novelist who dabbles in other forms. His plays have been produced in local theatres and his short fiction has been published on Electric Literature and in various journals, including The Fiddlehead and The Southwest Review. His current project is a historical novel which he is completing on a Canada Council grant. A graduate of the writing school at the University of New Brunswick and the Humber School of Writers, he has been deeply involved in the local arts scene for many years, as a community advocate, teacher, mentor, presenter, and adjudicator of arts and culture prizes.
Robin Isard is a tenured faculty librarian at Algoma University and is an editor of the creative writing journal The Algomaian. Also an author, he’s written a travel memoir (as R. Matthias) concerning the four years he lived overseas in The Republic of the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea Conakry. A lover and student of history, he’s currently the author of the Guild of Salt historical fiction series.
JJ Wilson is a freelance editor living and working in Simcoe County. As a founding coordinator of Editors Barrie, JJ believes in the power of professional communities and the strength of the written word. As a lover of all words, JJ reads, writes, edits, and maintains a tiny library stuffed full of interesting content.