Deadline: 15 January 2011
All genres accepted. Blow us away!
Grand Prize:
$100
Story published in The Verb
Story Opinion, also published in The Verb
Entry Fee: None
Length may be up to 1,500 words. But not a word more. (Your contact information and your title are not included in the word count.)
Short stories only. No poetry, essays or plays.
Entries must be original and unpublished. Send only your best. Once submissions arrive, no revisions will be accepted.
Open to writers worldwide. (Payment to winners outside the USA are made via PayPal only.)
Limited. Only one story per author.
The judge for this contest is Elizabeth Guy. Read her bio on the Readers page.
Winner will be notified via email February 7, 2011. The winning story will be published in the February 2011 issue of The Verb.
Only the winning entry receives a free Opinion. Remaining entrants may order an Opinion after the results have been announced. Read previous contest Opinions.
As always, complete contest results will be posted in the Contest Café.
Read about the judging process and our method of posting contest results.
More information here.