Your online location for an updated list of writing contests from around the world delivered daily. Lets face it theres some pretty stiff competition out there in the big, wide world of writing and publishing. In 1981 lorian hemingway could not have dreamed that the small key west short story competition she judged would one day become one of americas most prestigious literary contests. A guide to short story contests in 2018 books and writing. Updated weekly, these contests are vetted by reedsy to weed out the scammers and timewasters.
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