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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/...

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...

Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they're also a total joy. Ali Smith

I have just learned there are places that will pay you actual money for stories. Something Claire G knows already. This is apparently a good site to find those places...

Hello! Some of you were lovely enough to critique a 700 word flash piece I did recently. Along with the incredible feedback from yourselves and others, and a desire to expand it to a 2-3k short story, I am struggling with keeping the essence of the story in while trying to expand it out. I've...

A short story is a love affair; a novel is a marriage. Lorrie Moore

Helpful article shared courtesy of the link posted on another thread By @EricaVerrillo. I thought I'd just fetch it out for its own place under the spotlight. William Shunn : Manuscript Format : Short Story

Litopians! It's time to submit your short work! There are three dozen calls for submissions with deadlines in September. All of these markets pay writers. As always, there are calls for a wide variety of genres and styles. Short stories, essays, interviews, poems, and flash fiction are all...