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Contest Winnings: $250 cash award

We accept short stories, fiction, and flash fiction for this contest!


Enter here for the Humans of the World 🌎 📖 Short Story & Fiction Winter Contest! For this challenge, we want our readers to post something that breaks the mundane monotony of traditional writing. Break the mold, be bold, and submit something that transports us to your world that you have created. We want to immerse ourselves in your writing and become apart of it. Strike our hearts, be rebellious and give us something raw!  Our Editors will read all submissions and choose the best work that deeply connects and moves the human soul! The winning piece will be featured on our digital blog and win a $250 cash prize.


Contest End Date:  June 20th, 2023

Winner Posted: July 20th, 2023

Fiction - 1 piece maximum under 10 pages

Flash Fiction - 3 piece maximum each under 5 pages

Short story - 1 piece maximum under 10 pages

Please use a word document!

We reserve the right to extend the contest deadline as necessary


*** The Winner of the previous Winter Short Story Contest will be announced by: March 20th, 2023

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