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Short Story Contest – Deadline is February 28th
Posted on February 7, 2022 Leave a Comment
Attention writers! This month’s short story contest theme is: Unconventional Love Stories Entries must be received by midnight Monday, February 28th, cst. Selected stories will be featured during the month of January. Read on for further guidelines. Guidelines Stories are to be 1,500 to 3,000 words. All genres welcome. Please keep it ‘R’ rated or […]
[January Short Story Contest Winner] My Joe: A Reflection by Phyllis Babrove
Posted on February 7, 2022 Leave a Comment
Thank you to everyone who submitted work for the December Short Story Contest. The winning entry is: My Joe: A Reflection by Phyllis Babrove Phyllis Babrove, a semi¬retired clinical social worker, has resided in Florida since moving there as a newlywed from Wisconsin forty-six years ago. She likes to travel with her husband and has […]
[January Featured Short Story] Come Away with Me by Heidi Slowinski
Posted on January 10, 2022 Leave a Comment
Monthly Short Story Feature One of my writing goals for 2022 is to create more short stories. They’re a good creative exercise and sometimes lead to bigger ideas for novels. Or who knows, maybe an eventual collection of short stories in the form of a new book. The story I’ve selected for this month is […]
[December Short Story Contest Winner] Been There, Not Doing That by Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg
Posted on January 3, 2022 2 Comments
Thank you to everyone who submitted work for the December Short Story Contest. The winning entry is: Been There, Not Doing That by Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic write, speak, blog and tweet together as The Word Mavens. They’ve been award-winning writing partners for 20 years – dispensing their advice […]
[Guest Post] Waiting to be Collected by Dorit Oliver-Wolff BEM
Posted on June 7, 2021 Leave a Comment
Thank you to everyone who submitted work for the May Short Story Contest. The 1st selected featured entry is: Waiting to be Collected by Dorit Oliver-Wolff BEM Dorit Oliver-Wolff is a Serbian Holocaust survivor. She was nine years old when she was liberated at the end of the Second World War. She later became a […]
Guest Post: The Little House That Grew Up by Leon Moss
Posted on April 5, 2021 Leave a Comment
Thank you to everyone who submitted work for the January Short Story Contest. The 1st selected featured entry is: The Little House That Grew Up by Leon Moss Leon Moss is a retired engineer. He enjoys writing and painting in his retirement. Enjoy his musings on aging at his website: exceedinglysenior.com. This is his second […]
Guest Post: My Back for a Bridge, a Short Story by Leon Moss
Posted on February 15, 2021 Leave a Comment
Thank you to everyone who submitted work for the January Short Story Contest. The 3rd selected featured entry is: My Back for a Bridge by Leon Moss Leon Moss is a retired engineer. He enjoys writing and painting in his retirement. Enjoy his musings on aging at his website: exceedinglysenior.com. This is his second featured […]
Guest Post: The Path to the Lovers Bridge, a Short Story by Corinne Rae
Posted on February 8, 2021 Leave a Comment
Thank you to everyone who submitted work for the January Short Story Contest. The 2nd selected featured entry is: The Path to the Lovers Bridge by Corinne Rae Corinne Rae is an avid runner, writer and reader. She continues to share her short stories with the Storytelling Project and various story slam competitions. Her work […]
Guest Post: Stick It Out, a Short Story by Spero Bell
Posted on February 1, 2021 Leave a Comment
Thank you to everyone who submitted work for the January Short Story Contest. The 1st selected featured entry is: Stick It Out by Spero Bell Spero Bell is a current university student, spiritual advocate, and aspiring major league writer. In 2020, she self-published her first psychological thriller entitled Keeping A Minnow on Amazon. Spero resides […]
Guest Post: A Bank Heist, a Short Story by Leon Moss
Posted on January 4, 2021 Leave a Comment
Thank you to everyone who submitted work for the December Short Story Contest. The 1st place featured entry is: A Bank Heist by Leon Moss Leon Moss is a retired engineer. He enjoys writing and painting in his retirement. Enjoy his musings on aging at his website: exceedinglysenior.com. Leon’s entry was based on this writing […]
