GLIMMER TRAIN Fiction Open
FICTION OPEN guidelines
Open to all subjects, all themes, and all writers.
Most entries run from 2,000 to 8,000 words, but stories from 2,000 to 20,000 words are fine.
Next deadline: January 2*
Winners and finalists will be officially announced in the March 1 bulletin, and will be contacted directly one week earlier.
Reading fee: $19 per story. Please, no more than three submissions per contest.
Prizes:
- 1st place wins $2,500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies.
- 2nd place wins $1,000 (and 10 copies, if accepted for publication).
- 3rd place wins $600 (or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies).
Please make your submissions at Glimmer Train’s online submission site. We look forward to reading your work!
* There is always a one-week grace period.