(SHORT) FICTION COLLECTIVE

A JOURNAL OF CONCISE CONTEMPORARY FICTION.

100th story Contest!

 

(Short) Fiction Collective is proud to celebrate our 100th story! In order to do so we've set up a writing contest. Don't worry, no entry fees! So here's the deal, send up to 3 short stories (no romance or sci-fi please) of no more than 5,000 words each (email above.) Contest ends on November 1st. Winner will be announced in mid November. If you're selected you'll have your story published on the site, a hundred dollar check mailed to you, a few randomly selected books from the Editor's private library, and eternal bragging rights. If you don't win, don't despair because when we re-open the site for regular submissions in January of 2011 (we need a break for the holidays after all!) all of the stories that weren't selected will be up for publication (no promises though.) No lose situation so don't miss out! We look forward to reading your submissions.

Submission Guidelines

What turns us on:

Literary fiction that uses the great wordsmiths of the past for inspiration while still showcasing your own unique voice.

Well told stories that refuse to be pigeonholed into just one genre/category.

What we don't like:

Science fiction, romance, obscene horror.

Poetry (sorry, it's just not our thing.)

The Details:

Send unpublished and previously published fiction to

editorfic@aim.com.

In the subject line include your name and title of the piece.

You can choose to attach the story as .doc or .docx or paste it into the body of the email, whatever works for you.

Keep it between 3 and 10,000 words.

We guarantee an insanely quick response time because we believe it's bullshit that editors receive submissions and hold them hostage for months on end. We'll make every effort to give you a personalized response within 48 hours (72 at the latest.)

Because of the quick response we ask that you don't send us any simultaneous submissions. 

Please keep submissions to no more than two per month.

We have no publishing schedule as we'll publish as often as good stories come our way.

Since we're in our infancy we can't afford to pay authors just yet but we can promise you all the glory associated with seeing your story published for the world to see!

The author will always retain the copywright to his/her work. We'll keep your story online forever, or until you tell us to take it off. If you later publish your story elsewhere, we'd appreciate your mentioning somehow that (Short) Fiction Collective published it first.