TORONTO, Jan. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Toronto Star Short Story contest opens tomorrow and invites all aspiring published authors to take part. The winning stories will be published in the ...

Visitors can print a randomly-selected story by pressing a button on Waldo Library's Story Machine. Submissions are limited to 7,500 characters maximum (including spaces) and are due by Sunday, Nov. 2 ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—This fall, the University Libraries joined 14 institutions to participate in the Long Story Short contest, an inter-university, global writing contest. The writing contest encouraged ...

Writers over the age of 18 living in Ireland, and Irish writers around the world have until Friday 15th May 2026 to submit their short story, in English or Irish at www.rte.ie/writing. Story ...

From a record-smashing 620 entries, nine finalists emerged – and with them, some common themes. At the judges’ dinner last week, Jim Lewis noted the prevalence of cars and dead or dying animals. Clay ...

There were over 300 entries from 11 schools.

Local writers are invited to pick up their pens for Staffordshire Libraries’ first ever short story competition.

The following Carbondale Area Junior/Senior High School eighth graders were selected for the Stranger Sagas short story contest. Their creativity, imagination and ability to tell a complete, ...

The Book Review Literary Trust announced the winners of the Short Story Contest 2025 on March 7. The first prize was awarded to Mumbai-based writer Kartikeya Shekhar for his story titled “Anamika”.