Friday, August 7, 2015

Short Fiction Competition: Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest

The nineteenth annual Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest is open.

Enter now!

GUEST JUDGE:
Adam Johnson, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, will award the top prizes.

PRIZES:
First prize is $1,000; second prize $500; and third prize $250.

LITERARY AGENCIES:
The three prizewinners and seven honorable mentions will be considered for representation by William Morris Endeavor; ICM; the Wylie Agency; Regal Literary; Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency; Markson Thoma Literary Agency; Inkwell Management; Sterling Lord Literistic; Aitken Alexander Associates; Barer Literary; the Gernert Company; and the Georges Borchardt Literary Agency.

DATES:
Entries must be complete by October 1, 2015. Results will be announced at the website December 15 and in the Spring 2016 issue of Zoetrope: All-Story; and the winning story will be published as a special online supplement to that Spring 2016 issue.

GUIDELINES:
Complete contest guidelines are available at the website. Please read them before submitting.

LAST YEAR'S CONTEST:
In 2014, guest judge Ben Fountain awarded first prize to "Small Holding" by Dara Kell; and of the ten prizewinners and honorable mentions, five secured agents as a direct result of the contest.

Please e-mail us at:


contestsATall-storyDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

with further questions. We look forward to reading your work.

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