Writing Competition: River Styx 2019 Microfiction Contest

microfiction contest: River Styx 

2019 Microfiction Contest

$1,500 First Prize
Judged by the editors of River Styx

Submissions are open September 1-December 31, 2018.
500 words maximum per story, up to three stories per entry fee. (Additional stories are accepted with additional fees.)

Choose your entry fee: $10 or $20.
$20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription.
$10 entry fee includes a copy of the issue in which the winning stories will appear.

• Include name and address on the cover letter only.

• First, second, and third place winners will be published in Issue 100.

• All stories will be considered for publication.

• Previously published stories, including those that have appeared on websites, blogs, and personal home pages, are not eligible.

• Judges will remove from consideration any entries they recognize as having been written by writers with whom they have worked or studied.

• Contest results will be announced in April.

River Styx accepts online submissions via Submittable. No email submissions will be considered. As an alternative to Submittable, you may mail your submission, along with entry fee and self-addressed stamped envelope, to the following:

River Styx Microfiction Contest
3139 A, South Grand Blvd. Suite 203
St. Louis, MO 63118

Entries must be received by December 31, 2018.