Enter the Writing Contest
The Subject is Holidays! Please submit your short-short story (750 words or less) here:
Entries will be accepted until March 22, 2010.
Register for the website and we’ll add you to the email announcement list (and protect your privacy too).
Winners from our previous contests:
Babies | Travel | Men | Animals | Conflict | Beauty
Other information: by submitting your story to thenovelette.com writing contest, you agree to have your work displayed on our website indefinitely, to have your work included in online and/or print collections at the discretion of the owners of thenovelette.com, and that you release thenovelette.com from any and all liability relating to your submission. Writing contest entrants must submit original work that has been written by them personally and for which they are the sole copyright owners. After vetting for appropriateness, all entries will be published at thenovelette.com. Thenovelette.com does not request exclusive rights to publish entries.
We make two awards in each contest. The first is the Reader’s Award, given to the piece that receives the highest rating from our online readers. The second is the Editor’s Award, given by our editors. Winners in each category will receive a $25 e-gift certificate to BarnesandNoble.com or Amazon.com. E-gift cards are given out in U.S. dollars only and may be used only according to the vendors’ rules and regulations.
Additionally, for this Holidays short story contest, we have a special prize for the Editor’s Choice winner. Elite Editing of New York City is offering a FREE editorial reading and consultation – up to 2,000 words.
If you are the Editor’s Choice winner, you will receive instructions in an email from thenovelette.com on how to contact Elite Editing, as well as the process for receiving your free editing service.
About Elite Editing
Elite Editing offers professional proofreading and editing services with a personal touch. Elite Editing will proofread and edit your work while maintaining your original style and meaning. The ideas you care about will shine through.
Like any writer, I’m very protective over my work. But I felt that the editor who looked at my essay was extremely attentive to my work, and very respective of my voice. I am so glad I found [Elite Editing].
-S. Roberts