Prizes
Winners of the writing contest receive a $25 gift certificate from amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com.*
Entrants are eligible to win in two categories:
- Reader’s Choice, as reflected in votes from readers of thenovelette.com (each voter can vote exactly once per story ; no registration is required to vote).
- Editor’s Choice, selected by the editors and guest judge at thenovelette.com.
Additionally, for our current 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.
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
Enter now in the current contest ; and, vote to determine the Readers’ Choice award winner!
*E-gift cards are given out in U.S. dollars only and may be used only according to the vendors’ rules and regulations.

