Announcing the winners of the 2022 Riversong Short Story Contest

A hearty congratulations to our six winners of the Riversong Short Story Contest, 2022!

“Redemption in the Thorny Thicket” by Sean Anderson.
“6EQUJ5, Thank You Very Much!” by Robert McDermott
“Coping with Covid-19 lockdown in Pretoria” by Nape Motana
“So Rude” by Markus McDowell
“Prep Work” by Susanne Perry
“Jesus and Mayo” by Jack Towe

Thank you to the 33 other writers who submitted manuscripts—our judges had a difficult time deciding on just six. (Feel free to resubmit for the 2023 Contest.)

Thank you also to our judges:

Sheri Addison, freelance editor
Anthony Holmes, Director of Publishing, Sulis International Press
Mira Innes, literature blogger
Mark McFaddyn, editor, Sulis International Press
John Sparks, editor and reviewer, Historical Fiction Review
Neela Tudurí-Kłepfisch, senior editor, Sulis International Press and editor of the Riversong Short Story Contest

These six stories will be published in a volume later this year, and will be available on Amazon, Kindle, Apple Books, and retailers worldwide.

Neela Tudurí-Kłepfisch, editor. Riversong Short Story Contest Winners 2022. Riversong Books, 2022.

About the Contest

The Riversong Short Story Contest seeks to highlight unique voices in the short story genre, as well as a place for new and up-and-coming writers to showcase their talent in publication.

The contest runs year around, with the collection of winners published in July or August of each year:

Deadline: May 15
Word limit: 7,000 words
Genre and style: Any except erotica
Entry fee: $20
Winners announced June 15

Submission process

Format: Word or Pages document
Edited and clean manuscript. Manuscripts with type of graphic errors or formatting problems will be returned.
Keep any formatting, fonts, and sizing to a minimum unless crucial to the story.
We recommend Times new Roman 12 or equivalent font. Single space, paragraph indent (no line returns between paragraphs.
Under the title, place your name.
Story must be your own work. Multiple authors for a single work are acceptable.
The work can be part of a larger work (e.g., a novel chapter). If your submission wins, the other publication must include attribution and link to the Contest and Sulis International Press.

Review process

Your manuscript will be reviewed by a panel of editors, bloggers, writers, and publishers. It is a blind review, based solely on content and writing style.
Uniqueness of story, voice, plot , and literary skill will make your story stand out.
All winners will be contacted privately, and their story will be published in a volume of short stories in the third quarter of each year

Submit a story to next year’s contest >

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