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

  • “Forest” by Chas Alpert
  • “Showpiece” by Mika Dobrovski
  • “Jungle” by Adam Freoman
  • “Daedalus” by Suzanne Gunter
  • “Karma and Santayana” by Susanne Perry

Thank you to the 53 other writers who submitted manuscripts—our judges had a difficult time deciding on just six. (Feel free to resubmit for the 2024 Contest—see below)

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 2023. Riversong Books, 2023.


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: $25
  • Winners notified 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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