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

Name *Enter your author name

Email Address *

Title of your story *

Number of words (max 10,000) *

Fiction genres (multiple choices allowed) *

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Describe your story (300 words max) *

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Author bio (200 words max) *

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Microsoft Word preferred

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