2023

The theme for our 35th seasonal short story contest, provided by Y'ttar Scaletail, was "Hidden in Plain Sight" Please read all four stories carefully before voting. You may vote for only ONE story. The order of the stories was determined completely randomly. The order has no bearing on which...

The days are getting longer and we are approaching Chotec's moment of greatest power, so it is time for our twice/year Poetry contest. This contest is running concurrently with the July-August 2023 Short Story Contest, you are encouraged to enter, read, and vote in both. The Theme There is...

I'm announcing the next short story contest a little bit early . The theme for our 35th seasonal short story contest is "Hidden in Plain Sight" brought to you by the wise, clever, and above all trustworthy Y'ttar Scaletail. I'm running this concurrently with the Summer 2023 Poetry Contest, you...

The theme for our 34th seasonal short story contest, provided by @killer, was "War and Peace" Please read all four stories carefully before voting. You may vote for only ONE story. The order of the stories was determined completely randomly. The order has no bearing on which pieces were...

We had a tie in the most recent Short Story Contest. So I'm a setting up a ten day tie-breaker period. Just in case someone finds this post without finding the original contest post, here it is. I'm still posting the official winner's announcement and author IDs there. I like both...

Eight full years of seasonal short story contests, and now we begin our ninth awesome year of writing! The theme for our 33rd seasonal short story contest is upon us. We are going to kick off the new year, with something simple, but broad in possibilities. The Contest Theme brought to us by...