Deadline: August 10th, 2024
Prizes: First: $25 bookshop.org giftcard, Second: $10 bookshop.org gift card
Theme: Fantasy stories up to 500 words

The Semi-Sages of the Pages is hosting a short fiction contest. We’re looking for fantasy stories, in whatever way that means to you. If it means fairies and elves where true love conquers all, then we want to see it. If it means a dark castle where a wizard preys a town of centaurs, then we’re looking forward to reading it. If it means a college-student makes a wish over a wishing well and falls into a land talking trees…well you get it.

The rules:

1) Please keep it to no more than 500 words. Less is fine too, but submitting a longer story, no matter how great it is, will disqualify you.

2) We will be reading this on our YouTube channel, so please keep to a PG-13 level. Cursing and sex is fine, but PG-13 cursing and sex please.

3) We will not tolerate any stories with torture-porn, explicit sex, rape, hurting of children or animals etc.

4) Any age is welcome to apply.

5) Contest opens on July 20th and ends Aug 10th. We’ll send emails to all participants with the date of the announcement of the winners on YouTube.

6) The author keeps the rights to their story. We will read the winners (and maybe 3rd or 4th place) aloud on our YouTube channel. Your story will not be published anywhere, without your permission and a contract to do so.

The prizes:

First Place: $25 gift card for Bookshop.org

Second Place: $10 gift card for Bookshop.org

Use this form to submit your story.