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Deadline: June 15th, 2021 Prizes: 1st place: $700, 2nd place: $200, 3rd place: $100 Theme: Engaging and original stories in the Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror realm The Contest $1000 short story contest instructions: Deadline June 15th Deadline: June 15th Word Limit: 5000 words (if you're a few words over, that's fine). All genres accepted. Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror smiled upon. 1st place: $700 and publication in the journal. 2nd place: $200 and publication in the journal. 3rd place: $100 and publication in the journal. HOW TO SUBMIT: Email your stories to: submissions (at) muddypawpress (dot) com The subject of your email should read: CONTEST: title of story  e.g. CONTEST: The Dirty Dog . Include your name and contact information on page 1. No reprints. Original, unpublished work only. Guidelines We're not going to waste your time with obscure and lengthy guidelines, and we hope you won't waste ours by neglecting to read these brief tips. If it's not already clear, we're primarily seeking engaging and original stories in the Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror realm. That said, we're looking for fiction that has literary merit above all else. Share a story with us that's demanding to see the light of day. Give us a conflict that's cannot be ignored; give us a character that commands attention; give us a novel situation or a compelling predicament or a totally unique angle on a familiar trope. Send us a good piece of fiction and we'll figure out everything else later. Edit your manuscript. Gaping plot holes, typos, mistakes, and cliched writing is certain to be rejected. No idea is clever enough to overpower bad or unpolished writing. We cannot stress this enough: edit your manuscript. Hyper analyze your first page. Then, hyper analyze your first chapter. There's an overwhelmingly high chance that our editors will recognize within...