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Deadline: February 20th 2023 Payment: Contributors Copy Theme: Resolutions Strange stories of a New Year, New You. Twisted tales of renewal, rebirth, revival. Resolutions taken too far, or maybe not far enough. Give us your strange and magical creations. Submissions window: January 20th 2023 - February 20th 2023 What We Accept Short stories Please only submit one piece if submitting a short story Short stories should be between 1000-5000 words Flash fiction Please submit no more than three pieces if submitting flash fiction We would prefer flash fiction to be no more than 750 words, but please do not exceed 1000 words Poetry Please submit no more than three pieces if submitting poetry Poetry should be no longer than two pages Visual art Please submit no more than three pieces if submitting visual art Our audience is middle grade (8-12) and young adult (12-18). We want to publish works of the spooky, the dark, the peculiar, the strange, the magical. give us romance, horror, mystery, adventure. any and all genres are accepted. We want all of it. Submitting Email your submission to [email protected]. Include the name of the submission call, the title of your work, and your name or pen name in the subject line (example: ISSUE FOUR: RESOLUTIONS: TITLE - AUTHOR NAME). In the body of your email, give us a short premise for your piece in no more than three words (example: YA | ROMANCE | DEATH), the word count of your piece (if a short story or flash fiction) and a short bio no more than 150 words about yourself. Please ensure that you put the audience (middle grade or young adult) in your submission email so that we can properly sort it when responding and deciding! IMPORTANT: submit the work itself as an attachment, do not...

Deadline: April 1st, 2023 First Prize: Audio version created and $50. Up to 4 runner ups for audio conversion as well. Theme: Horror elements and relate to the theme of changing seasons Our 2023 flash fiction contest is nearly here. This year, the theme is “Changing Seasons.” The contest is open from February 15th until midnight CST, April 1st. Contest Rules The story must have horror elements and relate to the theme of changing seasons. How you choose to interpret that theme is up to you, but it must be central to the story. Simply setting your tale during a change in seasons or having a tale take place across seasons is not adequate. It must play a crucial role in the development of the narrative. The image included on this page is for interest purposes only and not intended as a prompt. Deadline to submit is April 1, 2023 (11:59pm CST) It must be previously unpublished. Submissions must be in English, but authors from anywhere in the world are welcome to submit. A minimum of ONE winner will be announced on or before June 1, 2023. The top flash piece will be produced for audio narration on Tales to Terrify and receive $50 (USD). Up to four runners up may also be considered for production. Authors retain the rights to their submitted stories. Submission Format up to 1,500 words Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format Double spaced 12 pt. Courier New or Times New Roman font Please include author, title and word count on first page. Stories pasted into the body of an email will be rejected without being read.   For further details on submission criteria and what styles/topics of horror fiction we look for, please check out our standard Submissions page. Submit Your Story Via: Tales to Terrify.