Short Story Writing Contests

• Arts: Contests 

• Asham Award  - Recognition of women writers of short stories in the UK. Provides entry qualification guides and details on previous awards.
• Fish Publishing  - Irish company runs a variety of short story competitions each year, with online entry and details of their published anthologies.
• Glimmer Train  - Offering annual awards for literary short fiction. Site provides submission details and writing guidelines.
• The Global Short Story Competition  - Features a monthly short story competition, with entries invited from anywhere in the world. Includes FAQ and winning stories.
• Hay Short Story Contest  - Annual short story contest connected to the Hay Festival of Literature in the UK; provides the rules, details of judges and entry form.
• Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition  - Short story contest for emerging writers. Site offers writing guidelines and competition news.
• Momaya Press's Short Story Competition  - Open to writers worldwide writing in English. Site presents format information and submission details.
• Prize Stories  - Journal on winning pieces from the O. Henry Awards. Provides information on previous volumes and winners.
• Rea Award for the Short Story  - Accounts on the history of the award and its founder. Provides information on current and previous winning pieces and authors.
• True Life Story Contest  - Short story contest open to professional and amateur writers, with themes ranging from friendship to animals to amazing coincidences.
• The Willesden Herald International Short Story Prize  - Provides information about entering this contest, with a brief history.
• Words Magazine  - Nonprofit organization facilitating annual competitions for original short stories.