LAST CALL! Poetry Open deadline tonight!
Win $1,000 and publication for a single poem. Our 14th annual Poetry Open is open to anyone writing in English. We welcome any style of poetry, any topic. Entry fee: $9 for three poems. Deadline: midnight, January 2.
Flash Fiction issue
Read the current issue of Gemini Magazine featuring the winners of our Flash Fiction Contest and more.
15th annual Short Story Contest
Our Short Story Contest is now open for submissions! Top prize of $1,000 plus four additional cash prizes with online publication. Any subject, style or length. Entry fee: $8. Deadline: April 1.
Read the 2011 Short Story winner about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, "My Beautiful, Brash, Beastly Belfast" by Séamus Scanlon and listen to his interview with BBC Arts Extra. Read additional previous winners and enter here.
Best Small Fictions nominations
This respected annual anthology focuses on short hybrid fiction of 1,000 words or less. Our nominations for the 2024 issue:
“Just Missed Ya” Carla Burns
“Prologue” Veronica Lucero
“Winning Hearts and Flags” Natasha Stokes
“I Never Die” Séamus Scanlon
“I Clean the Church” James Bosley