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$50 Prize money
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Submissions will be approved and published within 7 days of the contest closing.
Please keep your submission between 1,000 - 3,000 words.
$50 Prize money
Requires free Reedsy sign-up
Winning stories will be featured on our website and in our weekly newsletter. For more information, please consult our terms of use.
Submissions will be approved and published within 7 days of the contest closing.
Please keep your submission between 1,000 - 3,000 words.
- You live in a neighborhood where lots of people go out of town for the holidays. But lately, this has been resulting in an increased number of break-ins.
- Just before Christmas, a long-lost relative you've never heard of enters your life.
- Write a short story about a work Christmas party that goes... awry.
- Write a short story about an inn-keeper wondering whether this will be their last holiday season in business.
- You are a bartender working a night shift when a group of people come in on a holiday pub crawl.
- Holiday