Short Fiction Break is partnering with The Write Practice to host a new writing contest in which everyone gets published.
2024 Fall Writing Contest
We’re inviting all writers to write a new story inspired by the theme of our contest; workshop it in The Write Practice community, our partner writing community; and submit it for publication here at Short Fiction Break. You can check out the contest details here.
MEET THE JUDGES
Learn more about the judges below and consider hiring them to help with your next writing project.
Elizabeth Nettleton is a writer and editor of Short Fiction Break, currently based in Oxfordshire, England. Her short stories have most recently been published by Eerie River Publishing and Iron Faerie publishing, and she is working on a fantasy novel. To learn more about Elizabeth’s projects, please visit: elizabethnettleton.com
Kallista Ann is a Write Practice Certified Book Coach, certified Author Accelerator Coach, and a Story Grid Certified Developmental Editor. Her passion is meeting writers where they are and mentoring them to become the authors they’ve dreamed of. When she isn’t reading, you can catch her listening to Taylor Swift. Work with Kallista.
Thanks for all your hard work judges!
WINNERS OF THE FALL WRITING CONTEST
We received hundreds of excellent submissions. After much deliberation, our judges selected the following winning stories:
Grand Prize:
The Summit by Rock Martin
Runners Up:
A Piece of the Scenery by Chris Nelson
A Tinker’s Tale by Adam Roberson
Honorable Mentions:
The Singing Frog by Eunice Adu
Waiting for a Call by Ryan Longley
Broken Bonds by Kaitlin Murphy
Stolen Past, Promised Future by Emmi Shepard
From the Grave by Julia Raffel
READERS’ CHOICE AWARD
While the judges considered the entries, we invited you to vote for your favorite story to win the Readers’ Choice Award.
The winner of the Readers’ Choice Award is Memories With a Side of Salsa and Love by Robert Ochart. Congratulations, Robert!
WRITING CONTEST STORIES
Huge congratulations to all the writers who entered the contest. You can find all the stories writers chose to publish in the contest below.
If you entered a story in the contest, we encourage you to read this guide to help you get the most out of publication on Short Fiction Break.
Finitude or Infinity by La Gniziuh
The Silent Housekeeper by Sandra Schnakenburg
Three Names by Linda Ross
The Rewrite: Life Between the Lines by Matt Banes
The Door by Zac Whiting
The Pennant Chase by Donna VanSant
On a Moonbeam by Carmella T. Penny
Blessing by Jessica Deen
A Tinker’s Tale by Adam W. Roberson
A NEW DAY DAWNING by William Curry
The In-Between by Miguel A. Zamora
The House Prier by Ivy MR
After Shock by Christine A. Malkemes
If Only by ScarlettBoleyn
…alias Tamara Quinn by Eva Saunderson
From the Grave by Julia Raffel
School Bus by Gary Little
Gullies by Chris Pye
The Garden by Susan Henderson
Crumbs by Sandy Juker
The Gift of Second Chances by Marsha Henzler
Pocket Full of Promises by Sharon Hetherington
ReVision by Austin Banks
The Lie by Angela Fonner
The Last Second Chance by Mary Pat Rafferty
5…4…3…2…1…action by Hope Epting
The Carbon Spot by Darla Clement
No Place Like Home? by Andrew W Peterson
Swirling Colors by Tom G
The Uncaging (previous title “Deliverer No More”) by Stephanie Newbern
Fly Away Home by Hannah Custer
The Last Chapter by Jenny Wang
HIS by William Wedgwood Hawkesworth
Transported by Sharmini Rogers
The Sweater by Don Tackett
Maybe Never by Rose Rune
The Well of Worlds by Ashley Vajentic
Sister Yes, Sister No by Annie Chandler
iPhone Ex by Terra Walker
The Impurity of Recollection by Krystle Van Roekel
Broken Bonds by Kaitlin Murphy
One Light, Two Turns, and a Muffin by Elise Luce
The Summit by Rock Martin
Olivia by Lori Paradis
Dancing in the Dark by Jess Gardner
Deserving by S.L.I.P. Parker
Next Time by Blythe Hudson
A Simple Mistake by Lisa M. Walton
Something in White by Melissa Roos
Purveyor of Second Chances by Mike Conradt
Hunting Partners by Allie April Knox
Melissa and the Yoke by Abigail Ingalls
Loves Takes Two by joe kozma
Bondage by Trudi Griffin
Echos of Arrival by Addison Gray
Tiny Homes by Margie Witt
Through the Fog by Phil Manuel
A Ghost Story by Dave McHugh
Ink of Resilience by Rey Marlowe
FREEDO BREAK by Nyarai
Courage by Dr. Bob Newport
Tethered by Jasmine Lamothe
12 Forever by Michael Pinkus
Starting Over by T.M. (Maureen) Duffy
Let the Old Man In by Terese Jones
The Nun and The Shoe by Lydia Fischer Dooley
Redemptive Fusion by Marien Oommen
The Invitation by Heather Ashton
Behind the Badge by Sophie Chappelear
Wave Goodbye by Alexandria Pasquale
Stolen Past, Promised Future by Emmi Shepard
Redeeming Dawn by Nalla OrLong
Memories With a Side of Salsa and Love by Robert Ochart
Promises, Promises by Wendy Goerl
A Test of Courage by Page Craw
Duplicity by Sean Richardson
Sands In Motion by John Ford
Take Two by Olivia Lazore
Not Only A Dream by Cindy Bergquist
Real Family by Caryn Kowalczyk
Second Chances by Eva Ayer
My Father by Sophia Medawar
Pink by Philip J Palmieri
There’s Only One Way Out by Lorelei Lamarche