Short Story (Substack)

Open now for fiction.

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Short Story is a monthly Substack contest seeking one publishable short story and sharing subscription revenue with the winner.

Response time info: Winner announced on the 15th

Read the full guidelines at shortstory.substack.com↗

Submission calls

fictionCloses Sep 30Pays: $100 base pay plus 50% of subscription revenue, paid via PayPal, Zelle, or check.

Submit stories by the end of the month; one story wins and is announced on the 15th. Any genre is accepted, submissions may be reprints if distribution rights remain available, and stories must be 6–10,000 words.

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