From the competition website: We're looking for stories that reflect today's politics. The deadline for entries is 1st February, 2026.   Deadline: 1 February Enter here.

From the competition website:   Enter our free annual short story competition and be in with a chance of winning a place on an Arvon Residential Writing Week (worth £985) as well as seeing your story published on our site. To enter, all you have to do is submit a short story (for adults) of no more than...

This launch event celebrates the publication of a new Short Fiction in Theory and Practice special issue which critically examines materiality in the short fiction of Alice Munro (1931-2024). Throughout her fourteen collections of short stories, Munro has shown a clear interest in how her characters’ inner life and perception of the world are defined...

From the competition website:   Open to writers worldwide, published and unpublished For short stories on any topic up to 2,000 words We welcome stories in all genres: literary, historic, crime, romance, realism, contemporary, humour and more. Entrants can be any age over 16 years. Stories should be suitable for an adult audience.   Enter...

CFP: “American Shorts” University of Lisbon, Portugal, October 29-31, 2026