Fiction Contest Submissions
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Thank you for your interest in submitting fiction to the Terrain.org 17th Annual Contest, judged by Joe Wilkins. You may view our full submission guidelines at www.terrain.org/submit/contest-guidelines.
Submission deadline: Labor Day, Monday, September 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
$20 entry fee per story or 2 flash fictions. $1,000 grand prize. $200 for finalists. All submissions are considered for publication.
Submit one story, up to 5,000 words total, or 2 flash fictions up to 1,000 words each, per entry. Stories must contain only the story title and story itself without the author name or contact information (including in the document header/footer/summary).
We do not accept submissions created by or with the assistance of artificial intelligence.
View our recent fiction at www.terrain.org/category/fiction.
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