Made Up Words: Short Story Competition 2016

Open for submissions from June 30 — August 10

We invite you to submit to the Made Up Words Short Story Competition! Here’s what you need to know:

The Basics

• We will accept contest submissions between June 30th and August 10th.
• Please submit no more than one story.
• We are open to any/all genres with the exception of erotica and fan fiction.
• Stories should be 2,000 words max.
• No simultaneous submissions.
• Please use proper short story manuscript format. You can see an example here.

The Wins

• Editor’s Choice award. All submissions are eligible for this award.
• Reader’s Choice award. The editorial team will choose 3 stories and invite readers to cast their votes.

The Prize

We’re a new publication, but we are committed to doing all we can to create opportunities for fiction lovers to read and engage with your story:

• We will share your story with the subscribers of all 3 daCunha publications, our social media followers, and to our e-letter list. Add to this the combined influence/reach of our creative team, and it means that your work could potentially reach 30,000+ readers.
• We will promote your story in daCunha’s blog, “Stories About The Stories,” and it will also be the sole feature in our October (Editor’s Choice) or November (Reader’s Choice) e-letter.
• We will publish your story in our first limited edition MUW short fiction anthology. Projected publication: February 2017.

What Else?

• Reader’s Choice stories will be voted on from August 26th — September 2nd.
• Winners will be announced September 7th.
• Publication and prizes will begin the first week of October.
• As a published Made Up Words writer you will, pending subscriber levels, be paid for your story. Read more about our commitment to #paythecreators here.
• For highly amusing contest updates and surprise additions to the prize package, connect with daCunha via social media: Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.

Feel free to send questions to Facebook, Twitter, or tom@dacunha.global. Good luck!

Ready to Submit Your Story? Click here.