THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL
SHORT STORY CONTEST
FIRST PRIZE: $1,000
Second Prize: $100
Three Honorable Mentions: $25
Entry Fee: $8
Deadline: March 31, 2023
All Five Finalists Will Be Published Online in the June 2023 Issue of Gemini
- Any Subject, Style or Length
- Entries Must Be Unpublished
- Stories on Personal Blogs Are Eligible
- All Entries Are Read Blind
ENTER BY EMAIL:
- Pay entry fee with credit, debit or PayPal: $8 each. Combine multiple entry fees into one payment. You will receive a transaction or receipt number.
- Paste the number you receive into an email.
- Attach entry as a .doc or .pdf file with NO identifying information or paste into body of email. Send to fictioncomp@gemini-magazine.com
Do not include bio. Include contact info in email only. (It is removed before reading.)
Contact editor here if you don’t receive a confirmation email. We will add you to our mailing list for new issues, news and contest info. Unsubscribe anytime.
ENTER BY SNAIL MAIL:
Mail previously unpublished entry with $8 check or money order, payable to Gemini Magazine, to:
Gemini Magazine
Short Story Contest
P.O. Box 1485
Onset, MA 02558 USA
Include $8 for each additional entry. Put name/contact info on separate page only. Include SASE for reply.
Postmark deadline: March 31, 2023
READ PREVIOUS SHORT STORY CONTEST WINNERS HERE.
- Pay entry fee with credit, debit or PayPal: $7 each.
- You will receive a transaction or receipt number. Paste the number you receive into an email.
- Attach entry as a .doc or .pdf file with NO identifying information or paste into body of email. Send to flashcomp@gemini-magazine.com.
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Do not include bio. Include contact info in email only. (It is removed before reading.)
Contact editor here if you don’t receive a confirmation email. We will add you to our mailing list for new issues, news and contest info. Unsubscribe anytime.
ENTER BY SNAIL MAIL:
Mail previously unpublished entry with $7 check or money order, payable to Gemini Magazine, to:
Gemini Magazine
Flash Fiction Contest
P.O. Box 1485
Onset, MA 02558 USA
Include $7 for each additional entry. Put name/contact info on separate page only. Include SASE for reply.
Postmark deadline: August 31, 2023
READ PREVIOUS WINNERS:
$1,000 POETRY
OPEN PRIZE
$1,000 SHORT
STORY PRIZE
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$1,000 POETRY
OPEN PRIZE
$1,000 SHORT
STORY PRIZE
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The Mighty Light
By: Rachel Zeile
Father says he’s in the “business of making miracles”. His church is “The Mighty
Light of the Nazarine,” and he holds sermons every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
morning, as he says these are the holiest days of the week.
Father’s church is in a 20x40ft she
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POETRY OPEN
“Speaking from the HEART!” by Isabel Emrich
“Speaking from the HEART!”
Isabel Emrich
FLASH FICTION PRIZE RESULTS
“THE BIG TOP”
John Blair
“I would like to offer the services of my elephant for your circus’s purposes. Ralph, as he is commonly known, was willed to me by my aunt.” MORE
“ATLAS DELIVERING THE NEW SKY”
George Cooksey
“We’re a mess on the floor, both of us crying. Staring down at us is Atlas holding the goddamn pizza.” MORE
“DOMINIC’S SHOES”
Michael Golder
“’Feel the leather,” says Dominic. I run my thumb over the supple leather. “Soft.” “That’s cordovan leather,” Dominic says, “from Italy.'” MORE
“WHEN THEY’RE GONE”
Pamela Baker
“Had it been my son who went missing, you wouldn’t catch me spreading around my grief all out in the open. It invites too many …” MORE
“THE KOREAN VASE”
George L. Spaeth
“It was the green of life both ancient and new, the green of rebirth and of mystery. It glowed with a light of its own.” MORE
“PATREETHIA’S CHORD”
Geoffrey K. Graves
“As Earth slips between sun and moon the night of a lunar eclipse, a woman’s cry heralds the birth of an unusual baby in …’” MORE
MORE NEW WORK
“one summer”
Paula Brancato
“tuna fish for lunch breakfast dinner/20 shades of lush verdant green/a sun-drenched path/it could not last” MORE
FROM THE ARCHIVES
“PERSONAL FOUL”
Don Riesett
“The last taste of campus celebrity. The fleeting perception of being a big shot. The hard reality of taking a cheap shot.” MORE
“AS CLEAR AS WATER”
Daryl Murphy
“‘He’s sick. He wants to see you.’ Stunned silent, she lets him drone on. ‘Well would you think about it?’” MORE
CONTEST ARCHIVES
- Pay entry fee with credit, debit or PayPal: $9 for each group of three poems. Combine multiple entry fees into one payment. You will receive a transaction or receipt number.
- Paste the number you receive into an email.
- Attach entries as a .doc or .pdf file with NO identifying information or paste into body of email. Send to poetryopen@gemini-magazine.com
Do not include bio. Include contact info in email only. (It is removed before reading.)
Contact editor if you don’t receive a confirmation email. We will add you to our mailing list for new issues, news and contest info. Unsubscribe anytime.
ENTER BY SNAIL MAIL:
Mail previously unpublished entries with $9 check or money order, payable to Gemini Magazine, to:
Gemini Magazine
Poetry Open
P.O. Box 1485
Onset, MA 02558 USA
Include $9 for each batch of three poems. Put name and contact info on separate page only. Include SASE for reply.
Postmark deadline: Jan. 3, 2023
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Click below to read previous winners and finalists. Note: due to our ongoing site conversion, some links are currently unavailable.
- Pay entry fee with credit, debit or PayPal: $9 for each group of three poems. Combine multiple entry fees into one payment. You will receive a transaction or receipt number.
- Paste the number you receive into an email.
- Attach entries as a .doc or .pdf file with NO identifying information or paste into body of email. Send to poetryopen@gemini-magazine.com
Do not include bio. Include contact info in email only. (It is removed before reading.)
Contact editor if you don’t receive a confirmation email. We will add you to our mailing list for new issues, news and contest info. Unsubscribe anytime.
ENTER BY SNAIL MAIL:
Mail previously unpublished entries with $9 check or money order, payable to Gemini Magazine, to:
Gemini Magazine
Poetry Open
P.O. Box 1485
Onset, MA 02558 USA
Include $9 for each batch of three poems. Put name and contact info on separate page only. Include SASE for reply.
Postmark deadline: Jan. 3, 2023
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Click below to read previous winners and finalists. Note: due to our ongoing site conversion, some links are currently unavailable.