Contest and Submissions

Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers.

Eligibility: Open only to writers whose fiction has not appeared in any
publication with a circulation over 5,000. (Entries must be entirely
unpublished.) Open to all themes, all subjects. Stories should not exceed
12,000 words.

First-place winner receives $1,200, publication in Glimmer Train Stories,
and 20 copies of the issue in which it is published. Second- and
third-place winners receive $500/$300, respectively, and acknowledgement
in that issue.

To submit your story, go to our site, www.glimmertrainpress.com , log in,
and click on SHORT STORY AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS. Reading fee (payable by
visa or mc) is $12 per story.

Entries will be accepted through April 5th. Winners will be called by July 1st. Top 25 list will be emailed to all participants by that date.