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The Ghost Story Awards: Guidelines, Deadlines, & Recent Winners
Our New Permanent Four-Season Schedule
The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award
Fall—Opens to submissions August 1. Deadline: Sept. 30. Online publication date: Oct. 31
Spring—Opens to submissions Feb. 15. Deadline: April 30. Online publication date: Jun. 1
The Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition
Summer—Opens to submissions June 6. Deadline: July 15. Online publication date: July 31
Winter—Opens to submissions Dec. 1. Deadline: Jan. 31. Online publication date: Feb. 14
21st Century Ghost Stories—Volume III (our ever-expanding print anthology) is scheduled for publication in late 2024.