The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award Winners

Maura Stanton of Bloomington, Indiana, won our spring 2025 short story competition with her story, “School for Robots.” Maura is our second-ever two-time winner of the contest: Her piece, “House Ghosts,” won the fall 2015 Supernatural Fiction Award.

We also had two honorable mentions in our spring competition, each of whom received a $300 cash award. You can access all three winning stories as well as all of our past winners and honorable mentions on our story page.

Our next contest, The Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition for sudden stories of 1,000 words or fewer opens to submissions on June 6. You can review the guidelines here.