Once a year, TGS runs The Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition for short-short stories on a supernatural theme. That time is now, now through January 31.
We’re looking for fiction pieces of up to 1,000 words that have something to do with the uncanny. And while we love a good ghost story, submissions to the competition certainly do not have to be about ghosts—previous winners of our contests have included pieces revolving around vampires, voodoo, shape-shifting, elves, time slips, demons, magic realism, psychological horror, and many aspects of fantasy. What matters to us is the power of the author’s imagination, and the quality of their writing. [continue reading…]
An Illustration For Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Painted In 1793-1794 By Swiss Artist Johann Heinrich Füssli
Open for Submissions December 15
The Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition for supernatural and/or magic realism stories of 1,000 or fewer words runs only once a year—but that time now is almost here.
For particulars, visit our contest page. And of course, don’t forget to read the winning stories and honorable mentions from pervious years.
The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award Competition
It’s Halloween—and therefore time to publish the winner and two honorable mentions in our biannual short story competition. They are now ready for your reading pleasure.
Twice each year, we award $1,000 to the best story submitted to our contest, and $250 to each of two honorable mentions. In addition, all three stories are published online and in our print anthology, 21st Century Ghost Stories.
One interesting footnote on this set of stories: the winning piece is by the first writer every to win this contest for a second time.
This piece from The Washington Post provides a great overview of the many types of ghosts in Japan, where for centuries the restless souls of the departed have played an important role in the national mythology.
Turn the sound up before you play this; it’ll give you a pleasant chill.
Volume II of our print anthology, “21st Century Ghost Stories,” has just been published. It contains all of our Summer 2018 to Summer 2021 winning and honorable mention stories from The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award contest and The Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition—30 fine supernatural short stories in all!
