Our next contest? The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award competition for short stories of up to 10,000 words. OPENS AUGUST 1.
Our contest for stories—supernatural or magic realism—of between 250 and 1,000 words will be open to submissions until July 15. To read more, and/or to submit a piece, have a look at our guidelines page. And be sure to have a look at the stories written by our past winners and honorable mentions.
One question this spring 2023 honorable mention winner may answer is . . . how do you catch a ghost? The answer involves peanut butter and duct tape. However, while this element of the tale seems whimsical, by the time you reach the ghost-trapping part, you may well be in tears owing to the heartbreaking plight of the story’s young protagonists. It’s right here for your reading enjoyment.
In the guise of salesmen and -women, ghosts representing both temptation and fear keep showing up at Abby’s door—each one serving to remind her of her numerous mistakes. One of the accomplishments of this spring 2023 honorable mention story is that it manages to be both humorous and poignant. It’s right here for your reading enjoyment.
The winning story in our Spring 2023 full-length story competition is set entirely at a seedy, eerie rural carnival, and it’s all about lust, late-middled-aged longing, and a granted wish gone very bad. It has been published right here on our website for your reading pleasure.
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!
