Glimmer Train Open Fiction Competition

17 Dec 2011

Open to all writers and all themes, for stories between 2000 and 20,000 words.

First prize is $2000, there's an $18 fee to enter and the competition closes January 2, 2012.

http://www.glimmertrain.com/fictionopen.html

19 Dec 2011

Wow! That's a lot of money.

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19 Dec 2011

Quote by Sherzahd
Wow! That's a lot of money.

That's a lot of ice cream...I mean, right...that's a lot of money... happy8

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20 Dec 2011

Personally I tend to avoid anywhere that charges a reading fee. As if it's not enough that they will make money off whichever submissions they choose they want you to pay for that privileged. It's like a builder expecting the brick maker to pay them to use their bricks!

It's bad enough that publishers pay writers in peanuts without encouraging them by volunteering your money up front. There are plenty of places out there that will read submissions for free.

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31 Aug 2014

Quote by MissAdventure
Personally I tend to avoid anywhere that charges a reading fee.

I would tend to agree with you there Missy Adventure...though this one is back now, and without the reading fee btw...

The prize is down to $700.00 but that's still not too shabby, if you ask me...check it out my friends... happy8

Glimmer Train - Standard Submissions
http://www.glimmertrain.com/standard.html[/size]

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14 Jan 2015

Actually, this is sort of a Bump...but I think it's worth bumping...

Glimmer Train Literary Journal Opens for Unsolicited Short Stories
Quarterly literary journal Glimmer Train (est. 1990) is now open for standard submissions of creative short stories. During this period, the journal does not charge a reading fee. Editors and founders Linda-Swanson Davies and Susan Burmeister-Brown encourage unsolicited stories ...
Payment: $700/story

Standard Submissions
http://www.glimmertrain.com/standard.html

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