The short stories and essays from students and adults that took the top prizes in our annual writing competition.

The Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest is a local writing competition that invites writers from across the Peninsula to share original work and be recognized by the community. The contest includes ...

The “Future Voices Foundation” has officially announced the opening of its 2026 International Short Story Competition, specifically targeting writers between the ages of 13 and 21. The contest aims to ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—This fall, the University Libraries joined 14 institutions to participate in the Long Story Short contest, an inter-university, global writing contest. The writing contest encouraged ...

The contest is open to anyone who lives, works, or attends school in the following communities: Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Redwood City, Stanford, Portola Valley, Woodside, ...

If you’ve got a story waiting to be told, the Toronto Star Short Story Contest is the perfect chance to get it out there. Now in its 47th year, the contest invites Ontario writers to submit original, ...