A postcard story is a story of up to 500 words. It can follow a conventional beginning, middle, end structure, or it could be more freeflowing and fluid. It’s a great form for writers to practice and hone their technique. The only rule is that it DOESN’T GO OVER THE WORD COUNT!

(And the word count doesn’t include the title).

This year, I’m judging The Word on the Street SaskatoonTeen Writing Competition: 

Here are the details:

Submit a post card story, up to 500 words, using the word “JOURNEY” as an inspiration.

Submit entries to: saskatoon@thewordonthestreet.ca by July 31, 2013. The top ten submissions will be notified by September 1, 2013. The winners will be announced at the festival on September 22, 2013.

Cash Prizes: 1^st Place – $150.00

2^nd Place – $50.00

3^rd Place – $50.00

Submit to the latest award from Glimmer Train here- Glimmer Train Press Online Submissions.

(From Zoetrope’s site) The deadline for the sixteenth annual Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest is October 1. Enter now at www.all-story.com/contests.cgi.

GUEST JUDGE:
2012 National Magazine Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Karen Russell will award the top prizes.

PRIZES:
First prize is $1,000; second prize, $500; and third prize, $250.

LITERARY AGENCIES:
The three prizewinners and seven honorable mentions will be considered for representation by William Morris Endeavor, ICM, Regal Literary, the Elaine Markson Literary Agency, Inkwell Management, Sterling Lord Literistic, Aitken Alexander Associates, Barer Literary, the Gernert Company, and the Georges Borchardt Literary Agency.

DATES:
Entries must be complete by October 1, 2012. Results will be announced at the website December 15 and in the Spring 2013 issue of Zoetrope: All-Story; and the winning story will be published as a special online supplement to that Spring 2013 issue.

Complete contest guidelines are available at the website. Please read them before submitting.

Please e-mail us at contests@all-story.com with further questions. We look forward to reading your work.
The editors at Zoetrope: All-Story