Short Story Submissions

How to Submit?

Send your submissions in a Word document to: words@fiction-factory.biz  quoting your PayPal transaction number.

In the body of the email, please include:

  • your name

  • email address

  • your country

Please tell us how you heard about our competition.

We’d also love it if you could send a few words about yourself!

Entry:

Payment: Please go to the secure website to pay by Pay Pal.
Your entry will be forwarded to the judges on receipt of your Pay Pal payment notification

Terms and Conditions:

1 Entry fee £7.00
2 Entries fee £13.00
3 Entries fee £18.00
Entry fee + optional critique £35.00

  • The Competition is open to anyone aged 16 or over.
  • International entries are welcome but stories must be written in English.
  • Stories must be previously unpublished
  • Deadline: May 31st ,2025.
  • There is no minimum word count but stories must not exceed 3,000 words.
  • All genres will be accepted except Children’s and Young Adult Fiction
  • Entrants may submit as many stories as they wish, see multiple story fees discounts above
  • All work submitted must be the entrant’s own original writing, and should not have appeared in print or appear on a website (including blogs and social networking sites).
  • Winners will be announced in November, 2025
  • The judge’s decisions are final, and no correspondence will be entered into.