The Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition

Name: Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition – Lorian Hemingway

Award Amount: First-place winner receives $1,500 and publication; second and third-place each receive $500

Information and Eligibility:
The Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition celebrates unpublished voices of fiction from around the world. The contest is guided by celebrated writer and judge Lorian Hemingway, granddaughter of Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway. Applicants submit original, unpublished short stories for consideration and the winners receive both cash prizes and publication recognition.

Eligibility criteria include:

• Original Work: Story must be original, unpublished fiction not appearing in a nationally distributed publication with circulation over 5,000.
• Length: Fiction must not exceed 3,500 words.
• Open Entry: Open to authors internationally and in the United States.

Application Requirements:

• Completed online submission via the competition website.
• Manuscript submitted in digital format (.doc, .docx, .pdf) with cover sheet containing author name, address, email, phone number, title of story and word count.
• Story file itself must be anonymous (author name not on story text).
• Entry fee required for each submission.

Selection Criteria:

• Originality of voice and strength of narrative.
• Quality of writing craft, character development, and storytelling.
• Fit with the competition’s goal of spotlighting emerging voices.

Additional Details:

• First-place winner receives publication on the competition website in addition to cash prize.
• Previous winners have come from the U.S. and international locations, reflecting the global reach of the contest.

Deadline:

• September

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