By Annette Cole Mastron,
Communications Director for Southern
Writers Magazine
You've written a short
story that you feel is a winner. Take a breath. Do Not Hit The Send Button until you have considered a few items.
Put your story to the test before you submit.
1. Review the contest
guidelines.
2. Make sure you have
complied with ALL requirements, not doing so will disqualify your entry.
3. Use all the edits
offered by your word processing software. Make sure you run your story through
spell check, grammar correct, word count, etc. to confirm your story meets the
contest criteria.
4. Proofreading and
editing is a must. It sounds simplistic but if you don't your submission look
sloppy and unprofessional. Your submission will not be taken seriously.
Our magazine has offered a
short story contest the past several years. The top 13 contest winners are
highlighted in a special contest winners edition. Each of our Short Story
Contests' winners can be found in a special edition publication. The edition is
the size of our regular magazine, and these high-quality anthologies are an
entertaining and diverse collection of humor, drama, mystery, and
romance. With something for everyone, they make a great gift for the readers,
but more importantly, they are an insight in what has been judged a winning
short story in past years. You can click this LINK to get an inside view
on past contest winners.
What have you got to
lose? Get busy. Do your part and who knows, you could find yourself a winner of
Southern Writers Magazine's 2016 short story contest.
Here is the LINK to
Southern Writers Magazine's 2016 contest details.
Good luck!
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