The Ethos Literacy Short Short Story Contest is open for entries.
Submission Guidelines
- Write a story using no more than 100 words on one of these topics: chicken(s), detour, purple, something lost
- Open to writers aged 14+
- Multiple entries permitted
Entry fee: $15
Prizes:
- 6 prizes
- Best of Contest: $200 cash prize (1 winner)
- Best of Category: writer’s gift (4 winners)
- Best Youth Story (for writers 14 to 17): writer’s gift (1 winner)
- Winning and honorable mention stories will be published in an e-magazine
Deadline: March 1, 2026 – 11:59 pm
Please note: This is an external competition; all details and all submissions are on their website. Click here.