Submission Guidelines
- Every Friday, Reedsy sends a newsletter that includes five themed writing prompts and publishes the same five prompts on Reedsy Prompts.
- The Contest is open to all writers over the age of 18.
- Submissions must be between 1,000 – 3,000 words.
- Multiple Entries per person are permitted (even in the same week). Entries may refer to one or more prompt.
Judges: Reedsy Team
Entry fee:
- Entries may be submitted free of charge, but they will not be judged or submitted into the Contest. Unpaid entries will, were appropriate, still be published on the site and readers will be able to like or comment on them.
- Those wishing to participate in the Contest will be charged a submission fee of $5 per Entry.
Prizes: $250 and Reedsy may choose to shortlist one or more runners-up (Runners-up), each of whom will receive $25 of coupons to spend in the Reedsy Marketplace.
Deadline: Weekly, Closes at 23:59 – Jul 04, 2025 EST
All details, all submissions via their website.