Summer Contests Deadline Feb 28th 2026
Welcome to Wordkettle Summer Writing Contests! SHORT STORY AND POETRY Held in association with Wordkettle manuscript assessment and editing Scroll down for contests and rules. Any questions? Contact affatheeditor@gmail.com SUMMER STORIES CONTEST Short story of up to 4000 words (not including title) Summer theme Any genre Deadline: 28th February 2026 FORMATTING Ms must be written in TNR, Book Antiqua or Georgia font Title, author and email address at the top of the first page Use indented paragraphing 1.5 spacing No extra space before or after paragraph HOW TO ENTER Send stories via ms attachment to affatheeditor@gmail.com with SUMMER STORY CONTEST in the subject line. ENTRY FEE ONE STORY $33.00 (or early bird entry before Nov 30 2025 $30) TWO STORIES $55.00 ( or early bird entry before Nov 30 2025 $50) THREE STORIES $77.00 (or early bird entry before Nov 30 2025 $70) Payment may be made via Paypal to affatheeditor@gmail.com Include a note to gi...