Short Story Writing Contests 2024. Winners receive cash prizes and pro editing. Student writing contests are a challenging and inspiring way to try writing for an authentic audience—a real panel of judges—and the possibility of prize money or other incentives.

This roundup of short stories contests for 2024 is for writers of all genres, stages, and ages with various categories. This november there are more than three dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, cnf, nonfiction, and plays.