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MM
Annual Short Story Contest
Marquette Monthly has hosted an annual Short Story Contest
since 1990. It is open to all U.P. fiction writers. A $250 cash prize
is awarded to the author of the winning entry, which is also published
in the MM.
Contest Guidelines
• All entries must be works of fiction no longer than 2,500
words, never before published, typed and double-spaced
• The author’s name, address and phone number, plus the
story’s word count, should be typed on a cover sheet ONLY. The
author’s name should not appear on any page of the actual story
• The contest is open to Upper Peninsula residents only
• A $5 entry fee (check or money order) must accompany the
submission
• One submission per writer
• Entries will not be returned
• The winning story will be published in the April issue of
Marquette Monthly. MM purchases first North American Serial Rights (the
author is free to seek further publication and retains copyright)
The deadline is January 31 of each year.
(postmarks or deliveries after this date cannot be accepted)
Send your short story to:
Short Story Contest
Marquette Monthly
810 N. Third St.
Marquette, MI 49855
Past Winners
2007—Joe Secreast, "Angel Shreveport, Where are You Now?"
2006—Mark Wisti, "Casandra"
2005—Timothy J. Bishop, "What We Agree On"
2004—Matthew Gougeon, “Making Payment”
2003—Matthew Williams, “Golden Chance”
2002—Todd McCann, “Lunker”
2001—Amy Armstrong-Markantoy, “A Day of Reckoning”
2000—Mac MacDevitt, “Elysia’s Gift”
1999—Clare Mishica, “The Secret”
1998—Beverly Matherne, “The Tobacco Shed”
1997—Ann Marie Kelley, “Why I Left Ameryka”
1996—Tom Holliday, “Laugh or Cry”
1995—Todd McCann, “The Way Things Happen”
Mary
Emerick, “Fire Season”
1994—Mac MacDevitt, “Opening”
1993—Robert Davis, “Pushki: A Chkovian Parody”
1992—David Anthony, “Bus Ride”
1991—Sandra Inskeep-Fox, “Pieces”
Linda
Sue Hudson, “Lower Than a Dog Walks”
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