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
2009—Meghan Namaste, "19th annual Marquette Monthly
short story contest winner"
2008—Eric Hammerstrom, "The Leper Boy"
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 Chekovian Parody”
1992—David Anthony, “Bus Ride”
1991—Sandra Inskeep-Fox, “Pieces”
Linda
Sue Hudson, “Lower Than a Dog Walks”
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