Midsummer Dream House is accepting submissions to the Summer 2024 Fiction Contest.
Deadline: August 1, 2024
First place prize:
- $100. Publication in Issue 3 of Midsummer Dream House, in digital, print, and online.
Nominees:
- $25. Publication in Issue 3 of Midsummer Dream House, in digital, print, and online.
Non-Contest Winners:
- All entries will be considered for publication in Issue 3 of Midsummer Dream House, in digital, print, and online.
Guidelines:
- Submit 1 work of fiction between 100-10,000 words as a doc. or doc.x file.
- You must be 18 years of age or over to submit.
Judges:
- Emma Grey Rose (Editor-in-Chief)
- George du Bois (Editor)
How the entries will be judged:
- We are looking for compelling and engaginging stories.
Prizes:
- Winner and nominees will be publicly announced by October 1, 2024.
- Payment for prizes will be sent by October 15, 2024.
- Payment is sent via PayPal.
Simultaneous Submissions:
- Simultaneous submissions are accepted. If you are submitting simultaneously, please withdraw your submission if accepted elsewhere.
Reprints:
- If you are submitting previously published work, please note this in your submission and include where it was first published. Work that has been posted only to your social media account(s), personal website(s) or blog(s) is not considered previously published.
Rights:
- For unpublished pieces: Midsummer Dream House acquires first North American serial rights for its digital and print publication and retains online archival rights. For previously published pieces: Midsummer Dream House acquires second serial rights for its digital and print publication and retains online archival rights. At this time, we do not offer payment for pieces selected for publication that are non-contest winners.
Response Time:
- All submissions will be responded to by October 1, 2024.
