The Robyn Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest
Submissions are now closed for the 2019 contest - which makes this a great time to start working on your 2020 submission! If you entered a story you should hear back from us in the second week of June. Good luck!

Meanwhile, we're seeking articles for Writing Better Fiction (see the link at the top of the page), the craft book we're publishing as a fundraiser for the contest. The deadline has been extended to May 31 (which should in no way discourage you from getting your article in early). Click here to learn about the book.

About the Contest
You are invited to submit your original, unpublished written works of fiction to the 2019 Robyn Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest, "In Places Between". There is no entry fee, but entrants must be members of the When Words Collide Festival.
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Contest Rules and Requirements
  • Deadline for submissions is midnight on May 1, 2019
  • All authors must be members of the When Words Collide convention
  • There is no contest entry fee
  • Short stories of up to 4,000 words maximum
  • Two submissions per entrant maximum

Competition Format
  • A separate first page that includes the author’s name, address, email, and phone with the word count and title of the story. The actual story will have no author information on it, including in headers: we do blind judging.
  • The name of the story should be in the header on each page, and the pages should be numbered.
  • All submissions should be in .rtf, .doc, or .docx format. You can submit a .txt file if you really want to, but we'll mock you.
  • Please email all submissions to ipb.contest (at) gmail.com.

Stories are judged on a combination of factors, including professional presentation, originality, ingenuity, entertainment factor, character, plot, spelling, grammar, and other authorial skills.

Prizes ($CDN)

$125.00 – First Place

$100.00 – Second place

$75.00 – Third place

$25.00 – Honorable mentions (7)

The top ten stories will be printed in the annual In Places Between book. A copy of this publication will be provided to each of the top ten authors.


​How You Can Help

We're always looking for volunteers and donations. Become a pre-judge, or illustrate a story for a small fee. See the "Artists" and "Volunteer" pages for details, or the "Donate" page if you'd like to help fund the contest. Get in touch with us directly at ipb.contest@gmail.com, or speak to Brent Nichols.

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