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Short Stories - By Genre: Contest
in the "Contest" genre

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Keenest Joker
Use your sense of humor and win gift points. Try not to laugh.
Rated: 18+
180 Posts
Contest, Activity, Comedy
Type: Activity
Updated a day ago
A Mushroom That's Out of This World
What made it so delicious?
Rated: ASR
~1,010 Words
Sci-fi, Contest, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 days ago
Artist friends together
Five artist kids together
Rated: E
~666 Words
Children's, Contest, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 days ago
Wanted: A Deeper Grave
What's the worst thing a killer could lose?
Rated: 13+
~1,014 Words
Crime/Gangster, Horror/Scary, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
Will the Last Member of the Human Race
... Please Blackball Himself?
Rated: ASR
~965 Words
Sci-fi, Satire, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
A Day for Walking Forever
Two roads diverge in a yellow wood.
Rated: ASR
~1,005 Words
Crime/Gangster, Contest, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
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Rated: 18+
11 Posts
Contest, Other, Other
Type: Contest
Updated about 18 hours ago
A Merely Mechanical Sort of Appreciation
Teach a pig to sing? One man had grander plans than that!
Rated: ASR
~967 Words
Sci-fi, Contest, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
The Devil's Bride
Would you sleep your way to the bottom to get to the top?
Rated: 18+
~920 Words
Horror/Scary, Occult, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
What's in the Trunk?
Magicians like to keep their secrets. But some HAVE to!
Rated: ASR
~990 Words
Horror/Scary, Gothic, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
The Vineyard of Dagon
Our vines have tender grapes—and hideous guardians! [Weird Tales Contest Co-Winner]
Rated: ASR
~843 Words
Horror/Scary, Contest, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
Lure of the Swamp Witch
The bog had a secret hunger, and only death could sate it! [Weird Tales Contest Co-Winner]
Rated: 13+
~961 Words
Horror/Scary, Gothic, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
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The Writer's Cramp
Write the best POEM during Poetry Week in 24 hours or less and win 10K GPs!
Rated: 13+
9,915 Posts
Contest, Writing, Other
Type: Contest
Updated 41 minutes ago
Dead to Rights
It was an open and shut case, over an open and shut grave!
Rated: ASR
~1,000 Words
Crime/Gangster, Horror/Scary, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
I love you
A dialog with a box of heart-shaped sweets.
Rated: E
~252 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Nonsense
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 days ago
A birthday party
20th birthday of WDC
Rated: E
~697 Words
Contest, Other, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 22 days ago
An Alien's Love
A story of love of an Alien from distant space
Rated: E
~1,324 Words
Sci-fi, Contest, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 23 days ago
A Death Nearby
An Entry for Quotation Inspiration Contest
Rated: ASR
~448 Words
Emotional, Relationship, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated 24 days ago
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A Poem A Day Contest
This is a daily contest for anybody who writes poetry.
Rated: E
3,096 Posts
Contest, Activity, Writing.Com
Type: Contest
Updated 2 years ago
Holiday Celebration on America's B.day
a contest submission for 4th of July short story.
Rated: E
~387 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
Where is My Dad?
Entry for The Writer's Cramp
Rated: E
~831 Words
Contest, Children's, Family
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
In Memory of Oliver
Lucia Maria narrates her puppies unexpected birthday party.
Rated: E
~436 Words
Animal, Contest, Pets
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
MAXWELL
The storm catches a rejected male teenage musician.
Rated: 13+
~555 Words
Action/Adventure, Contest, Parenting
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
Time to Retire
Bob decided to retire from the position he’s held for thirty one years
Rated: 13+
~722 Words
Contest Entry, Other, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
AFTER (1st. Place Separate Worlds)
She didn’t know why she still searched, and that was something to chew on for a while.
Rated: ASR
~1,968 Words
Sci-fi, Contest, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
My Run Up to Championship
School Championship finals 100 meters dash
Rated: E
~607 Words
Sports, Action/Adventure, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
DQ1 Poetry & Writing Contest Summer 2020
Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes totaling $1275.00. Enter Now!
Rated: E
~283 Words
Contest, Writing, Inspirational
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
A Price to Pay
A couple has a financial dispute, only all isn't what it seems.
Rated: ASR
~324 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
What Only Words Can Capture
A young artist shares their activity with her boyfriend, only he has a different idea.
Rated: E
~267 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Ignorance is Vulnerable
An elderly man is engaged in a phone-call to provide details bank for a stranger.
Rated: E
~299 Words
Computers, Contest, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Caught Out
An arrogant man takes his hand to ice fishing with lethal consequences.
Rated: E
~260 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Visitation
An account of a spiritual visitation, which is intended for another.
Rated: E
~255 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
The Fade of Agony
An elderly man writes a letter to remind him of his routine. Visiting his departed love.
Rated: E
~442 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Life of a Flower
Entry into the "Tweet me a Story" contest.
Rated: E
~20 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
That's the Life
A life where everything comes and goes.
Rated: E
~224 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Robin's Tale
Held by an evil warlock to channel her energy, a young girl finds freedom at a great cost.
Rated: E
~260 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Anniversary
Jeremy wakes up to remember it's an anniversary and tries to make it right.
Rated: E
~328 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
A Man's Best Friends
Two old men talking on a bench, for the Dialogue 500 contest
Rated: E
~467 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Missing
The rancher's son has gone missing. Someone comes forward to track him down.
Rated: 13+
~330 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Beauty in Determination
A young girl is an outcast at a new school, with a beautiful talent and strive to be happy
Rated: E
~263 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
A Mother Departed
A mother on the brink of death, a son confronted with a situation none could prepare for.
Rated: E
~268 Words
Contest, Emotional, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
An Act of Strength
A child liberated from a mother's love, to journey across Europe passing on that strength.
Rated: E
~261 Words
Contest Entry, Contest, Writing
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Cave In
Miners come to a boy's rescue. Daily Flash Fiction Entry - 300 words.
Rated: E
~276 Words
Contest Entry, Contest, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Love and Loss
Baking with Grandmother is a source of memories, they last forever, not how they're made.
Rated: E
~293 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Out of Sight
A girl goes missing during a fireworks display, will she return?
Rated: E
~270 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Matrimonial Intent
Entry into the Tweet Me A Story Contest
Rated: E
~20 Words
Contest, Contest, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Alice's Smile
Alice is a girl struck with grief, but there's hope that strength would come in time.
Rated: E
~258 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Emotional
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
The Plan
A boy is frightened about going into war, feeling forsaken.
Rated: E
~261 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Albert
A Flash Fiction inspired by my Grandfather.
Rated: E
~258 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Family
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
The Realm of Secrets
Winner of the Daily Flash Fiction contest, February 9th, 2020.
Rated: E
~281 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
The Cost of Silence
Winner of the Daily Flash Fiction contest, October 21st 2019.
Rated: ASR
~289 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Family Prelude
2nd place in the 'Tweet Me a Story' contest. Round 99, October 2019.
Rated: E
~20 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Battle-Mech Omega
Editor's pick in the Short Story Newsletter, January 30th 2019.
Rated: 13+
~337 Words
Contest Entry, Contest, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Another Adventure Awaits
Winner of the Daily Flash Fiction contest, January 13th 2019.
Rated: E
~283 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
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