In partnership with Gotham Writers’ Workshop, The Writer invites submissions of creative, unpublished short stories up to 2,000 words.
 
The top three entries will receive cash prizes of $1,000/$300/$200. The first-prize winner will also receive a free 10-week online creative-writing workshop from Gotham Writers’ Workshop and publication in The Writer; second- and third-place winners receive free enrollment in “How to Get Published,” a four-week online seminar taught online by a literary agent and Gotham Writers’ Workshop. All winners receive a one-year subscription to The Writer and will have their stories posted on WriterMag.com.
 
The entry fee is $10 for each story submitted and the deadline is April 30, midnight EST. Finalists judge is Michelle Wildgen, novelist and executive editor at Tin House.

For the official rules and more information about how to submit online, see http://www.writermag.com/2011contest