We are invite you to enter the 2013 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize, and we are pleased to announce that the finalist judge is Melissa Pritchard.
As with all our submissions, we highly recommend reading a copy of the magazine to better understand what we are looking for. The 2013 Short Story Prize winning story “Saturdays He Drove the Ford Pickup” by David Brendan Hopes appears in
Issue 27: Glimpses. The 2012 Short Story Prize winning story “Stories My Mother Told Me” by Nahal Suzanne Jamir appears in Ruminate’s
Issue 23: The Stories We Tell.
- The submission deadline for the short story contest is November 1st, 2013.
- The entry fee is $18 (includes a free copy of the Spring 2013 Issue).
- You may submit one story per contest entry fee and it must be 5500 words or less. There is no limit on the number of entries per person.
- $1500 will be awarded to the winner and publication in the Spring 2013 Issue. $200 will be awarded to the runner-up story and publication in the Spring 2013 Issue.
- A blind reading of all entries will be conducted by a panel of RUMINATE readers, who will select 10 short stories as finalists.
- Close friends and students (current & former) of the finalist judge, Melissa Pritchard, are not eligible to compete. Nor are close friends or family of the Ruminate staff.
- Winners will be announced in the Spring Issue, March 2014.
- We will be notifying all entrants of submission status in mid-January, 2014.
- Please remove your name, bio, and any contact info from the file that you submit.
- We are sometimes asked if Ruminate is seeking or only accepts “Christian” or “spiritual” stories. The answer to that question is no. We are simply looking for good stories, and there are no restrictions on the subject matter or content for submissions. The best way to understand the work we publish is to read a past issue.
Visit the website for details on how to enter:
https://ruminatemagazine.submittable.com/submit
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