Shires Press Short Story Contest

Attention Writers!

Northshire Bookstore and Shires Press Publishing are calling all writers to participate in a short-story contest.

Northshire Bookstore is now accepting submissions for the Shires Press Short Story Contest. All genres and topics are welcome and the contest is open to everyone. Using the Espresso Book Machine, Shires Press will publish an anthology containing the ten selected stories. Finalists will be selected by the Northshire Bookstore booksellers and each of the 10 authors will receive a free copy of the short story anthology plus a $50 gift certificate to the Northshire Bookstore. Of the ten finalists, one winning story will be chosen to receive a free custom cover design for a subsequent book published with Shires Press, a $200 value. All submissions must be received by Sunday, June 13 at 5:00 pm EST. Stories should be no longer than 10,000 words and limit one entry per person. Don’t miss this opportunity to see your writing in print!

To Submit:

• Submissions must be received by Sunday, June 13 at 5:00 pm EST.
• Stories must be no longer than 10,000 words.
• Send an email to shortstory@northshire.com that contains
• Author Contact Information (Name, Address, Phone number, email)
• A PDF file of the story that includes a cover page with the author’s name, story title, and word count.
• Please label all pages with author’s last name and page number.