Less than a month remains to enter Boston Review’s Aura Estrada Short Story Contest!

Deadline: October 1, 2017

Judge: Viet Thanh Nguyen
Prize: $1,500

Complete guidelines:
The winning author will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published online on Boston Review’s Web site. Runners up may also be published. Stories should not exceed 5,000 words and must be previously unpublished. Mailed manuscripts should be double-spaced and submitted with a cover note listing the author’s name, address, and phone number. No cover note is necessary for online submission. Names should not appear on the stories themselves. Any author writing in English is eligible, unless he or she is a current student, former student, relative, or close friend of the judge. Simultaneous submissions are not permitted; if you submit your story to another publication, you must withdraw it from our submissions manager or inform us by email. Submissions will not be returned, and submissions may not be modified after entry. A non-refundable $20 entry fee, payable to Boston Review in the form of a check or money order or by credit card, must accompany each story entered. All submitters receive a complimentary copy of our special literary edition on global dystopias edited by Junot Díaz. Submissions must be postmarked no later than October 1, 2017. The winner will be notified in the spring of 2018 and publicly announced by July on the Boston Review Web site.

For more information and to submit your work check out the Boston Review’s contest website here.