Million Writers Award for Fiction
The Million Writers Award is a $300 prize sponsored by the Edit Red Writing Community given to a short story published online. They recently published the list of 2007 notable stories, and a top ten list will be published at the end of May.
When that list is published, the public - that means you, people! - will be able to vote for the story that you think deserves the big prize.
According to Jason Sanford, the founder of storySouth and the Million Writers award, he found it frustrating that the stories from his publication were not getting any attention from the “best short stories” anthologies. Even though storySouth has an editorial process just as the print journals do, many anthology editors don’t consider short stories published online at all. Usher in the creation of the Million Writers Award.
This award goes strictly to short stories that have been nominated by a reader or editor. I think it’s great that a reader can nominate a story she likes for an award.
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