URL: http://www.glimmertrain.com/


Genres: General, Mainstream, Contemporary

Does Not Accept/Want: children's stories, novels

Entry Fee:
Short-Story Award for New Writers, Very Short Fiction Award, Family Matters: $15 per story
Fiction Open: $20 per story


Fiction:
Short-Story Award for New Writers, Family Matters: not to exceed 12,000 words
Very Short Fiction Award: not to exceed 3,000 words
Fiction Open: all story lengths! (more than 20,000 words is considered more a novella than story)

Essays/Articles: no

Poetry: no

Reprints: no


Deadlines:
Short-Story Award for New Writers: Feb 1 - March 31; Aug 1 - Sept 30
Very Short Fiction Award: May 1 - July 31; Nov 1 - Jan 31
Fiction Open: May 1 - July 15; Nov 1 - Jan 15
Family Matters: April 1 - April 30; Oct 1 - Oct 31


Other Requirements:
Short-Story Award for New Writers: Open only to writers whose fiction has not appeared in any publication with a circulation over 5,000
Very Short Fiction Award: none
Fiction Open: Open to all writers, all themes, all story lengths; no novels
Family Matters: MUST read as fiction


Awards:
Short-Story Award for New Writers, Very Short Fiction Award, Family Matters: 1st place wins $1,200, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 contributor copies; 2nd/ 3rd-place: $500/$300

Fiction Open: 1st place wins $2,000, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, 20 contributor copies, and a one-year subscription.;2nd/ 3rd-place: $1,000/$600


Submissions:
Via online form, must register

http://www.glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/index2.asp