
The Fabel World Short Story Competition is a competition with a difference; there’s no need to write a new story to enter. Why? Because Fabel is all about helping every story to find its audience.
You can enter multiple stories for a single entrance fee of AU$10.
The competition carries a prize pool of AU$27,500 and a first prize of AU$16,000.
It closes on 31 October 2024.
Fabel is on a mission to change fiction forever.
We’re here to disrupt the publishing industry and give every story its time in the sun. And what better way to show that we mean what we say than by shaking up the traditional short-story competition format?
The Fabel World Short Story Competition is a contest with a difference: there’s no brief. Rather than encourage you to write new short stories, it’s designed to help you breathe life into your back catalogue.
What’s more, the Fabel World Short Story Competition carries on of the largest and deepest short story prize pools in the English language.
● A prize pool of AU$27,500 and a first prize of AU$16,000.
● Stories are longlisted by readers, not judges.
● The winners are decided by a public vote.
● We don’t ask for exclusivity, which means you retain the rights to your stories.
● You can upload multiple entries for a single fee.