Uncharted Magazine Cinematic Short Story Contest
January 05 – March 09, 2025
We invite writers to submit to the Uncharted Magazine Cinematic Short Story Contest. This award is for all of our genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller/Mystery (Horror), Historical Fiction, and Young Adult. The guest judge will choose three winning stories from our shortlist. We’re excited to offer the first-place winner of this contest $2,000 and publication, while the second- and third-place winners will receive publication and $300 and $200, respectively. Judge Rachel Harrison.
Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Prize
April 14 – June 15, 2025
We’re looking for the best 5,000 words or fewer of your novel in progress! Have a favorite chapter? An exciting and noteworthy prologue? A section where the dialogue crackles and the characters loom larger than life on the page? Give us a chance to read the most captivating section of your novel—and make us want to read more! We’re excited to offer the first-place winner of this contest $3,000 and publication, while the second- and third-place winners will receive publication and $300 and $200, respectively. Judge TBA.