by Caitlin Taylor So When the weather gets warmer, our excitement grows for new releases we can grab and bring with us on long walks in the park. Looking for fresh stories to accompany you outside? Keep your eye out for these books starting now and in the months ahead. Viet Ho and Evie Mai […]
Debbie Urbanski is an acclaimed author of both fiction and essays. Simon & Schuster published her debut climate novel, After World, in 2023, and will release her new short story collection, Portalmania, in May. I was lucky to read an advance copy of Portalmania and was blown away by the characters and tightly held tension […]
This has been one of our most entertaining and well-written batches of submissions for a Novel Excerpt Prize since we started in 2021. We have finally narrowed the longlist down to 45 thrilling excerpts! We’re still discussing which stories will make the longlist, so we apologize for the delay! The better the submissions, the harder […]
This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who trusted us with their novel excerpts. We’re excited to read your writing! We invite writers to submit to the Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Prize from April 14 to June 15, 2025. We love opening pages as much as any other genre magazine, but we offer […]
We’re excited to announce the winner of the humor challenge! We laughed, we chuckled, raised our eyebrows, but this is the story we returned to the most! We’re grateful to all the submitters who helped us launch a new genre at Uncharted! The Winner: Selected Apologies to Simone de Beauvoir, Written in Lichen by Tiffany Harris. “A […]
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUBMISSIONS. For this challenge Voyage YA by Uncharted welcomes authors to submit their fiction and creative nonfiction as it pertains to the butterfly effect. The butterfly effect is when something small creates much larger effects, rippling across time and terrain in unexpected ways. (Read more here!) […]
By Caitlin Taylor So Did you reach your reading goals for 2024? If not, don’t stress. With 2025 mere moments away, you can aim high for the coming year, striving to read and discover more incredible books and stories. Reading goals look different for everyone. For many, that could simply mean finishing a specific, arbitrary […]
By Caitlin Taylor So Did you reach your writing goals for 2024? If not, consider heading into 2025 with a new approach. It’s always best to start the new year aiming high and adapting as the months roll on as you figure out what works well for you. Maybe you want to submit to a […]
By Jessica Berg When it comes to our narratives, we all feel the weight of an invisible audience on our shoulders. An esteemed editor lurking in the shadows, shaking their head at your em dash misuse. Your rockstar agent, sipping espresso, silently judging your lack of “marketable stakes.” That one future reader who will absolutely […]
Thank you to everyone who submitted their stories to Voyage YA by Uncharted‘s YA OPEN. We appreciate the time and effort required to produce the excellent work that made this contest so competitive. We are excited to announce the winners here! XXX Winners First Place: “The Hand & The Sea” by Threa AlmontaserSecond Place: “Sandstone […]
And the winner is: Chameleon by Mackenzie Hurlbert Our shortlist:
By Caitlin Taylor So This coming Lunar New Year (January 29) ushers in the Year of the Snake, the sixth zodiac animal. While the snake often represents evil and temptation in the West, they’re instead associated with good fortune, rebirth, and longevity in the East. In the spirit of the Year of the Snake and […]