We are back with our 2026 Novel Excerpt Contest co-winners! Thank you to Micaiah Johnson for serving as our guest judge, and to everyone who submitted! 1st Place Co-Winners: The Human Problem by Aaron Woodley The Glass Horizon by Margaret Jameson Me, But Holding a Knife by Ashley Farrelly Shortlist:
Uncharted is partnering with Discover New Art to award two $25,000 prizes, one in poetry and one in prose, each to a promising manuscript-in-progress to support the manuscript’s journey to publication. Five finalists in each category will also receive $1,000 awards.
Time for the novel excerpts that made it to our shortlist! We never wanted these excerpts to end and now have to make some big decisions. Stay tuned for our winners!
At Uncharted, we want to help you achieve your publishing goals, and one way we can do that is to offer intuitive and precise feedback on your short story or novel excerpt. We’ve got talented, experienced guest editors, and you’ve got an almost-ready project, so let’s work together to get your piece submission-ready! We’re speeding […]
Presenting the novel excerpts that made it to our longlist! Novel excerpt submissions are always some of our favorite narratives to read, and this year was no exception. We’re honored by your trust in sending us your stories and can’t wait to read them again and again. Stay tuned for the shortlist!
We are now announcing our highly anticipated three co-winners for the Uncharted Novel Excerpt Prize, judged by Rachel Howzell Hall! These writers gave us scenes full of tension, crackling dialogue, and worlds we’ve never even imagined. To say these writers made us want to read more would be an understatement. Congratulations to the winners and thank […]
As promised, we’re back with the winner of our 2026 Noir Challenge! This story thrilled us from the opening line and we couldn’t stop thinking about it. Thank you to everyone who submitted! Winner: Tramway by Ted Berg
Last week to sign up! You’ve been agonizing over that first page for months or even years, revising and rewording until it feels perfect. Are you now ready to put your first page under scrutiny? For Uncharted’s Put Your Hook to the Test, imagine a version of America’s Got Talent but for first pages of […]
Here we are with the cinematic short stories that made it to our shortlist! Congratulations to all the writers; we’re so humbled by your talent. We can’t wait to see what the three winning stories will be!
It’s time for us to present the noir writers that made it to the shortlist! We were fascinated by how these stories utilized shadows, the juxtaposition of law and crime, and lurking antagonists. We’ll be back very soon with the winner!
You’ve been agonizing over that first page for months or even years, revising and rewording until it feels perfect. Are you now ready to put your first page under scrutiny? For Uncharted’s Put Your Hook to the Test, imagine a version of America’s Got Talent but for first pages of novels in progress, judged by […]
Presenting the cinematic short stories that made it to our longlist! We were so captivated by the stories you all submitted, and we have hard decisions ahead of us as we continue to deliberate. Stay tuned for the shortlist!