We’re back with the shortlist for the Novel Excerpt Contest, judged by Rachel Howzell Hall. We had to make a lot of hard choices, but we’re now that much closer to announcing our highly anticipated three cowinners! Stay tuned!
We love celebrating the best excerpts of novels in progress, and we’ve got three great examples from these co-winners! It takes a special writer to craft an excerpt that reads like a complete story and yet fits perfectly in a longer narrative! Co-Winner: Such Lovely Remains by R.H. Acosta Co-Winner: The Flame Inside by Emanuelle […]
For this contest, we asked for stories or excerpts of instinct, presence, and the creatures that change us. You dropped us into those human and creature relationships that make us feel something new or old or leave us twisting to understand. We’re excited to announce these three stories that went above and beyond. Thank you to […]
We were really impressed by the novel excerpts that came in this time around and after much deliberation, are ready to present which stories made the longlist. Keep your eye on our website for our shortlist!
We invite writers to submit to the 2026 Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Prize from March 30 to May 31, 2026. There’s something enthralling about stories carved from longer works that have a sense of purpose and stakes, a feeling of depth and emotion. We love excerpts that show your character battling the antagonist and themselves, […]
We’re shaking with fear and excitement to announce the winner of this challenge! This writer gave us quite the fright and now we’re all having trouble sleeping. Thank you to all who submitted! 1st Place Winner: The Interpreter by Patrick St. Amand Shortlist:
These stories thrilled us with their horrifying characters and premises! Please congratulate these 7 Shortlisted stories! We’ll be back soon with our winner!
Here are our shortlisted titles of 16 stories we couldn’t let go of! These stories have been sent to guest judge Shelby Van Pelt for her final choices!
These stories thrilled us with their horrifying characters and premises! Please congratulate these 21 Longlisted stories! We’ll be back soon with our shortlist and then the winner!
We had so much fun reading for this unique contest! The collision of nature and humanity was felt throughout every story in this contest! Here are our longlisted titles of 34 stories we couldn’t let go of! We’ll have our shortlisted titles out in the next week, and those will be shipped off with care […]
Here are the excerpts moving on to the shortlist and for Judge Cynthia Pelayo’s review! Congratulations to the 15 writers on this list!
We’re so excited to announce the winners of this contest! It’s not easy to tell a story in the flash form, let alone as a genre story, which usually needs some, if not a lot, of world-building. We hope you enjoy these little, but bright starbursts of stories. 1st Place: There Must Be Something Left […]