This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted. We will have results in the next 12-14 weeks. We invite writers to submit to the Uncharted Magazine Cinematic Short Story Contest from January 05 to March 08, 2026. This award is for all of our genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller/Mystery (Horror), Young Adult, Historical […]

This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted! We invite writers to submit to the Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Prize from October 15 to December 14, 2025. Each year, novel excerpt submissions are some of our favorite narratives to read. We love to be swept away into magnetic worlds full of drama […]

This contest is now closed. We look forward to reading your stories! It’s time for our horror writers to send us something that has us checking our back seats, under our beds, and our closets. We’re seeking stories that center around the frightening, creepy, and horrific. And to make things extra spooky, we’re only giving […]

This contest is now closed. We’re so excited to read these imaginative stories! We invite writers to submit to the What the Wild Carries Prize from August 01 to October 05, 2025. For this contest, we want stories or excerpts of instinct, presence, and the creatures that change us. Drop us into those human and […]

It’s time to write short at Uncharted Magazine! For our Refractions: Genre Flash Fiction Prize, we want your stories of 1,500 words or fewer in all of our genres! So sharpen those pencils and flex those fingers.  We’re excited to offer the winner of this prize $1,000 and publication, while the second- and third-place winners […]

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 to everyone who trusted us with their short stories We’re excited to read your writing! We invite writers to submit to the second Uncharted Magazine Cinematic Short Story Contest from January 05 to March 09, 2025. This award is for all of our genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller/Horror, Mystery/Crime, […]

Congratulations to our three co-winners chosen by Judge Laird Barron! See below for the reveal of the shortlisted authors. We hope these manuscripts find great homes in the future! The Co-Winners: The Sailor by K. Wallace King “Redolent of Ellroy and Chandler, but stripped down. Lean, mean, and to the point. I loved the sense of creeping […]

And the 2024 winner is: Chameleon by Mackenzie Hurlbert This challenge is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted. We will have the results in the next 10-14 weeks. It’s time for our horror writers to send us something that has us reaching for the light switch, making our hearts race, and scaring us so much […]