Short Story Competition

At the outset, we must express our sincere gratitude for your help in spreading the word for the Nivalis 2016 Short Story Competition. When we had reached out to the various writing groups/workshops, we had not anticipated that our submission count will almost treble - most certainly it would not have been possible without your support. We therefore take great pleasure in announcing that at least two of the winning / longlisted entries (by Peter Higgins and Robin Bailes) and one Special Mention story (by Ken Morlich) were sent in by members of writing groups.

There were fifteen stories selected for the anthology, and another sixteen were awarded a ‘Special Mention’ on our website. Standard of submissions was very high, and our judges (Literary agents Clare Wallace and Sandra Sawicka and authors Brett Sanders and Anisha Bhaduri) had a difficult time coming up with the top three names.

Full results are available at www.fabulapress.com.

Nivalis 2016 is now officially concluded, with winners individually contacted and payments made. We are now working on the anthology which should be launched by July 2016. If your members hold physical meetings / reading sessions and you are interested to obtain a copy for such sessions please let us know; whilst sending out paperback editions will be logistically and financially challenging, we can send out a pdf copy absolutely free of cost.

Work has also commenced on our summer short story competition Aestas 2016, and once again we seek your help to spread the word. The contest will open on 01Jul2016 and we will be accepting submissions for three months. Should authors from your circle choose to participate, kindly also request them to duly fill in the "where did you hear about us" section in the submissions page - we try to give due credit to the various writing groups/workshops when their authors are featured in our anthology or where there are many entries from a group.

Contest details are as below:

Dates: Contest opens on 01Jul16, and submissions will be accepted till 30Sep16. Tentatively, the results will be declared in early Dec16.

Prizes: The contest carries the following prizes:

• First Prize      :   US$250

• Second Prize:   US$150

• Third Prize     :   US$100

 All longlisted entries (top 15-20) will be published in an anthology, and the non-prize winning published entries will be paid US$50each. Also, at the sponsors' discretion additional prizes may be declared for ‘Editors’ Pick' category (in the last edition of the contest two such prizes of US$100 each were declared).

Theme: None. There is no restriction on genre either, and we are happy to read literary fiction, historical fiction, mystery/suspense, horror, etc. However, for consistency of presentation we cannot accept children’s stories, fantasy, young adult or chick lit; likewise hardcore science fiction is not something we are looking for, but are open to science based / alternative history based literary works. In case of doubt, it is best to query the editorial team.

Word count: Minimum 1500, maximum 7000. At editors’ discretion some latitude may be allowed on both minimum and maximum word counts for stories of exceptional merit.

Entry fee: US$10.

Judges: The panel of judges includes literary agents, authors and essayists.

Detailed guidelines are available on our website, but do let us know should you need more information.

Hoping to receive your support,

Kind regards,

Anirban Ray Choudhury
Fabula Press
www.fabulapress.com