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Scribes Valley Publishing is proud to announce the winners our latest short story contrest. Come on over and meet these fine, talented authors . Our newest anthology is being built and will be released in the near future. Trisha Rickey - THE TRUTH IN TUSCALOOSA   - FIRST PLACE Ella St. John - WHERE DESERT FLOWERS BLOOM   - SECOND PLACE Vanessa Orlando - CLUB CRAZY Brenda Galloway Conway - ZINNIAS ON THE NIGHT STAND Rebecca Evans - POPPY-LIKE Michael Gigandet - THE WRECK OF SKEETER’S BEER CAVE Jay Goldin - FAIRY TALE FARRAGO Taria Karillion - THE PRICE OF A STOLEN DAY Leslie Muzingo - HAYDN’S STRING QUARTET NO. 76 Brian T. Sluga - ONCE I WAS SOMEONE'S DESIRE Steve Putnam - RESURRECTION OF BLOWN AWAY BY SOUND GUY MAX Richard Risemberg - A CITY OF HIDDEN CLOCKS Joseph J. Salerno - THE PLAYER, THE CRAZY IDEA Marlene Fabian Stiles - THE GREEN MAN IN THE RED SUIT Fred Thornburg - THE HUE OF A DREAM Richard Vetere - THE BALLAD OF THE YOUNG POET Av...

Scribes Valley Publishing is now accepting submissions to our 21st Annual Short Story Writing contest.  For the 21st  Annual Scribes Valley Short Story Writing Contest, we are looking for stories that enthrall us, leave us breathless, make us say “Wow!” and stay in our minds even weeks after we read them. You've worked hard on your story, pondered every word, developed characters so real you know them personally, and created a setting which pulls readers out of the real world. Don’t keep it to yourself! Let others read it. Let US read it!   Full contest rules and guidelines are available on our website .  Come on over and show us what you've been working on!    Thrill us! Entertain us! Beguile us! TELL US A STORY! Fiction short stories up to 5,000 words. Any genre, any subject. Cover page should have author name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, word count, and optional author bio. Subsequent pages should have at least page number...

   Scribes Valley is now open for entries in our 20th annual Short Story Contest. We'd love to see what you've been working on! Enter the Scribes Valley Writing Contest !  Hard to believe this is our 20th year. We must be doing something right! Full contest guidelines and rules can be found on our website. Maximum word length: 5,000 Deadline:  November 30, 2022 Winners announced around January 31, 2023 Entry fee: $8 US Prizes include: all finalists published in print/electronic anthology. Monetary reward for top 1-3 finalists based on participation (the more entries, the bigger the prize amounts).

We’ve selected the top three stories from the finalists of our 2018 Short Story Contest . Please join us in congratulating these talent authors: FIRST PLACE:   Mike Tuohy – “Confetti Girl” SECOND PLACE:   Andrew K. Clark – “Tangled Limbs” THIRD PLACE:   Catharine Leggett – “The Oriole”

Greetings! Listed below are the finalists of our 2018 Short Story Writing Contest . Please visit our 2018 Winners page , and get to know these talented authors. Virginia M. Amis  -  WOOD AVENUE Katelyn Andell  -  EUPHORIA, VA Patricia L. Baker  -  THE WHISPERERS Colin Brezicki  -  STAGE STRUCK Andrew K. Clark  -  TANGLED LIMBS Carol Cooley  -  NEVER IN GRACE Ronna L. Edelstein  -  THE MALLEABILITY OF MEMORY John Francis Istel  -  DEVILED EGGS Catharine Leggett  -  THE ORIOLE Leslie Muzingo  -  IN MY DADDY'S SHOES Steve Putnam  -  SELTZER CAN ON A BLUE TRACTOR PAINTED ORANGE Mike Tuohy  -  CONFETTI GIRL Michelle Wotowiec  -  PICTURES AND STORIES AND GHOSTS