Today's the day. It's happening. You've decided to write your first short story. Maybe this story idea has been kicking around your head for the last 10 years, or maybe you just googled a list of ...

Clockwise from top left: Corinna Chong, Chanel M. Sutherland, Will Richter, Kate Gunn and Dorian McNamara. (See individual photos below for credit) You can submit original, unpublished fiction that is ...

Editor’s note: Poynter announced that the newly renamed 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes will feature a category honoring longtime writing coach Roy Peter Clark and recognizing compelling short writing ...

Writing short stories presents a unique challenge, requiring a careful balance of creativity, structure, and brevity. With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), writers now have access to tools ...

How would you write one? Would it be mostly introspective exploration, or would you find out everything through that character's actions?<BR><BR>I need help writing a good philosopically slanted story ...

Crafting an engaging and meaningful short story—whether autobiographical or fictional— requires tools for setting, character and narrative development. This course equips you with the toolbox you’ll ...

The 2026 CBC Short Story Prize is open for submissions! The winner will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and have their ...

THE initial difficulty in discussing the Short Story is that old danger of taking one’s subject either too seriously or else not seriously enough. If one could but hit upon the proper key, at the ...

THOSE of us who keep a watchful eye on the short story — as I must, since I am charged with the responsibility of choosing some twenty stories each year for the O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories — ...