Sunspot Literary Journal: Goldilocks Zone Contest
Deadline: April 30, 2024
Authors & Artists Eligible. The Goldilocks Zone appears wherever conditions make a planet habitable. Sunspot Lit is looking for the perfect combination of excellence in craft and reader or audience appeal. The contest is open to short stories, novel or novella excerpts, artwork, graphic novels, and poems. Literary and genre works accepted.
No restrictions on theme or category. Maximum of 2,500 words for short stories or nonfiction, 24 lines for poetry, and 8 pages for graphic novels/scripts/screenplays. No size requirements for painting, photography, video stills or sculpture.
- Contest entry fee: $10
- Prize: $500 cash and publication for the winner; publication offered to runners-up and finalists.
Sunspot asks for first rights only; all rights revert to the contributor after publication. Works, along with the creators' bylines, are published in the next quarterly digital edition as well as in the annual print edition. Artists offered publication may display their pieces in galleries, festivals or shows throughout the publication contract period.
Enter as many times as you like through Submittable or Duotrope, but only one piece per submission. Simultaneous submissions are accepted.
