Get your book published by Stone Soup! Stone Soup is thrilled to announce that we are accepting submissions for our annual book contest. This year we plan to accept two books for publication: one novel or short story collection and one book of poems. However, we do consider all submissions for potential publication. Contest Details Genre: Fiction (novel, novella, short story collection) or Poetry Length: For fiction submissions, the minimum length is 20,000 words. For poetry submissions, the minimum length is 40 pages, with no more than one poem per page. Novels in verse should be a minimum of 50 pages. There is no maximum word or page limit. Age Limit: For this contest, we will accept manuscripts written by those age 14 or under. Deadline: Sunday, August 21, 2022 11:59 pm (Pacific Time) Entry fee: $15.00 Submissions of multiple manuscripts by the same author are accepted but you must submit each as an individual entry and pay the fee each time. Results and Prizes: We will select two winning manuscripts—one in fiction and one in poetry—to be published and distributed by Stone Soup in both print and ebook forms, available for sale on Amazon, in the Stone Soup store, via our distributors, and advertised along with the rest of our books to libraries and other vendors. We will also name a handful of finalists. Publication: We will consider all work submitted as part of the contest for potential publication in the magazine or as standalone volumes. Previous Submissions: If you submitted to last year’s contest and have substantially revised your manuscript in the meantime, you are welcome to resubmit it this year. Submission Fee: The submission fee is important to us; it helps us defray the costs of the contest and of producing and publishing the two winning books. However, if the submission fee represents a financial hardship to your family, please write to editor@stonesoup.com. If you have questions, please review our FAQ page. If you can’t find the answer to your question there, please write to stonesoup@stonesoup.com. We reserve the right to select no winners in a given year.
Stone Soup Book Writing Contest
Congratulations to our Book Contest 2021 Winners!
We’re thrilled to announce the results of our 2021 Book Contest. It was a pleasure and an honor to read and consider all the manuscripts, and incredibly difficult to select our two winners. We are excited to share more about the books and the authors with you in the coming months! Winners Fiction Foxtale by Sarah Hunt, 14 Poetry Remember the Flowers by Enni Harlan, 14 Honorable Mention Days of Freedom, a novel by Sophene Avedissian, 13 Twenty Moons, poems by Maggie Berkson, 10 Adventures with the Robot of 1920, a novel by Srija Biswas, 13 A Lonely Lullaby, poems by Analise Braddock, 10 The Hotel Bellboy and Other Tales, stories by Steven Cavros, 10 The Legends of Atruviia, a novel by Ayesha Faruki, 13 Heart of Stars, a novel by Lillia Hamilton, 12 The Immortal Jellyfish, poems by Emma Hoff, 9 A Tale from Inside the Book, a novel by Jaslene Kwack, 11 Reunited, a novel by Olivia Lee, 10 Answering the Moon, a novel by Serena Lin, 10 This is the Song the World Needs Now And Other Poems, poems by Nova Macknik-Conde, 9, and Iago Macknik-Conde, 14 Book Zero, a novel by Leo Michelman, 11 Rainbow, a novel by Aanya Pandeya, 11 Serpent Throat and Other Stories, stories by Tayen Withrow, 11 The Poisonous Gift, a novel by Alice Xie, 13
Book-Writing Contest 2021
Get your book published by Stone Soup! Stone Soup is thrilled to announce that we are accepting submissions for our annual book contest. This year, we plan to accept two books for publication–one novel or short story collection and one book of poems. However, we do consider all submissions for potential publication. Contest Details Genre: Fiction (novel, novella, short story collection) or Poetry. Length: For fiction submissions, the minimum length is 20,000 words. For poetry submissions, the minimum length is 40 pages. There is no maximum word or page limit. Age Limit: For this contest, we will accept manuscripts written by those age 14 or under. Deadline: Monday August 16, 2021 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time). Entry fee: $15.00. Submissions of multiple manuscripts by the same author are accepted but you must submit each as an individual entry and pay the fee each time. Results and Prizes: We will select two winning manuscripts—one in fiction and one in poetry—to be published and distributed by Stone Soup in both print and ebook forms, available for sale on Amazon, in the Stone Soup store, via our distributors, and advertised along with the rest of our books to libraries and other vendors. We will also name a handful of finalists. Publication: We will consider all submitted work as part of the contest for potential publication in the magazine or as standalone volumes. Previous Submissions: If you submitted to last year’s contest, and have substantially revised your manuscript in the meantime, you are welcome to resubmit it this year. Submission Fee: The submission fee is important to us; it helps us defray the costs of the contest and of producing and publishing the two winning books. However, if the submission fee represents a financial hardship to your family, please write to editor@stonesoup.com. Submissions: All entries must be sent to us before the closing date via our Submittable portal, here. Questions? Please visit the Book Contest FAQ here. If you question isn’t answered there, you may post it to this page and we’ll get you an answer as soon as we can! We reserve the right to select no winners in a given year.
