Terms and Conditions of Entry

Entry requirements

To submit a short story to Stylist, you will need to write a short story no longer than 1,000 words and send to shortstories@stylist.co.uk. The story must be original, unpublished and standalone (ie not a chapter of a book or ongoing work). The story must be fiction and must be in English.

Submissions are welcome from those over the age of 18 and who live in the United Kingdom or Ireland.

Whilst Stylist maintains open submissions for all authors, Stylist Short Stories is designed to offer an opportunity to those who are particularly underrepresented in commercial publishing.

The judges

Submissions will be judged by Stylist’s editorial team, who will be looking for a story that excites, intrigues and surprises them. Any genre will be considered.

The deadline

Entries should be submitted via email to shortstories@stylist.co.uk. Entries must be in Word or PDF format and have the title and author noted clearly on each page. Entries must also be 1.5 spaced. Please send a short bio along with your pronouns when submitting.

This is an open portal for submissions, which means entries can be accepted on an ongoing basis. If the submission window is to close, notice of 7 days will be given on this web page.

Publication

If your short story is selected, Stylist will provide you with their standard terms and conditions for submissions. Once these are signed, the selected entry will have the opportunity to be published on stylist.co.uk.

The writer of any published entry will receive payment of £200 for their story, which will remain his/her intellectual property.

There is no limit on the amount of entries that can be selected for publication, and writers can submit more than one entry per person, but please only submit one entry at a time. Due to the volume of submissions we receive, you will only receive a reply if you have been successful.

Any questions? Email shortstories@stylist.co.uk.

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