Contests
The Euple Riney Memorial Award
3,000 words max
Must be postmarked by June 30, 2019
Entry fee: $5.00 (may enter as often as you wish, but entry fee must accompany each entry.
1st place: $50.00
2nd place: 25.00
3rd place: 15.00
Honorable Mention: $10.00
There will also be an editor’s choice award.
Open genre, but must be about family in some way. Can be fiction or non-fiction. First place only will be published in The Storyteller (publication not required to win). Do not send anything we would not accept for general submission. Check our guidelines at
Must include cover page with title, author’s name, address, phone number and email, along with number of words. Please indicate whether fiction or non-fiction.
Do not put your name anywhere else on the manuscript or entry will be disqualified. No cover page will also be disqualified. All manuscripts must be double spaced. Please write Memorial Award on outside of envelope.
Holiday Poetry Contest
Any holiday is accepted.
Up to 40 lines
Must be postmarked by August 31, 2019
Entry fee: $5.00 (per 3 poems, but can enter only 1 or 2)
May enter as often as you wish, but entry fee must accompany each set of poems
1st place: $25.00
2nd place: $15.00
3rd place: $10.00
All entries must have a cover page for each poem, listing the title, author’s name, address, phone number and email. Please write Poetry Contest on outside of envelope.
Can be rhyming or non-rhyming.
1st place winner only will be published in the magazine.
Do not list your name on the poem, this will disqualify your submission.
Send all contest entries to:
The Storyteller
65 Highway 328 West
Maynard, AR 72444
Lurking in the shadows
This is our Halloween contest for 2019. Entries must follow all guidelines for submitting to the anthology. While this is a Halloween contest, please, no graphic gore.
3,000 words max
Must be postmarked by August 30, 2019.
Entry fee $5.00 (May enter multiple times, but an entry fee must accompany each entry.)
1st place: $50.00
2nd place: $25.00
3rd place: $15.00
Honorable Mention: $10.00
There will also be an editor’s choice award.
Must include cover page with title, author’s name, address, phone number and email, along with number of words. Please indicate whether fiction or non-fiction. All winners and editor's choice will be published in the October/November/December 2019 issue of The Storyteller.
Do not put your name anywhere else on the manuscript or entry will be disqualified. No cover page will also be disqualified. All manuscripts must be double spaced. Please write "Lurking in the Shadows submission" on the outside of envelope.
Visions of Sugarplums
This is our December Holiday contest for 2019. This is not limited to Christmas. Entries must follow all guidelines for submitting to the anthology.
3,000 words max
Must be postmarked by October 31, 2019.
Entry fee $5.00 (May enter multiple times, but an entry fee must accompany each entry.)
1st place: $50.00
2nd place: $25.00
3rd place: $15.00
Honorable Mention: $10.00
There will also be an editor's choice award.
Must include cover page with title, author’s name, address, phone number and email, along with number of words. Please indicate whether fiction or non-fiction. All winners and editor's choice will be published in the October/November/December 2020 issue of The Storyteller.
Do not put your name anywhere else on the manuscript or entry will be disqualified. No cover page will also be disqualified. All manuscripts must be double spaced. Please write "Visions of Sugarplums submission" on the outside of envelope.