Welcome to the Calm Scribe Holiday Short Story Contest
Esmeralda Triskel and SJRM89!
We had many fantastic entries to Short Story Challenge, which made the judging very difficult for the audience. So difficult, in fact, that we had a tie, so we doubled the prize! Congratulations to Esmerelda Triskel and SJRM89 for the winning entries. You have each won a six-month subscription to One Stop for Writers, a piece of custom artwork from Conquest Publishing, and a free short story edit from Wax Seal Productions. Thank you to all who entered and those who did not win will receive a free one-hour consult on their submissions.
See you all for our next literary contest to be announced soon!
See you all for our next literary contest to be announced soon!
Past Contest Details
The Calm Scribe is hosting another Holiday Party and you - and your stories- are invited! Join us for an evening of stories, cocktails, and fun with fellow writers and the Calm Scribe Twitch community. We will be reading all the stories submitted live on air and at the end of the story telling, the chat will vote for their favorite story. The chosen winner will receive a six-month subscription to One Stop for Writers and more! Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Yule, Christmas, Kwanzaa or another holiday, we want to hear your stories!
This year's Holiday Party will occur on December 22, 2022 live on Twitch beginning at 19:30 EST. Continue reading below for complete details!
The Calm Scribe is hosting another Holiday Party and you - and your stories- are invited! Join us for an evening of stories, cocktails, and fun with fellow writers and the Calm Scribe Twitch community. We will be reading all the stories submitted live on air and at the end of the story telling, the chat will vote for their favorite story. The chosen winner will receive a six-month subscription to One Stop for Writers and more! Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Yule, Christmas, Kwanzaa or another holiday, we want to hear your stories!
This year's Holiday Party will occur on December 22, 2022 live on Twitch beginning at 19:30 EST. Continue reading below for complete details!
Holiday Story Contest Reading Rules
This year we have received six entries into the Holiday Short Story Contest, best of luck to all who entered. The Holiday party stream starts at 19:30 EST and the readings for the contest begin at 20:00 EST. The stories will be read live on air by The Calm Scribe and will be read with title and story only. The writers must remain anonymous until the judging has concluded, at which time the writers of each story will be announced. Thank you for your participation, we are all very excited to hear your creations.
The Contest is Now Closed! Thank You to All Who Entered!
How to enter:
Create an original 1000-word maximum holiday story and submit it using the form below before 23:59 EST, December 20, 2022. For more information and discussion, please follow @thecalmscribe on social media and/or Twitch.
Rules:
Prize:
A six-month subscription to One Stop for Writers.
A piece of custom artwork from Conquest Publishing.
Editing of one short story by Wax Seal Productions.
Prize has no cash redemption value or substitution.
Contest ends:
23:59 EST, Tuesday December 20th, 2022.
Winners to be read and voted on live on Twitch during the Holiday Party Stream:
Stream begins at 19:30 EST, Thursday December 22nd, 2022.
Create an original 1000-word maximum holiday story and submit it using the form below before 23:59 EST, December 20, 2022. For more information and discussion, please follow @thecalmscribe on social media and/or Twitch.
Rules:
- Holiday stories can include Hanukkah, Yule, Christmas, Kwanzaa or any major holiday celebrated in December, but must be a holiday story.
- Entries must be submitted in 12pt Times New Roman, Calibri, or Arial.
- Entries must be submitted by 23:59 EST, December 20, 2022 to be eligible.
- Entries must be original and cannot be created by or with the assistance of an AI program.
- Entries must be fully edited. We will not be editing any of the entries and they will be read live on-air "as is."
- One entry per person.
- Story rights remain the property of the original author/owner, but permissions are granted to be read live on air.
- Unless previously agreed upon, the author must be present in the Calm Scribe Twitch channel for the live reading on December 22, 2022 to be eligible for the prize.
- You must follow @thecalmscribe on Twitter, Mastodon, Instagram, TikTok, or Twitch for contest updates discussions.
- When sharing the contest on social media be sure to tag @thecalmscribe and use the hashtag #TCSHolidayShortStory22.
Prize:
A six-month subscription to One Stop for Writers.
A piece of custom artwork from Conquest Publishing.
Editing of one short story by Wax Seal Productions.
Prize has no cash redemption value or substitution.
Contest ends:
23:59 EST, Tuesday December 20th, 2022.
Winners to be read and voted on live on Twitch during the Holiday Party Stream:
Stream begins at 19:30 EST, Thursday December 22nd, 2022.
Disclaimers and Other Important Information:
No purchase necessary to enter. Contest is valid where applicable laws allow. You must be 18 years of age to enter.
By participating in this contest you agree to be bound by the official rules and the decisions of the Sponsor (The Calm Scribe and Wax Seal Productions) which shall be final in all respects. By entering the contest you agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Administrator, and each of their parent, subsidiary, affiliated and successor companies, including each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives, and employees from and against all claims or actions of any kind, including but not limited to possession, receipt, use or misuse of prize, and liability of any kind. Prize has no cash redemption value or substitution. The Calm Scribe and Wax Seal Productions are not responsible for misdirected, incomplete, lost, late, fraudulent, or inaccurate entries, nor for technical, hardware, or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete or delayed computer transmissions, or other errors or problems that may limit or affect a person's ability to participate in the contest. Should not enough entries be received, those that entered will be advised and the submitted stories will be deleted.
One Stop for Writers has no affiliation or connection to this contest. Contest void where prohibited.
No purchase necessary to enter. Contest is valid where applicable laws allow. You must be 18 years of age to enter.
By participating in this contest you agree to be bound by the official rules and the decisions of the Sponsor (The Calm Scribe and Wax Seal Productions) which shall be final in all respects. By entering the contest you agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Administrator, and each of their parent, subsidiary, affiliated and successor companies, including each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives, and employees from and against all claims or actions of any kind, including but not limited to possession, receipt, use or misuse of prize, and liability of any kind. Prize has no cash redemption value or substitution. The Calm Scribe and Wax Seal Productions are not responsible for misdirected, incomplete, lost, late, fraudulent, or inaccurate entries, nor for technical, hardware, or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete or delayed computer transmissions, or other errors or problems that may limit or affect a person's ability to participate in the contest. Should not enough entries be received, those that entered will be advised and the submitted stories will be deleted.
One Stop for Writers has no affiliation or connection to this contest. Contest void where prohibited.
The Contest is Now Closed! Thank You to All Who Entered!