The Elixir Press 2024 Fiction Award

Elixir will only accept electronic submissions this year.

Elixir Press is sponsoring a fiction contest open to all writers writing in English.  Both short story collections and novels are eligible.  The prize will be $2,000, publication by Elixir Press, and 25 copies of the book.

Guidelines:
    •    Manuscripts should be typed on one side of the page and on standard paper.
     •    Please use a 12 to 14 point font.
     •    Do not send biographical material, photographs, videos, or illustrations.
      •    Manuscripts must be double-spaced, paginated, and include a table of contents, if appropriate, and an acknowledgments page, if appropriate.
    •    Simultaneous submissions are welcome, so long as Elixir is notified immediately if a manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
    •    Manuscripts should be 120 pages to 500 pages in length.
    •    Friends, students, and former students of the judge or the editorial staff of Elixir Press are ineligible to enter.

The entry fee is $40.

Manuscripts will be accepted from March 1 to May 31, 2024.

Kirk Wilson will judge.

Submit all entries electronically. Please write your name, address, phone number, and email address in the Cover Letter section of the Submittable form. If you wish, you may also include your acknowledgments.

If you have questions, please contact us at info@elixirpress.com.

For electronic submissions, please use this link: Submit to Elixir Press