: Re: How to Win Short-Fiction Writing Competitions I've written many stories and have received some good feedback but have never tried to compete with others. I've been thinking recently that it would

I read for a contest run by a literary journal. There are a few rounds of reading. In the first round we weed out the pieces that are problematic from the start. So polish your piece to perfection. Fix all punctuation and grammar problems. In the second round we're reading stories that are all pretty good, and we read to find the ones that are seriously good. The third round is when the journal's editors read through the ones that have made it through, and I think the few that remain go to our guest judge to pick a winner.

We have a lot of stories to get through, so don't give us any reason to stop reading. And be lucky.

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