Learn how to submit to Jerry Jazz Musician Fiction Contest 2022, win cash prizes coupled with puscart nomination.
Jerry Jazz Musician Fiction Contest 2022
Three times a year, Jerry Jazz Musician awards a writer who submits, in our opinion, the best original, previously unpublished work of short fiction.
The Jerry Jazz Musician reader has interests in music, social history, literature, politics, art, film and theater, particularly that of the counter-culture of mid-twentieth century America. Our newsletter subscribers include publishers, artists, musicians, and fellow writers. While your writing should appeal to a reader with these interests and in these creative professions, all story themes are considered.
Winning stories are announced on the home page of Jerry Jazz Musician, and it will reside on the website permanently. Jerry Jazz Musician also nominates writers for the Pushcart Prize.
In addition to publishing the winning story, with the consent of the author, we frequently publish short-listed stories.
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Submission Guidelines For Jazz Musician Fiction Contest 2022
No entry fee is required. One story entry only. Simultaneous submissions are accepted.
The contest is open to entrants from anywhere in the world (English language only please)
A prize of $100 will be awarded for the winning story.
In addition to the story being published on Jerry Jazz Musician, the author’s acceptance of the prize money gives Jerry Jazz Musician the right to include the story in an anthology that could appear in book or magazine form. All other ownership rights are retained by the author. If story appears subsequently in other publications, we ask authors to note that the story was originally published on Jerry Jazz Musician.
Submission deadline for the next contest — our 59th — is January 31, 2022. Publishing date will be on or about March 10, 2022. Ideally, stories will not exceed 3,000 words but stories of up to 4,000 words are considered.
Please submit your story by January 31, 2022 via Word (preferred) or PDF attachment to jerryjazzmusician@gmail.com, and be sure to include your name, address and phone number with your submission, as well as a brief 50 – 100 story synopsis. Please include “Short Fiction Contest Submission” in the subject heading of the email
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