WRITING COMPETITION
Theme: If Not Us, Who?
Two submission categories: Poetry (of any style) and Short Story (fiction)
Two $600 prizes for best in each category
Two $400 prizes for the runner-up in each category
Antelope Hill Publishing wishes to express the stories and help build the culture that will pave the way to a better tomorrow. To this end we are launching our fifth annual writing competition to gather this material and later to publish the very best of it in print form. We are accepting submissions from March 1st to midnight of April 15th (EST). No work will be reviewed until submissions are closed. Depending on the volume of content received, we will take approximately one to two months to come to a decision regarding the winners. Entrants are reminded to only submit work that already meets the high standard of Antelope Hill Publishing, and to keep submissions to an absolute maximum of 5,000 words.
A Few Notes On The Theme: Our theme for this year’s writing contest is “If Not Us, Who?” We are looking for stories and poems centered around the consequences of one’s decisions, both in action and inaction. Submissions can be political or apolitical, grandiose or mundane, real or fictional, and can run the gamut from the triumph and victory that come from following through with your convictions, to the pensiveness of inaction, the heartbreak caused by wrongful action, or anything else. We wish to keep the topic broad so as to encourage a wide array of ideas.
Email your submissions to
[email protected]
- Include in the subject line “AHP 2025 Writing Competition Submission” followed by the submission category (“Poetry,” “Short Story,” or “Both” if submitting poem & short story).
- In the body of the email, please include:
- Title of the work(s).
- Preferred pseudonym if we publish.
- Whether you have submitted to previous Writing Competitions, and if so, which email you submitted with.
- Attach your submission(s) to the email as a Microsoft Word file (versions of MS Word from 2013 or after recommended) or as a PDF file.
- Please have a separate file for each submission.
- Entrants are limited to a maximum of three submissions overall.
- Any submissions exceeding 5,000 words will be discarded without review.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
By submitting your work to this contest, you agree that you are granting Antelope Hill Publishing the non-revocable right to publish, print, advertise, distribute, and profit from the submitted work in a compilation. Participants must include their preferred pen name with the submission, as well as an email address or other communication address at which they can be reached. Submissions which do not provide attribution will, if published, be attributed to “Anon.” Submissions must have a single title; if not titled, they will be titled “untitled.” Authors who do not provide contact information at which they can be reached will forfeit any contest rewards. While we have no problem with contestants submitting works that they have submitted or published elsewhere, we greatly prefer original works. Contest winners will be paid only by either cash, check, or money order at their request, sent via United States Mail, or, at the sole discretion of the Publisher, may request to be paid by some other method mutually agreeable to both parties. Submissions will be judged at the sole discretion of the Antelope Hill Publishing editorial team and decisions are nonreviewable. Limit 5,000 words and three (3) unique submissions per person. Email [email protected] with any questions.
