Current Competitions
Some rules
Please find some basic rules here.
All entries have to be sent via email to ArenaFantasyMagazine@gmail.com
MS word/word pad documents only in Dot, Doc or .txt format only.
Please forward your PayPal transaction email to me and please put your contact details in the body of the email also enclosing your stories title too
The document itself needs to be attached.
All entries MUST have the title, word count and page number in the footer. Failure to adhere to the entry guidelines will result in disqualification from this competition. No refunds offered
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Picture This?
Your story must be based on the picture across, The concept of the entry is up to you.
Word Count - 5000 (not including title)
Cost - £4.00 (Discount for multiple entries)
Closing date - 15 February 2024
Winner - Will win 50% of the total prize pot, plus be published in the March issue released on the 15th September 2023 All winners and runners up will receive a firstwriter.com voucher worth $15 / £10 / €15, allowing them to take out a free subscription to firstwriter.com, providing access to details of hundreds of publishers, literary agents, writing competitions, and magazines!"
Submission Guidelines - Please submit your entry to ArenaFantasyMagazine@gmail.com with the following in the email body:
Name:
Story Title:
Word Count:
Pseudonym (if applicable)
Telephone Number:
50-100 word Bio
PayPal ref:
The AFM 300
Subject - We are looking for short flash stories based on anything medieval or fantasy-based. This can be supernatural if you wish.
Prize - First place wins an annual subscription to AFM. The 2nd-5th place will get a free issue. All entries will be considered for publication in an anthology as well as published in the magazine.
Word Count - up to 300 (not including title)
Closing date - 15 February 2024
Entry price - £1.50 per entry Discounts for multiple entries
Entry format (as attachment) - dot, doc, Docx RTF or .txt format only
Submission guidelines - Please submit your entry to ArenaFantasyMagazine@gmail.com with the following in the email body (for each entry):
Name:
Story Title:
Word Count:
Pseudonym (if applicable)
Telephone Number:
50-100 word Bio
PayPal ref:
2k Flash
Subject -This competition challenges you to write a short story to the following theme.—Wizards exist in hiding in every town and are tasked with protecting us from Dark Lords. I can leave the story arc for you to establish, do they succeed or are they in league with the Dark Lords
Word Count - 2000 (not including title)
Cost - £2.00 (Discount for multiple entries)
Closing date - 15 February 2024
Winner - Will win £10.00 plus be published in the September issue released on the 15 September 2023 All winners / runners up will receive a firstwriter.com voucher worth $15 / £10 / €15, allowing them to take out a free subscription to firstwriter.com, providing access to details of hundreds of publishers, literary agents, writing competitions, and magazines!"
Submission Guidelines - Please submit your entry to ArenaFantasyMagazine@gmail.com with the following in the email body:
Name:
Story Title:
Word Count:
Pseudonym (if applicable)
Telephone Number:
50-100 word Bio
PayPal ref:
Say What!
Subject - Write a fantasy story using one of the below STAND ALONE lines of dialogue prompts.
‘Really, you are going to assassinate me with that?’
‘Please don’t do this job love it’s going to kill you.’
‘Damn, here come’s the magistrate’
Prize - First place wins an annual subscription to AFM. The 2nd-7th place will get a free issue. All entries will be considered for publication in an anthology as well as published in the June issue of the magazine.
Word Count - up to 2500 (not including title)
Closing date - 15 February 2024
Entry price - £1.50 per entry Discounts for multiple entries
Entry format (as attachment) - dot, doc, Docx RTF or .txt format only
Submission guidelines - Please submit your entry to ArenaFantasyMagazine@gmail.com with the following in the email body (for each entry):
Name
Story Title
Word Count
Pseudonym (If Applicable)
Telephone Number
Mob (if applicable)
PayPal Ref
Oh Yes Its Free!
Subject - The first line and last line have to be the same - It was the same as it ever was, and nothing changed.
Prize - First place wins an annual subscription to AFM. The 2nd & 3rd place will get a free issue. All entries will be considered for publication in an anthology as well as published in the magazine.
Word Count - up to 3500 (not including title)
Closing date - 15 February 2024
Entry price - Free.
Submission Guidelines - Please submit your entry to ArenaFantasyMagazine@gmail.com with the following in the email body:
Name:
Story Title:
Word Count:
Pseudonym (if applicable)
Telephone Number:
PayPal ref: