Pride Short Story Contest

A project of litl

This project is believed to be defunct. (October 2025)

About

As institutions scale back their commitments to diversity and inclusion, we ask: what does Pride look like when it is no longer palatable, profitable, or polite? For this contest, we invite fiction that reimagines queerness not as something to be tolerated but as a force for radical liberation. Think joy that disrupts, kinship that defies bloodlines, and characters who love, live, and rage beyond the limits of respectability. Send us stories that riot. Stories that shimmer. Stories that refuse to shrink.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions.
The fee is USD $3 (below average for contests).

Country of Publication & Year Established

United Kingdom

Established in 2025

Publication Medium & Contest Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Unknown contest frequency

Fiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All genders, Nonbinary people, Transgender people, All sexual identities, Bisexuals, Lesbians/Gays.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Short Story: 1,000 - 4,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues.

Winner's Prize:

Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) Semi-pro payment. Details: USD $50 for winner.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Multiple entries: Multiple entries are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2025