Welcome to On The Premises!

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As promised, WE ARE BACK!

On The Premises is an on-line fiction magazine founded in 2006 by Tarl Kudrick and Bethany Granger. We publish issues in HTML and PDF formats (and maybe someday, ebook formats).

We have published authors who live on six different continents–all we’re missing is Antarctica. All our stories are written in English.

Stories published in On The Premises are winning entries in short story contests launched twice a year. Each contest challenges writers to produce a great story based on a broad premise that we supply. Winning stories from each contest are published in individual magazine issues.

We also hold “mini-contests” four times a year… but not in 2025. The mini-contests will return in 2026. Winning mini-contest entries are published on our web site’s mini-contest pages.

Our Purpose

On The Premises wants to promote newer and/or relatively unknown writers who can write what we feel are creative, compelling stories told in effective, uncluttered, and evocative prose. Our contests have no entry fees. Winners receive cash prizes and publication.

Prize Money!

Authors who are paid in currencies other than US dollars will have any applicable currency exchange fees subtracted from their prize payments.

Our Newsletter

If you want to know when new contests begin, subscribe to our (free, short, ten-times-a-year) newsletter. By “ten-times-a-year” we mean every month except March and September. Those are the months we spend working with the authors on editing their stories and we don’t have much to say during those months.

To subscribe to our newsletter, enter your email in the box below. You will receive a confirmation email from our “Editors” email address.

We have an old blog about writing and editing, and you can visit us on Facebook too.