Welcome to On The Premises!
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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 and many different countries. All our stories are written in English.
Stories published in On The Premises are winning entries in short story contests held 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, generally featuring stories between 25 and 50 words long. 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!
| Short Story Contests | Mini-Contests | |
|---|---|---|
| First Place | US $250 | US $35 |
| Second Place | US $200 | US $25 |
| Third Place | US $150 | US $15 |
| Honorable Mention | US $75 | Publication (no 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, almost-every-month) newsletter. By “almost-every-month” we mean that usually, in the month where a short story contest has just closed and we’re working on the next issue, there won’t be a newsletter until the next issue comes out.
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We have an old blog about writing and editing, and you can visit us on Facebook too.