Welcome to On The Premises magazine!
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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–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 every June and December. Each contest challenges writers to produce a great story based on a broad premise that we supply.
USUALLY, winning stories are published in individual magazine issues each April and October.
USUALLY, we also hold “mini-contests” four times a year, in April, May, October, and November. Winning mini-contest entries are published on our web site’s mini-contest pages.
HOWEVER, in 2025 our publishing schedule is different because of major disruptions in our personal lives (retirement, moving, and other factors). In 2025 our publication schedule looks like this:
* Issue #45, which would normally be published in April 2025, will be published in June 2025.
* We will go on hiatus in July, August, and September, though I expect we will still have newsletters in those months. There will be no mini-contests in 2025.
* We will return with Short Story Contest #46 in October 2o25 with Issue #46 published in February 2026.
* Mini-contests will return in 2026.
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, 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.
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We have an old blog about writing and editing, and you can visit us on Facebook too.