Well, I was blown away by the outstanding writing that was submitted to this season’s contest. I received about 10x the number of submissions I received for the Spring 2021 contest. Which made for a lot of reading, re-reading, and difficult decisions. Please enjoy all of the wonderful creative nonfiction…

The Spring contest was so successful I’m doing it again — even bigger and better. — Calling all writers! Announcing Tell Your Story’s Fall 2021 creative nonfiction contest! Tell Your Story is already home to some of the best creative nonfiction on Medium, and I want to keep the momentum going. So our 2nd ever contest is even bigger and better than the first. Prize money…

To be honest, I didn’t know how this would go. Frankly, I wanted to draw some attention to this new idea I had for a publication. A publication for writing that’s quite different from what you typically see here. A publication of literary-journal-worthy pieces, that’s a whole heck of a…

I’m hosting a writing contest. Details here. — Calling all writers! Announcing Tell Your Story’s Spring 2021 creative nonfiction / personal essay writing contest! I want Tell Your Story to become the home for the best creative nonfiction on Medium. Check out what we’ve published already, and I think you’ll agree that we’re on our way. To help…

I’m excited to announce the winners and finalists in Tell Your Story’s Spring 2022 writing contest! As with the previous two contests (Spring 2021 and Fall 2021), I was overwhelmed with so many great submissions. This made the judging incredibly difficult. But alas, it had to be done… This year’s…

Calling all writers! Announcing Tell Your Story’s Fall 2022 creative nonfiction contest! Tell Your Story is already home to some of the best creative nonfiction on Medium, and I want to keep the momentum going. Our first two contests — held in 2021 — were incredibly successful, including a print…

Check these out now — a few have January deadlines. — The new year always brings a slew of submission opportunities, including many writing contests. Below are a few that are currently open. Pay attention to deadlines — some of these are approaching fast! I track all of these opportunities in a searchable database (fancy word for a Google spreadsheet), and…

Tell Your Story’s Fall 2021 Contest Winners — Now Available in Print — Hi all, I don’t expect this post to get curated, as I’m shamelessly plugging a product, so I feel like I can address you directly. YOU — the loyal TYS followers. The ones who read everything, even shameless plugs. So… you know I’ve made it TYS’s mission to publish the…

Including 3 that pay their writers. — Greetings, fellow writers! Thanks for hanging in there with me while I’ve figured out what to do with these posts. Listing all newly opened opportunities just got to be too much, so I’m changing tactics. At the beginning of the month, I’ll give a listing of opportunities closing sometime during…