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Literature.com Contest Summary & Results

Congratulations to the winners of the Literature.com Summer 2024 contest. There were 50 stories submitted to the contest — thank you to everyone who entered and participated!

Winners By popular vote

300

1st Place

100

3rd Place



Runners-up



Nominees By random order


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2 Comments
  • Pure0430
    This was such a fun contest to participate in an I was elated and shocked to see I was awarded 1st place! I did that prize money was distributed through PayPal, however I did not receive anything because I do not have a PayPal account. Is there an alternate way to receive it? 
    LikeReply 12 months ago
    • acronimous
      Congratulations again on your 1st place win! We’re thrilled to hear you enjoyed participating in the contest.

      Regarding your prize, the payment has already been sent via PayPal to the email address you used to pay for the entry fee. You should receive an email from PayPal with instructions on how to collect your award, even if you don’t have a PayPal account. PayPal typically allows you to create an account or claim the payment as a guest.

      Please check your inbox (and possibly your spam/junk folder) for the PayPal email, and follow the instructions provided.Let us know if you encounter any issues, and we’ll be happy to assist further.
       
      LikeReply2 months ago
    • Pure0430
      I did find the email, however because I am not 18 it will not permit me to make a guest account to receive it. Do you think it would be possible to send it to a different account made by friend or family? So sorry for all this confusion, I should’ve read the fine print more closely. I also understand if there’s nothing else you can do on your end, just trying to trouble shoot best I can. Thank you so much, sorry again for the inconvenience. 
      LikeReply2 months ago
  • acronimous
    A warm welcome to all nominees of our summer short story contest on Literature.com! We're excited to see your entries and wish you the best of luck. We look forward to discovering some exceptional literary gems soon. 
    LikeReply 15 months ago
    • Allieh
      A fun contest to take part of…and extra fun to have been awarded the 3rd place winner! I am a little confused about the monetary prize and wonder how and when it is awarded. I have not received any email or info. I am new to this, so I apologize if I am not asking this question in the right place. Again, a fun contest and I enjoyed many of the stories! 
      LikeReply 12 months ago
    • acronimous
      Dear Allieh, Congratulations on securing 3rd place in the contest! We’ve just distributed the prize money to all winners via PayPal. We’re thrilled to hear that you enjoyed participating, and we hope to see you in future contests! 
      LikeReply 12 months ago

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Our writing contest

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Opens: Start of each season.
Closes: End of each season.
Results: Within 1 month of closing.
Entry fee: 25 USD.
Max. participants: 50 entries.
Prizes:
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Second Place Badge + 200
Third Place Badge + 100
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