Spring 2026 Prose Contest: TRANSFORMATIONS

Euphony is hosting our annual spring prose contest, and the theme this year is “transformations”! We want your magical realism, your coming-of-age, your breakups, your werewolves—interpret the prompt however you want! Submit to euphonyjournal@gmail.com with the subject “PROSE CONTEST: TRANSFORMATIONS” by March 27. Find details below.

Spring 2025 Prose Contest: Endings

Update (2/22): Due to popular demand, we have decided to extend the deadline for our 2025 prose contest to March 1, 2025 Euphony is hosting our annual spring prose contest, and the theme this year is “endings”! We want your apocalypses, your breakups, your graduations, your death scenes. Interpret the prompt however you want! Submit to euphonyjournal@gmail.com with the subject […]

Spring Contest: Monsters and Mermaids and Myths, Oh My!

Euphony’s annual Spring Prose Contest is here, and we want your monsters and mermaids and myths! Submit short fiction that adapts or retells a myth or fairy tale for the chance to win $20 and be published in Euphony’s Spring 2023 issue! Deadline: February 17th, 2023 Format: Prose, 12 pages or less (in 12pt double spaced […]

Spring Contest: Strange Worlds

Euphony is looking for new worlds! Submit short fiction which presents a compelling and unusual world for a chance to win $20 and to be published in Euphony’s Spring 2022 issue!

Spring 2021 Short Story Contest: The Bechdel Test Test

Passing the Bechdel Test isn’t necessary for writing a good story, nor does passing it mean you’ve automatically written a good one. But sometimes, it would be nice to read some stories that do pass. And that are good. So send us your best Bechdel-passing story for a chance to be featured in Euphony and […]

UChicago Students: 20 for 20 for 20 Flash Fiction Contest

Bored in quarantine? Tired of Zoom classes? Write a story in 20 words or fewer for a chance to win $20 in 2020.