The Larry Brown Short Story Award

We’re pleased to announce the ninth annual  Larry Brown Short Story Award. The winners will receive the following prizes: 1st $500 USD, 2nd $50 USD, 3rd $50 USD, and 4th and 5th will receive a copy of the book Tiny Love: The Complete Stories by Larry Brown. Each prize winner will be published in the January 2025 issue of Pithead Chapel. 

2023 Guest Judge: Sequoia Nagamatsu

Contest Guidelines

Please read the guidelines carefully before submitting

• The contest is open from August 1st to October 31st of each year
• The submitted story must be less than 4,000 words
• No previously published work will be considered
• The writer's name and contact information should only appear on the cover letter; submissions will be judged blindly by our guest judge
• Again, no identifying information should appear on the submitted manuscript
• There's a $10 entry fee for each story submission
• Simultaneous submissions are fine, but if your story is accepted elsewhere, immediately withdraw the story from consideration
• Writers can submit multiple entries; however, each entry must be submitted separately and each entry requires an entry fee and cover letter with an address and phone number
• The winner and honorable mentions will be notified by December 15th, 2024
• Those selected as honorable mentions will have the chance to be published alongside the winning selections in the January 2025 issue of Pithead Chapel