Desperate Literature

Thanks to everybody who entered and all our 2026 partners... We'll be going through your stories in the next couple of months before passing on the shortlist to the judges.

LAST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! desperateliterature.com/prize/

For all the info and to enter see: desperateliterature.com/prize

You can find our previously shortlisted stories here! desperateliterature.com/product/full-w…

ONE WEEK REMAINING 💫 Calling writers of innovative fiction under 2000 words! Prizes: €2000 / 1000€; residencies @civitellaitaly & at DL in Madrid; manuscript assessment w/ @TLCUK; publication; salons; and more... desperateliterature.com/prize

Highlighting another partner journal, today: @kyd_magazine Not only do they publish 🔥 lit, they also provide tons of editorial services, classes, & content to support authors... For all the info of our prize and what they have published: desperateliterature.com/prize/

We are incredibly proud to be partnered with @ishelterskelter, an incredible magazine publishing materials from and about India! During our years collaborating together, they've published four of our previously shortlisted authors: Check them out here: desperateliterature.com/previous-winne…

For all the info and to enter see: desperateliterature.com/prize

You can find our previously shortlisted stories here! desperateliterature.com/product/full-w…

DEADLINE EXTENDED 💫 Calling writers of innovative fiction under 2000 words! Prizes: €2000 / 1000€; residencies @civitellaitaly & at DL in Madrid; manuscript assessment w/ @TLCUK; publication; salons; and more... desperateliterature.com/prize 1/