Art Affair’s short fiction contest (maximum: 5,000 words) is open to any writer.  Enter your own original work only. Please do not include a SASE; entries will not be returned.

Entries must be postmarked by October 1, 2010 and should be unpublished and/or unaccepted for publication when entered into the contest. Manuscripts must be double-spaced and in 12-point font.

Please type your name, address, telephone number, and title of manuscript on a cover page which will be removed before judging.  On your manuscript, type page/word counts in the upper right-hand corner of the first page. 

You may enter as many short stories as you like but each entry requires an entry fee of five dollars. (You may mail all entries together and pay with one check or money order.)

Prizes:  $50.00, $25.00, $15.00 (Prize money and certificates will be mailed to the winners and a list of winners will be published on the website in December 2010.)

Entry Fee:  $5.00 per manuscript (Mark it Short Story)

 (Make check payable to Art Affair)

Deadline:  October 1, 2010             

Mail entries to: ART AFFAIR - CONTEST
P.O. BOX 54302
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73154

Art Affair 2009 Short Story Contest Winners:

First Place – Ann Holbrook, Fayetteville, Arkansas – “Life Everlasting”

Second Place – Lucinda C. Kiser, Edmond, Oklahoma – “Death by Chocolate“

Third Place – Lilah Contine, Saint Charles, Missouri – “My Heart Sang”

(Honorable Mentions – in alphabetical order)

Honorable Mention – Jim Barton, Huttig, Arkansas – “Falling for Cash”

Honorable Mention – Del Cain, Saginaw, Texas – “Yard of the Month”

Honorable Mention – Gary R. Hoffman, Okeechobee, Florida – “Perfect Ten”

Honorable Mention – Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, Oklahoma – “Purgatory”

Honorable Mention – Lucinda C. Kiser, Edmond, Oklahoma – “The Weight of the World”

Honorable Mention – Lauren Scott, Hayward, California – “Matches”

Art Affair 2008 Short Story Contest Winners:

First Place – Laura Loomis, Pittsburg, California – “Repentance”

Second Place – Sara Gipson, North Little Rock, Arkansas – “Torte Reform“

Third Place – Anita Breitling, Weatherford, Oklahoma – “Hallowed Eve”

(Honorable Mentions – in alphabetical order)

Honorable Mention – Jim Barton, Huttig, Arkansas – “Soldier Boy”

Honorable Mention – Robert E. Harper, Bull Shoals, Arkansas – “Escape to the New World”

Honorable Mention – Catherine “Katey” Johnson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – “Christmas Gifts”

Honorable Mention – Lee Ann Russell, Springfield, Missouri – “Me and Sally”

Honorable Mention – Sharon J. Mondragon, Lawton, Oklahoma – “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”

Art Affair 2007 Short Story Contest Winners:

First Place – M. Carolyn Steele, Tulsa, Oklahoma – “The Midwife”

Second Place – Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, Oklahoma – “Stuffing and Broken Thread”

Third Place – Emery L. Campbell, Lawrenceville, Georgia – “An Easter Tale”

(Honorable Mentions – in alphabetical order)

Honorable Mention – Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, Utah – “Lost Mine”

Honorable Mention – Pat King, Albia, Iowa – “Leaving Home”

Honorable Mention – Inez Phillips, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – “The Schedule”

Honorable Mention – Dawn Williams, Bethany, Oklahoma – “Running with Snakes”