Short Story Contest
The Short Story Contest is a Contest sponsored by Aim Magazine Short Story Contest.
Award Information:
Amount of Contest: Average: $100
Application Deadline: 15-Aug
Requirements: Applicant must submit a short story (maximum 4,000 words) with a lasting social significance.
Eligibility: College freshman, College sophomore, College junior, College senior, Master's-level study
Sponsorship provided by:
Aim Magazine Short Story Contest
P.O. Box 1174
Maywood, IL 60153
USA
Phone Number: 773 874 6184
Fax Number: 206 543 2746
You can find out more by contacting:
Myron Apilado
It will help if you spend time looking into any material provided for the contest. Your best chance of achieving your goal comes from first understanding the qualifications and making sure you meet them. A good first step is to be aware of the reason for involvement of the Aim Magazine Short Story Contest and their reason for offering the Short Story Contest. After making sure you satisfy the prerequisites, make sure you have a reasonable chance to obtain the contest. After figuring out that you have the possibility of actually being awarded the Short Story Contest, then you should fill out an application.
An important detail of working toward obtaining the contest is filling out the application correctly. Applications can sometimes be lengthy and tedious, but you shouldn't underestimate how important it is that you fill out the application accurately. It would be awful to be bumped as the result of something that could have been avoided.
Once the application is sent off, it's important to know when the Short Story Contest confers the award and distributes the resources so you'll be aware of whether or not it is possible to rely on the contest to help meet any bills associated with your education and its personal usefulness, since there might be constraints on what bills you can pay with the Short Story Contest. Recently it has become more burdensome to find ways to manage all of your financial needs, and getting the Short Story Contest to defray some of the costs can make things much easier. If you are not fortunate to receive the Short Story Contest, try not to be upset, search for additional contests and your persistence may be rewarded.