The Spokane Prize for Short Fiction is open for submissions. Send them your previously unpublished manuscript of at least three short stories and a minimum of 98 pages for a chance at publication and a $2000 prize. The deadline is June 15th, 2020. 

Each year the finalist is selected by a guest judge. Past judges have included Alexis Smith, Molly Giles, and Sharma Shields.Previous winners include Valerie Vogrin, Dariel Saurez, Jaclyn Watterson, and Glori Simmons.

Willow Springs Books is a non-profit, student-run literary press based out of Eastern Washington University’s MFA in Creative Writing. Each year, they publish the Spokane Prize in Short Fiction, a surrealist poetry chapbook, and a poetry anthology.