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Nick Mendillo's avatar

Strange Pilgrims is like a newborn baby who came out as a grown-ass man. Only around for six months? Y'all are boomin

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okay can I make this a tshirt?

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depends on the contest results :)

jk - shirts and koozies for everyone!

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hahaha 💙💙 thank you Nick!

David Perlmutter's avatar

Wonderful news!

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Thank you David!

Alea Quiles's avatar

Amazing news! Congratulations on your success!

Is there a theme to the stories and/or essays?

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Thank you Alea! And nope, no theme...write about anything and/or everything!

Kathryn Burnett's avatar

Just to clarify - is this an international comp? :-)

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International and galactic yep! 💙🪐

andrea tode's avatar

Hi! Are previously published stories (published in print) allowed?

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hi andrea, i'll update this in the guidelines, but for this prize we only accept previously unpublished works though work published previously on social media or your own website/Substack/blog is totally fine!

Olivia Moon 🌙's avatar

This sounds amazing! Is work we've submitted for other contests, but not published, eligible? ☺️

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1000% !! Thank you Olivia 💙

Kate Lightstone's avatar

Hey all!

Is the submission deadline Aug 31 at midnight? or some other time on the 31st?

L. Blair Rosenbaum's avatar

I have the same question. Have you learned the time/timezone for the deadline?

Marjan Ippel's avatar

Weird question: submissions only in English? 😅

Dee Glazer's avatar

Submitted! This is the first time I've submitted a personal essay rather than a poem or artwork, so I feel very accomplished to have even done it- and therefore, already satisfied. Thanks for hosting this!

Brandon Rich's avatar

Classic procrastinator question, but is the submission window open until 11:59 on the 31st?

Jaime Gill's avatar

Are multiple entries allowed? And do people who are already subscribers also get a subscription bump?

The Writing Cave's avatar

This is making me want to write a story again ✍️😍

Jack Palim's avatar

"All submitted work is considered for publication in Strange Pilgrims" - does this mean that even stories that don't win the prize might be published in the magazine? Thank you!

Audacity Ledger's avatar

Hi. Please delete this after you read it: you have a typo on your awards page!

https://submissions.strangepilgrims.com/prize

Third line: "Transparency & Disclaimers."

You're missing an S on disclaimers.

Happens to us all.

-gary

Audacity Ledger's avatar

Hi. Can I submit more than one short story, or just one entry? I have a few ideas knocking around.

Taylor V. Card's avatar

Hello! Excited about this contest - I am wondering if I can submit to it if I have an open submission with you from March, or if I need to wait for the next one? Thanks so much in advance :)