Hub City Press

The C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize includes $5,000 and book publication for a debut book of short fiction.

Submitters must currently reside in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia or West Virginia and have resided there for a minimum of 24 consecutive months.

Submitters may have only one previously published book, and must not have published a collection of stories. (Any book with an ISBN, self-published and chapbooks included, qualify as previous publications, as do second books under contract at the time of submission.)


Submitters must not be affiliated with Hub City Press or Hub City Writers Project as a staff member or volunteer or as previously published Hub City author. Close friends, relatives, students or former students of the final judge are not eligible.

C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize

The manuscript must be between 140 and 220 pages (double spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman or similar typeface) and include no fewer than six stories.

C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize

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