The Rhiza Edge Short Story Competition for 2025 is now closed!

A new short story competition will open soon. 

New Topic to be announced soon. 

We're looking for short stories with fantasy themes. We are open to stories form urban thorugh to high fantasy with no specific theme except we would like hopeful and encouraging stories for teen readers.

 

 

How to Enter:

Pay the entry fee here.

Complete this form after paying your entry fee: FORM

The form explains where to send your story.

Stories can be of length 1000 to 5000 words and need to be submitted in a word document file type. This word length is strict. We will not be accepting stories over 5000 words.

 

Competition entry fee:

School or Uni Students/Pensioners: 10% discount Use code 10DISC to get the discounted price.

Adult Writers: $20.00 (inc GST) per story

New collection: Opening soon for entries until September 2026

Terms and Conditions Here.

Prize if included:

1 Free copy of the book

PLUS

5 Free copies or $100 value off an appraisal by Wombat/Rhiza

The opportunity to pitch a full manuscript to Wombat/Rhiza

 

To find out about our other short story collections check out these pages:

Crossed Spaces   |   The Opposite of Disappearing   |   Dust Makers   |   Through Their Eyes   |   Stepping Sideways