Previous Awards Archives - Uncharted

Humor Challenge

This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted and trusted us with your writing! We’re going to try something funny with our next challenge! We want to give writers the chance to bring on the humor.  You’re cordially invited to submit to the Humor Challenge from April 03 to April 13, 2025. […]

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Butterfly Effect Challenge

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUBMISSIONS. For this challenge Voyage YA by Uncharted welcomes authors to submit their fiction and creative nonfiction as it pertains to the butterfly effect. The butterfly effect is when something small creates much larger effects, rippling across time and terrain in unexpected ways. (Read more here!)  […]

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Horror Challenge

This challenge is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted. We will have the results in the next 10-14 weeks. It’s time for our horror writers to send us something that has us reaching for the light switch, making our hearts race, and scaring us so much that we see the world in a […]

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YA OPEN

This contest is now closed. Thank you for your submissions! Voyage YA by Uncharted is pleased to announce our newest contest, the YA OPEN, judged by Voyage editors. Send us your wildest, most electric YA prose. We want to see drama, enigma, and tension. Your prose should glimmer with energy, with passion in every sentence. […]

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Refractions: Uncharted Magazine’s Genre Flash Fiction Prize

This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted. We’re excited to read your flash fiction! It’s time to write short at Uncharted Magazine! We want your stories of 1,500 words or fewer in all of our genres! So sharpen those pencils and flex those fingers. We’re excited to offer the winner of […]

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Through the Looking Glass Challenge

CONTEST NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING. For this 20-day challenge Voyage YA by Uncharted is looking for young adult fiction that reinvents reality. Whether your work takes us all the way to another world or simply holds a warped mirror up to the ordinary, we want to see writing that contorts existence into something […]

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Uncharted Magazine Cinematic Short Story Contest

Closed Thank you to everyone who submitted to this contest! We’ll have a longlist in the next 12-14 weeks. We can’t wait to see what you sent! We invite writers to submit to the Uncharted Magazine Cinematic Short Story Contest from April 14 to June 16, 2024. This award is for all of our genres: […]

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Romance Challenge

Closed! Thank you to everyone who submitted. We have a cadre of readers who are excited to review these submissions! Our editors will choose a longlist, shortlist, and a winner in the next 10-12 weeks. Thank you for trusting us with your writing! In our newest writing challenge, Uncharted invites all writers to submit their […]

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Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Prize Judged by Keshe Chow

Now closed. Thank you to everyone who trusted us with their novel excerpts! We’re excited to journey to your inspired worlds! We invite writers to submit to the Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Prize from January 8 to March 10, 2024. Each year, novel excerpt submissions are some of our readers’ and editors’ favorite narratives to […]

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Young Adults Write YA Contest

This contest is now closed. Thank you for your submissions! Young Adult literature is a cutting-edge and captivating genre, beloved by authors who choose to write for teens. YA authors build mesmerizing worlds that fascinate young, curious minds. In turn, YA is devoured by its target audience—young people who crave excitement, adventure, love, and acceptance. […]

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