Our Mission

 

Our mission is to inspire and share our love for storytelling. Since our inception in 2021, we have aimed to create fun and unique prompt-based short story writing competitions that provide a platform for writers to generate new content, win prizes, and gain exposure. We are proud of the wonderful stories that we have had the pleasure of publishing, and the talented writers whose work we have been able to champion.

We also want to use this platform to give all the writers that participate professional constructive criticism on their work. Writers far too often become used to seeing the standard rejection letter stating that their work is not right for any particular agent, publication, etc… with no further explanation, and even more often, writers are met with silence. We want to do our part to change that. The more you write, the better you get, and sometimes you need a push. This is an opportunity to hone your skills, receive constructive criticism on your work, and it is a chance to make money and get published. Someone is going to win.

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Mariana Dávila Moreno

Mariana Dávila Moreno is a writer from Mexico City. She was a finalist in the 8th annual literary contest Juan Rulfo organized by Universidad Iberoamericana. She has been published in the literary magazine Opcion, and in Short Story Anthologies published by Escalante’s Publishing House. She also co-translated Cooling Time, a book of poetry by C.D. Wright. She received her MA from NYU where she studied journalism and creative writing. She received her BA from Universidad Iberoamericana where she studied media and communications. During graduate school she was the Senior Fiction Editor of Caustic Frolic.

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Merick Humbert

Merick Humbert is a writer with an MA from NYU where he studied literature and creative writing at NYU’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He has his BA from Shepherd University where he studied English literature and creative writing with a minor in history. He has been published in university literary magazines and he worked as a Fiction Editor of Caustic Frolic, a literary magazine published through the Experimental Humanities department of NYU’s graduate school. He was also a fiction editor for the literary magazine, Sans Merci.

Additional/Guest Judges - TBD