Please read the following contest information and guidelines before submitting.

Submissions Open: July 14, 2025
Submission Deadline: October 12, 2025 at 11:59 pm (GMT)
Shortlist Announced: November 10, 2025
Winners Announced: December 8, 2025

Prizes and Benefits: 

• One winner will be awarded $250 (CAD) for one short story.
• Two runners-up will be awarded $50 (CAD) for one short story each.
• All three stories will be featured on our website and published in our print anthology – Harvest Moon Volume Two (September 2026).
• The winner and runners-up will each receive a free contributor copy of Harvest Moon Volume Two.

All entries will be considered for regular publication on our website and in our print anthology.

Entry Fees:

• Canadian (citizen or resident): $5 (CAD) per submission
• International: $8 (CAD) per submission
• Full Moon Members: FREE first submission. Members also enjoy:
  • access to our entire online artwork, fiction, and poetry archive;
  • access to exclusive content (interviews, book reviews, newsletters, and more);
  • a digital subscription to Harvest Moon;
  • 20% off purchase of Harvest Moon (Print Edition); and
  • other benefits (TBA).

Become a Full Moon Member for only $9 (CAD) per year!

​​Submission Eligibility and Guidelines:

• Submissions must be made online, through our website, via the appropriate forms.
• Work must be previously unpublished (previous publication includes any appearance in print or online, including magazines, anthologies, chapbooks, books, websites, blogs, social media, newspapers, newsletters, etc.).
• We do not accept AI-generated content.
• Max word count: 2,500
• File format: .docx or PDF only
• Manuscripts must be in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced, and paginated.
• Entrant’s name must not appear on the short story manuscript.
• Simultaneous submissions are accepted, however we asked to be notified immediately if the submission is accepted elsewhere.
  • Refunds are not provided for withdrawn submissions.
  • If a submission is shortlisted, the author will be asked to withdraw all simultaneous submissions to other publications. All shortlisted submissions not selected as the winner or a runner up will be offered online publication on MoonLitGetaway.com.
• Multiple submissions are accepted, but each must be made as a separate submission with a separate payment.

Failure to comply with contest submission guidelines will immediately disqualify any entry, regardless of when the ineligibility is discovered in the process of adjudication.

The entry fee for a disqualified submission will not be refunded.​

Selection: 

• MoonLit Getaway’s editorial team selects and forwards a shortlist to the contest judge.
• The contest judge selects a winner and two runners-up.
• Entrant’s anonymity is preserved throughout the selection process.

Contest Judge: Elysia Rourke ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​