Last Call: Submit Your Essay to the Narratively x Belletrist True Romance Writing Prize!
Want the chance to have Hollywood star Emma Roberts and acclaimed producer Karah Preiss read your essay about love? Submissions for our special collaboration close this Thursday, May 1, at 9 p.m. EDT.
Got an evocative first-person story about love? Don’t we all… If you’ve been thinking about submitting yours to the Narratively x Belletrist True Romance Writing Prize, well, what are you waiting for? You have just a little less than 60 hours to write, edit and get your story in (or, you know, just submit one you’ve already written). The point: You’ve got this — but now’s the time to do it. The deadline to submit is this Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 9 p.m. EDT.
And ICYMI: Actor Emma Roberts — yes, that Emma Roberts! — and acclaimed producer Karah Preiss are going to be judging the contest, as part of a collab with their production company/book club, Belletrist. From Emma herself: “Leave no love story unturned.”
Plus, we will send a $25 Tertulia gift card to spend on any book, or on a Belletrist subscription, to one chosen-at-random lucky winner who “likes” this post. So, like and submit away. The time is now. Head here to learn more about the prize, and then…
We’re looking forward to reading your submissions!
Finally! Just made it under the wire as I submitted a Short Read minutes ago. The only response to my request for help was what I got from you (below). The process was much too complicated for my skill-level. In the "old days" you simply signed into Submittable but now it took you down a convoluted road with questions that made no sense to me (again, apologies for being such a tech-moron; - Substack and all that).
At any case, permit me a platitude: all well that ends well.
I enjoyed my writing.
Thx -
CAMI
May I submit more than one essay? If so, how?