Welcome, Literary Adventurers!
Join Wordcrafters in Eugene for Fiction Fantastic — a young writers’ short fiction contest for Lane County, Oregon, students. All K-12 students in Lane County schools (public, private, online, or home) can enter at no cost.
Prizes and publication await! Enter your story for prizes and a chance to be published in Wordcrafters’ annual Fiction Fantastic anthology!
The 2026 Fiction Fantastic contest is now closed for submissions. Finalists will be announced in April 2026.
Learn more about Fiction Fantastic and how to submit your story:
Latest news
2025 Fiction Fantastic Youth Story Contest Finalists
The finalists of Wordcrafters’ annual Fiction Fantastic youth short story contest have been selected. Fiction Fantastic is a free writing contest open to all students in grades K-12 in Lane County (public, private, charter, and…
2024 Fiction Fantastic contest winners
Congratulations to all the young writers who were finalists in the 2024 Fiction Fantastic young writers contest. Each finalist, and our K-2 author, has their story published in the 2024 anthology: Realm of Forgotten Dreams….