Short Story Contest vs Short Story Anthology
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Short Story Contest vs Short Story Anthology
But I also have this idea of accepting short story submissions, but instead of publishing them for free viewing, we could compile them into a small anthology to sell it. I'm think about 5 stories total. I think we would primarily sell it as an ebook but we could have a print-on-demand option for anyone who wants a hard-copy. Then I figure each author could get a small cut of the revenue for each book sold. It probably wouldn't be enough to make anyone rich, but I think it is no worse than having a chance at a single small prize.
The second way has more potential but also comes with a chance of failure, failure being that we sell almost no copies of the book. The contest is fairly simple and straightforward, a few people submit their stories and one gets selected as the best and is awarded $25.
My question for you, particularly for the writers on here who would be the ones who may be writing the short stories, is in which would rather participate? A short story contest or a short story anthology?
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