Prior to entering:

1. Review the complete contest guidelines prior to entering.   https://www.kansasauthorsclub.org/adult-literary-contest-guidelines.html
2. Make sure that your manuscript is double-spaced and in a standard 12 point font, and
3. is no longer than 1,500 words
4. Your name should NOT appear on the manuscript or in the file name of the document you submit.
   

Short Story (fiction) - Limit 1,500 words. An invented narrative shorter than a novel but with a fully developed theme, usually including only a few characters involved in the plot. All genres are allowed.