Submissions

Submissions

Submissions are open for our 2025 contest.

2025 Contest

Guidelines for the E. Ethelbert Miller Poetry Prize, Sidd Finch Fiction Prize, and Jackie Mitchell Creative Nonfiction Prize are below. Submissions will reopen in October.

The Twin Bill‘s annual contest for best baseball fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry will open for submissions on October 1. Winners will receive $100 and an engraved baseball trophy. The runner-up in each category will receive $50 and will be published in our January 31 issue.

All submissions are $10 and will be considered for the contest and the Opening Day issue. Please don’t have your name anywhere on the document.

Please read below for more information on each category.

Sidd Finch Fiction Prize

We are interested in short stories up to roughly 5,000 words. We are looking for writing that displays a strong personal style and a connection to the game of baseball. Most of all, we are excited by stories that situate baseball in a broader context, beyond the action of an individual game or at-bat. The more surprising connection to baseball, the better.

Jackie Mitchell Creative Nonfiction Prize

Creative Nonfiction at The Twin Bill is a place for true stories, boldly told. We’re looking for pieces that tell a story and show growth or change, not recapping a game or moment, but putting it into a broader personal context. Jerry Grillo will be guest judging and the two winners will also receive a copy of his book.

E. Ethelbert Miller Poetry Prize

Please send up to five poems.

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