Underdog Authors
Underdog Authors, cameoOur mission is to champion underdog authors - the writers who haven’t had their shot yet. We’re here to provide a platform that makes emerging writers feel seen, supported, and celebrated.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 17 | Founded | 7 months ago | Last Issue | 23 days ago |
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April's Winning Story: The Golden Ratio by I.P.
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I have been here longer than you have had words.
Before the first human pressed a hand against stone and thought: beautiful. Before the first eye followed the curl of a shell and felt, without knowing...
March's Winning Story: Bloom and Shadow by Walter Cartier
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Trigger warnings: profanity, threat of danger, knife and gun violence, murder, gambling.
The dice hit the table like loose teeth.
They spun across the synthetic felt, rattling over a stain that looked suspiciously like drie...
Win a professional editing package!
Every winner of the Underdog Authors Free Writing Competition receives a professional editing package with Cameo Editing!
We pledge to publish 120 writers over the next 10 years if we manage to reach 200,000 paid subscribers in the first 1...
February's Winning Story: The Captain of the Gruesome Maiden By Melissa Lacy
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Trigger warnings: profanity, threat of danger, violence and murder, grief, isolation.
Carmine’s ship was trying to kill her. Yesterday, if asked, she would have said the same thing with a slight uptilt to her voice, a questi...
We want to support 120 new writers
Calling all writers
Hi! We’re Underdog Authors.
We’re a small writing community that runs a free monthly writing competition, built for writers who haven’t had their shot yet.
What makes our competition different is:
We cap it at 25...
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Free writing competition & writing community │ Next round: April ✍️ │ Our mission is to champion underdog authors - the writers who haven’t had their shot yet. We’re here to provide a platform that makes writers feel supported and celebrated.
Splitting spines—books and otherwise. Book editor, novelist in progress, tracing the stories we carry in our bodies.
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