Round 3 Submissions Are Closed | Judging Begins
Come discuss your stories from the prompt quest
The submission window for S10 - Round 3 has officially closed. We received 34 eligible entries. Thank you all for contributing. The Lunar Awards wouldn’t exist without your stories, and we look forward to reading them!
The judging period will run from June 1 to June 20, and the winner will be announced on June 26. I’ve included the full schedule for the first half of the year below.
2025 Lunar Awards Schedule
Round One - Fantasy - Hosted by [Complete]
Winner — Skellig by Katharine Kapodistria
Runner-up — Blood and Death by Maximilian P Siddell
Runner-up — The Bard of Bayonne by Jack Massa
Round Two - Horror - Hosted by [Complete]
Winner — Dark Out There by Ashley T.K.
Runner-up — Sticks by Sean Thomas McDonnell
Round Three - Science Fiction - Hosted by [Current]
May 31 - Submissions closed
June 1 - Judging begins
June 20 - Judging concludes
June 26 - Winner and runner-up announced
Part One Concludes
June 30 - Celebration of Part One’s results, writers, and judges
Prompt Quest Discussion
Did you write a story based on one of our two prompts? Here’s your chance to share and talk about it with other community members. If it’s not complete yet, that’s okay, too. Whenever it’s finished, link it in the comments of this post, and we’ll share it at the end of the round.