CANNON PUBLISHING 2026 HIGH CALIBER NEW WRITER AWARDS

CANNON PUBLISHING 2026 HIGH CALIBER NEW WRITER AWARDS

Cannon Publishing is happy to announce the 2026 Third Annual High Caliber Awards for new writers!

• AWARDS

- First Prize $250

- Second Prize $150

- Third Prize $100

- Four honorable mention $50 each

- Publication in a contest winners anthology in Spring of 2025, with five free copies to each winner.

- Possibility of working with Cannon to expand your novella concept into a full length novel or even a shared universe. Please send us a complete stand alone story though!

The High Caliber Awards are judged by an independent panel of writers and people in the indie / small press publishing industry.

ACCEPTING WORKS IN THE FOLLOWING GENRES:

 Military Science Fiction

 Military Fantasy

 Military Thriller

 General Science Fiction

 High Fantasy (Tolkien, / Jordan etc)

 Urban Fantasy & Romantasy

 Sword & Sorcery Adventure

• RULES

- Story length 10,000 to 15,000 words.

- Authors themselves must not have been published other than in short story format. This includes self published.

- There are no requirements to fit any demographic as an author or include any specific demographic in the plot. Just tell a good story.

- All work must be human written. Any work that is even suspected of being AI will be rejected out of hand.

• SUBMISSION GUIDELINES (If you can't follow them your entry will not be considered.)

- Submit all stories to contact@cannonpublishing.us (Please send us a preliminary email with intent to submit so we can remind you as the deadline gets close!)

- Email header '2025 High Caliber'

- Word Doc as attachment with story summary in email.

- TNR single space 12 pt

- Link to any Amazon Author Page or social media held by the author.

- Short author bio.

- Must be a previously unpublished work.

- Deadline is December 20th, 2024

- Feel free to send an "Intent to submit" email to contact@cannonpublishing.us and we'll send you a reminder of the deadline a few weeks out.

• PUBLISHING DETAILS

- Cannon Publishing will own exclusive publishing rights for one year. After one year author and Cannon will share rights.

- Cannon Publishing will hold no rights to creative concept, characters or universes.

- Cannon Publishing will offer signed contracts for publication in Awards Anthology.

Cannon Publishing is a veteran owned Indie press specializing in developing new authors and telling great stories. We have several highly praised series and shared universes, good sales and a lot of great ratings. The CEO is himself a two time Dragon Award finalist and a pretty dang good writer.

P.S. Please don't write in present tense. Just don't.