The Quarry Press
The Price to Witness
A literary contest
Write a story about a secret kept
Due by midnight on June 30
Submit a Story
A Story Must Tell Change
We don't judge on structure. We don't reward adherence to three acts or penalize unconventional form. We ask one question: did something shift?
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
Six words. No exposition, no rising action, no clever language — and yet the world has moved. That is story.
Why This Exists
The Quarry is a forcing function — a monthly prompt, a real deadline, and feedback on every submission. Actual notes on craft, structure, and voice.
The best stories get published. The year's best work becomes an anthology.
Five dollars to enter. See you on the first.
— Jonathan