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Hollowpoint Press is excited to announce the shortlist for
The 300 Project: The Gathering
Contest.
We received hundreds of incredible stories, and it was a true pleasure to read the amazing work that came in. The range of imagination, emotion, originality, and craft made this contest an inspiring experience from beginning to end. Selecting the shortlist was no easy task, and we are deeply grateful to every writer who shared their work with us.
We are proud to congratulate the following writers whose stories have been selected for the shortlist:
Shortlist:
Zacheriah Tucker: Crystalline Concerto
Valeriy Shunkov: Dinner
Sarah Senft: Mouse
Sara Martinez: The Offering
Rahil Zabihi: Mahsima
Phillip Henneberry: All Together Now
Miguel Gaspar: Grave-Dancing Feastings
Laura Shell: The Flower
Kiki Strand: The Audacity of Gnomes
Kamran Connelly: They Just Keep Coming
John RC Potter: Secret Agent SbD
James Huss: Hitlerstein
Dawn Miller: At Midnight, We Gather Behind the Dark Cabin
Colin Linder: Seventeen Months
Camilla Salemi: Weight Your Words
Congratulations to each of the shortlisted writers. Your work stood out among a remarkable field of submissions, and we are thrilled to recognize your creativity, talent, and storytelling.
The winners of The 300 Project: The Gathering Contest will be announced on
Saturday, July 25th, 2026.
Honourable mentions selected for publication will be announced soon.
Thank you to everyone who submitted and helped make this contest such a success. Hollowpoint Press is honoured to celebrate and support such a vibrant community of writers.
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Visual Arts
1st Place: Eman Shumail
2nd Place: Edward Michael Supranowicz
3rd Place: Nicky O'Connell
Issue 01: First Strike
To our Community of Creators,
It is with immense pleasure that we announce the culmination of our first call for submissions. The response to 'First Strike' was overwhelming, both in quantity and quality. Reading and viewing your varied interpretations of this theme has been a highlight for our editorial team. We are honoured to facilitate a platform for such diverse and outstanding talent.
May 2026 marks a significant milestone as we grow from a vision into a vibrant home for indie authors and artists.
Visual Arts:
Matsubara K.
Flash Fiction:
Quid Pro Quo by E.P Lande
Front Line by Apurba Karmakar
Chicago, Illinois by JED
The Tip of the Spear by Aodh Alexander
Aboard Empire Cruise Lines by Chris Corlew
Let Us Know What You Think of the Remains by Matt P. Marinovich
Getting Better at It by Niles Reddick
Crossings by Pat Saunders
Dangerous Animals by Adele Evershed
AVAILABLE NOW!
Honourable Mentions
Flash Fiction:
Decayed by Chaimae Belahrache
Research Subjects Wanted by John Dennis
Loss of Signal by John Sloan
Slowly by Kenneth M. Kapp
Blóðughadda by Nico Vergara
From the Window by Paul Wiklanski
Alone by Alexandra Henry
299 Missed Calls by Clay Anderson
The Fifth by David I. Hughes
Antichrist Superstar by Kamran Connelly
Awakening by Leigh A. Schmidt
Bang, Bang, Bang by Richard Hurst
Sit by T. Morrow
First Strike by Atlas Wilder
Flash Fiction
1st Place: The Taking Season, by Abbey Goscinski
2nd Place: Milk, by Andrei Romanov
3rd Place: The Exact Second It Became Irreversible, by Isabel Fontes
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