A Message In A Bottle

Use the picture below to inspire your story.
Where did your character(s) find it? What’s inside?
And what happens after your character(s) discover what’s inside?

Contest Rules…

• Must be a paid SWG Member to enter
• Must be a short story or poem about finding a message in a bottle
• It can be any genre
• No more than 750 words total (not including the title)
• No AI
• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place Winners of the 2025 Fall Contest are not eligible to enter
• Be sure and put your name on the email but not on the story
• Entries must be received no later than 11:59pm on March 31st
• Give your entry a title and email it as an attachment or in the message body to SWGContests@gmail.com
• Prizes: 1st Prize = $75 / 2nd Prize = $50 / 3rd Prize = $25 / Honorable Mention

Entries (In Alphabetical Order)

• A Minute In Time
• A Note
• A Taste of Home
• A Treasure Found, A Promise Kept
• Bob
• Family Cabin
• First Date
• Flowers and Battleships
• Garrett Lealand Hennisee
• Geliebt
• Grandpa’s Medicine
• Green Glass Memories
• Hiding From Him
• Impulse
• Kiss Your Mama
• On The Rocks
• Resonance
• The Bad Luck Bottle
• The Chosen
• The Good Son
• The Man Of The house
• The Sentence
• Written In Time