This study aimed to find out: (1) the effectiveness of the story writing map strategy, (2) the effectiveness of the guided writing procedure (GWP) strategy, and (3) which one was more effective of the two strategies in the learning of short story writing for the students of SMA Negeri 1 Saluputti, Tana Toraja Regency. This was a quasi-experimental study in which the dependent variable was the students’ short story writing ability and the independent variable was the story writing map and guided writing procedure (GWP) strategies. The research design was the pretest-posttest control group design. There were three groups consisting of two experimental groups and one control group randomly selected. The research subjects were Grade X students of SMA Negeri 1 Saluputti, Tana Toraja Regency. The data collecting instrument was a short story writing skill test. A test was administered to the experimental and control groups. with reliability= 0.609. While the analysis of data using one way anova. The results showed (1) strategy of story writing folders effectively used in learning to write short stories, (2) strategy guided writing procedure (GWP) is effectively used in learning to write short stories, (3) strategies story writing map more effective use than strategy guided writing procedure in learning to write short stories.