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Sharpen your pencils and dust off those keyboards! The next writing contest is at hand!
Up to 50 entrants will be allowed to compete for fabulous prizes.
No entry fee required.
The theme?
Short Stories!
The last contest had a brutal word restriction of just 500 words, so this time I’m throwing in another thousand and allowing stories up to 1500 words. I am nothing if not generous, right?;)
Now for the twist!
Each story must use one of the following prompts as the basis of their story:
Prompt One: Suitcase
Prompt Two: Landscape
Prompt Three: City View
Prompt Four: Knight
Interpret these scenes however you’d like. Pay no attention to the title as far as your writing. I labelled them only for reference purposes.
Guidelines are as follows:
1. Must have at least one self-published book (please provide a link in your e-mail)
2. Must be a subscriber to the quarterly Amid the Imaginary newsletter published through Fine Fables Press
3. Story must be 1500 words or less and in one of the genres of the blog–Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Paranormal, Dystopian, Steampunk. (I’ll allow Horror this time as well, just to include all the subcategories in Speculative fiction.)
4. One entry per person and once submitted the entrant cannot resubmit
5. Story format should be in PDF: Please also title your story, indicate which prompt you’re using by its label, the genre, and include your name in the document (not just the e-mail).
DEADLINE to submit: Noon, 12:00 pm (U.S. Central Standard Time) on Sunday, November 1st. No exceptions.
Email your submission to FineFablesPress@gmail.com, Subject: Writing Contest Submission
Be sure to adhere to the guidelines listed above as it may impact the judgement of your entry if you do not.
On to the good part!
This writing contest is sponsored by Tweet Your Books: Effective Twitter book promotion for authors.
They Tweet your book, blog or author website to 550,000 select and genuine users: readers, editors, publishers & writers who follow them on their Twitter accounts.
1st Place
- Sponsored Prize: 30 Day Set & Forget Package: a minimum of 7 Tweets per day for 30 days.
- Winning story published in the Amid the Imaginary newsletter and on the blog’s website.
- Author Interview published on Amid the Imaginary blog
- 30 day listing on the blog’s “Featured Authors” page with book cover image of one of the author’s books, including purchase and website links.
2nd Place
- Honorable mention in the Amid the Imaginary newsletter and story published on the blog
- Author Interview published on Amid the Imaginary blog
- 30 day listing on the blog’s “Featured Authors” page with book cover image of one of the author’s books, including purchase and website links.
3rd Place
- Honorable mention in the Amid the Imaginary newsletter and story published on the blog
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- 30 day listing on the blog’s “Featured Authors” page with book cover image of one of the author’s books, including purchase and website links.
Contest Judges:
- The Commander at Planetary Defense Command
- Molly Z.: An avid reader of speculative fiction and a fan of self-published authors
- And yours truly, your friendly neighborhood Hawaiian girl
We’re looking forward to reading your entries!
Please remember to carefully review the guidelines above. We’ll accept the first 50 submissions, and once again, that deadline to submit is 12:00pm (U.S. Central Standard Time) on Sunday, November 1st, 2015.
Questions? Please comment on this post or on the Facebook announcement so everyone can see the answers. Technical difficulties? Then e-mail the question to me directly at FineFablesPress@gmail.com
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So. As I scrolled and scrolled and couldn’t find where to sign up, I screamed as I woke from the nightmare I’d had for the last week. I was drenched in my own cuppa hot cocoa, sitting at the puter. …
Oh, so, click on the title, huh? Easey Peasey!
If you haven’t guessed yet, I’m in. Guess I won’t get to use the title I’d been thinking on for this, “Midnight Margaritas.”
*sidesteps back to the computer console and begins pounding away*
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Haha, too funny! “Midnight Margaritas” is an awesome title. It also sounds great as something to actually do.
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Ugh! I’ve gotten 2 paragraphs done! 😦 Panicking … !
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Push through the pain! You can do it!!
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Sorry to have missed the entry date. Craziness continues on it’s on itinerary. The car died causing a domino effect.
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It happens, no worries! Another is coming soon:)
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TY.
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Reblogged this on Barbarian Writer and commented:
This sounds like a great opportunity!
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How do we know when you’ve received the 50th submission? I wouldn’t want to frantically type up the story in my head and then be the 51st entry!
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Good question, but not to worry. I would definitely post notification of that. And there’s still space open for entries!
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Still accepting entries? I don’t suppose we could get you to bump that word count up by 500 words? 🙂
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Yes, still accepting entries! I’m afraid the word count is firm though. Cut and tweak it to 1500, girl!
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Also, how are you counting words. If our word processing program says its 1500, is that good enough? Thanks for running this fun contest.
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If your program says it’s 1500, that’s fine. I’m looking forward to reading them all!
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Hi. Submitted my story, but did not get a confirmation email. Should I be concerned? Thanks!
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Yes, I’ve received your story and just sent a reply. I see it came in late last night. I try to reply to things as soon as I can but appreciate your patience. This thing isn’t automated and is run by a one woman crew.
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