Deadline: 5 May 2011
2011 Short Story Contest for Speculative Fiction
IFWA, Calgary's Imaginative Fiction Writers Association invites you to submit your original written works of speculative fiction to our 2011 short story contest In Places Between. We have Adult and Student categories.
IFWA will hold the contest in conjunction with the new When Words Collide speculative fiction convention to promote the writing and enjoyment of popular fiction in all its forms.
Contest Rules and Requirements
* Deadline May 5, 2011
* No contest entry fee
* Eligible writers are not SFWA eligible (not professional writers)
* Two categories to enter: the Main Division and the Student Division
* Eligible writers for the Student Division must be enrolled in a high school during the August 2010 - July 2011 school year.
* Short stories of up to 5,000 words maximum for the Main Division; 3,000 for the Student Division
* Story must be speculative, which may include Science Fiction, Horror, or Fantasy.
* Two submissions per entrant maximum.
* Competition format - for print submissions, a separate first page that includes the author's name, address, email and phone with the word count and title of the story. The actual story will have no author information included, so that we can do blind judging. The name of the story should be in the header on each page, and the pages should be numbered. For electronic submissions, please email a .txt version of the story to ipb dot contest (at) gmail dot com
* Mail entries (with SASE) to:
In Places Between,
PO Box 31014,
Bridgeland PO,
112, 4 Street NE,
Calgary AB T2E 0C0
* Stories are judged on a combination of factors, including professional presentation, originality, ingenuity, entertainment factor, character, plot, spelling, grammar, and other authorial skills.
All stories will be read and rated to provide the top five stories. All remaining submissions will be returned via a SASE to the authors (electronically if possible) along with a short critique of the work with notes as to where certain improvements could be made. Mark the manuscript disposable if all you want is the critique mailed back to you (fewer stamps).
Prizes ($CDN)
Main Division:
$125.00 - First place
$100.00 - Second place
$75.00 - Third place
$25.00 - Honorable mentions (2)
Student Division:
$75.00 - First place
$50.00 - Second place
$35.00 - Third place
$20.00 - Honorable mentions (2)
The top ten authors should contact us about day passes to the convention if they want to attend, if they are not already going.
The top five stories in each division will be included in the annual In Places Between Short Story chapbook publication. A copy of this publication will be provided to each of the top ten authors.
Contact
For additional information or to advertise with In Places Between, please feel free to contact IFWA President, Michael Gillett at michaelgillett (at) shaw dot ca
More information here.
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