FALL
2002

flashquake Contest

Ring In the New Year With a Flash!

 

Ring In the New Year With a Flash! Photo of an elegantly dressed art doll.

In the spirit of the new year, we are running a fiction contest for original, unpublished works short stories 500 words or less in length.

To be eligible, at least part of the story must take place at midnight on New Year's Eve — any year, any location, any universe.

The contest will open on November 1, 2002 and will close on November 30, 2002.

Special consideration will be given to those stories that are complete, exhibit originality and incorporate a twist of some kind.

PRIZES

First place — $100
Second place — $75
Third place — $50
Fourth place — $40
Fifth place — $30

And five honorable mentions — $25 each

HOW TO ENTER

  1. Prepare your story as PLAIN TEXT. Paste it into an e-mail message. Entries with spelling, grammar or punctuation errors and extra funky characters may be disqualified without notice. WE WILL NOT OPEN ATTACHMENTS.

    For further information about submitting plain text, please refer to our regular submission guidelines.

  2. Label your message "CONTEST ENTRY: Your Name."

  3. Be sure to include your real name, your mailing address and your e-mail address in your e-mail. Also include a brief (100 word maximum) biography.

  4. Send your entry to:


    To qualify, your entry must be received by midnight, PST, on November 31, 2002.

NOTE: Failure to follow ALL of the contest guidelines will disqualify your entry.

Winners will be notified by December 20. If you do not hear from us by December 21, you can assume that your entry was NOT a winner. Please note that editorial comments will not be provided for contest submissions.

Winning entries (all 10 of them) will be published in a special January 1, 2003 supplement published on the flashquake site. Also included in the supplemental issue will be stories on the contest theme by flashquake's editors.

If your story is selected, flashquake seeks first North American electronic rights to publish it in our supplemental issue, which will remain current on our site until March 1, 2003. After March 1, 2003, your story will be moved to our online archives, where it will remain unless we receive a request from you to remove it from our archives any time after March 1, 2003.

The title art for this page was adapted from a photograph of an art doll by Selkie Whitebear taken by Roger Paris.

 

  
 

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