Welcome to the Atlantis Short Story
Competition 2012
"I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else.
I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be." -Ken Venturi>> International Call For Entries - Writers from all around the world are welcome <<
1st PRIZE: $300 + IN-DEPTH FEEDBACK
2nd PRIZE: $100 + IN-DEPTH FEEDBACK
3rd PRIZE: $50 + IN-DEPTH FEEDBACK
TOP 15: IN-DEPTH FEEDBACK
TOP 40: NAME AND SHORT STORY'S TITLE POSTED ON WEBSITE***EVERY PARTICIPANT: BRIEF COMMENT AND EVALUATION TABLE (altogether about 1 to 2 pages)***
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As a writer you probably do not get the attention you expect and deserve. It is often the case that the family
and friends do not appreciate your dedication to writing at all.But writers want to be heard, right? Why else should they sit and carefully type each character. Word by Word.
Sentence after sentence. Writing allows you to create entire worlds and therefore it would be a real pity, if nobody got the reading pleasure and the opportunity to proceed your thoughts and ideas.
As an unpublished author of fiction work, it is pretty difficult to actually live long enough to experience your 'lucky break'. Whether you're an unpublished short story writer with the ambition of eventually getting your
work published, or you're an screenwriter, a poet or a playwright, etc. To break in, to get your lucky break without having contacts in the industry, your work of fiction does need to be excellent, otherwise a pitching (brief oral presentation: 'What is your work about?') opportunity is a lost shot.Honest feedback really improves the quality of your work and consequently the chances of being heard.
Our goal is to offer a short story competition that provides insightful feedback that the writer can benefit from.
We want to give everybody the chance to become better, as it does not rarely happen that writers are not ready when the job comes by.
What do you exactly gain by entering the competition?
Every submitted short story is professionally evaluated. The salient point is that we allow you to see what
we think about your short story. We write for every participant's short story a brief, insightful comment
(approx. one page) and include an evaluation table which gives you a quick overview about the strengths and
weaknesses of your work.The Top 3 participants are awarded with cash prizes. (see above)
The Top 15 participants will get in-depth feedback (2 - 4 pages, depends on the story's length).
The Top 15 participants have the option to get their story published on our website.
At the end of the contest the author will be asked, if she/he wants her/his story to
be published on the website.
In the case that the author wants her/his story to be removed from the website later on,
she/he can write us an e-mail to inquiry@atlantis-shortstorycontest.com .
Her/his short story promptly will be removed then.The Top 40 participants will be posted on the website with their story's title, name
(and a sharp two-sentence logline, if they want). The author retains all rights to her/his work.Thank you for visiting the Atlantis Short Story Contest!
