This year's contest benefits Doctors Without Borders. In lieu of collecting reading fees directly, we ask entrants to instead make a $20 donation using the donation widget in the upper right corner of this page. Your donation will serve as your entry fee for this year's contest. Please be sure to read the instructions on the donation page to make sure we can confirm your donation. Complete submission guidelines can be found here.
$75.00 Cash Prize. Publication in upcoming anthology, including three complimentary copies of the anthology.
$50.00 Cash Prize Publication in upcoming anthology, including two complimentary copies of the anthology.
*Open to horror, science fiction, and fantasy genres
*Short stories up to 20,000 words
*Enter as many stories as you want with one donation
*Contest deadline is October 31, 2010
*Winners will be announced in January 2011
*download the complete submission guidelines here
Sponsors:
Special thanks to the following authors, who have graciously donated their books to be included in the Grand Prize package:Krista Ball
William Campbell
David Dalglish
David Derrico
Kevis Hendrickson
Valerie J. Long
C.S. Marks
Frances Pawley
David Niall Wilson
Download the complete list of titles included in the Grand Prize pack here.
*International entrants: Please reference the Amazon.com page regarding Kindle functionality in your country. Bards and Sages is not responsible for functionality of your device or availability of titles on Amazon. Disclaimers: Amazon is not an official sponsor of the 2010 Writing Competition. Kindle graphic used for illustration purposes only. Actual model will be dependent on availability at the time of the award presentation, which will be in January 2011.
