ChiZine Publications (CZP) is an independent publisher of weird, surreal, subtle, and disturbing dark literary fiction hand-picked by Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi, Bram Stoker Award-winning editors of ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words.
About the Rannu Fund
Founded July 8, 2008 by Sandra Kasturi and Brett Alexander Savory, co-publishers of ChiZine Publications and ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in honour of the thirtieth wedding anniversary of Sandra's mother and step-father, and their contributions to the arts and education both in Canada and Estonia.
The Fund, brought to you in collaboration with ChiZine Publications, offers two awards per year of $500 CDN each, one for fiction, one for poetry, granted to two writers of speculative literature (i.e., science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, surrealism, etc.), of any nationality/place of residence, at any stage of their career.
The next round of submissions for this award will be accepted between November 15, 2010 and (New extended deadline) January , 31 2011. The winners will be announced May 15, 2011.
Entry Rules
Submit entries WITHIN THE BODY OF YOUR E-MAIL to:
rannufund@gmail.comABSOLUTELY NO ATTACHMENTS. Your submission will be deleted unread.
PLEASE NOTE: All entries in both fiction and poetry MUST be "speculative literature" in content; in other words: science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, alternate history, steampunk, etc. Non-genre entries will be automatically disqualified, and will not receive a refund.
All entries must be in English. If writing in a language other than English, please provide a translation.
Poetry Award: $500 prize
-submit up to 5 poems (unpublished work), not to exceed 10 pages
-single-spaced
-plain text format
- _underlines_ to mark bold or italics
-include name, address, telephone number and e-mail address
-include a one-paragraph biographyFiction Award: $500 prize
-submit one short story or a novel excerpt (unpublished work) of no more than 7,000 words
-double-spaced
-if submitting a novel excerpt, include a brief synopsis
-plain text format
- _underlines_ to mark bold or italics
-include name, address, telephone number and e-mail address
-include a one-paragraph biography
Two Honourable Mentions in each category will win $50.
PLEASE NOTE that all judging will be blind.
Submission period: November 15, 2010 - January 31, 2011
Winners announced: May 15, 2011
Payment:
$10.00 CDN or U.S. fee per entry.
$15.00 CDN or U.S. to enter both fiction and poetry categories.