2009
Midnight Hour
Halloween Fiction
Contest

2009 Midnight Hour Halloween Fiction Contest

Do you have a really great ghost tale to tell? Are horror stories your specialty? Maybe you've written a Halloween story that you can't wait to share with the world? Perhaps midnight is just a time of reflection for you and your characters.

Scare us, depress us, inspire us, we don't care, but tell us a great story about what happens in The Midnight Hour. We aren't too strict about word counts, but use 3,500 words as a loose guideline.

Details

Prizes

   First Prize: $500 and publication

   Runner Up: $100 and publication

Deadline

   August 31, 2009

Reading Fee

   Daily Writing Sparks Subscribers: $10

   General Public: $15

Word/Line/Page Limit

   3,500 words

Notification

   October 15, 2009

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Submissions

Step 1

Complete the Entry Form below

Step 2

Make your payment of $15 by Pay Pal.

If the corresponding reading fee is not received (either by PayPal or by mail, your story will not be considered.)

Step 3

Please email your contest entry to: '); document.write(EmailName); document.write(' "at sign" oncewritten.comowcontests "at sign" oncewritten.com.

Residency Requirements

No residency requirements apply; although all winning entries will be paid in U.S. currency. Winning writers MUST be able to accept checks drawn on an American bank OR Pay Pal.

Author Rights

OnceWritten.com does reserve the right to feature winning entries on the website and in publications promoting the website for the lifetime of OnceWritten.com. In the case that the author chooses to later re-print a winning entry in another publication, OnceWritten.com requests that written credit be given. Authors retain all other rights.