Cthulhu Mythos Fiction Contest
by carnage_lee on Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:35 pm
To celebrate Play@Yog-Sothoth's third anniversary and to promote out new (Fan-) Fiction forums we've decided to run an original Mythos fiction competition. A panel of judges will select at least five pieces from those received as finalists for the sites members to vote as the winning piece. The competition is open until 31st December, with the finalists announced by the end of January and voting during February. We'll publish all entries in the new forums.
So get writing!
Here's the rules:
The competition is open to original and unpublished short Cthulhu Mythos fiction pieces not to exceed 5000 words.
Entries outside the word limitation will be disregarded.
One entry permitted per author.
All entries must be in English, original, unpublished, and not submitted elsewhere until the winners are announced.
Play@YSDC reserves the one-time publication rights of all entrants - a submitted entry assumes you agree to this.
Entrants retain reprint and copy rights to their work.
Entries must be submitted electronically (via email), either in the form of a plain text file, a Microsoft Word document or standard PC-compatible email body text to
fictioncontest@callofcthulhu.org.uk by midnight (GMT) December 31st 2008 with subject line reading: Play@YSDC Mythos Fiction Contest 2008
Make sure to include the title and word count of your piece.
All successful entries will be published on the Play@YSDC website.
Submissions will be disregarded if they breach existing copyright.
Judging will be based on the emailed submission, do not submit more than once. Judges will agree a finalist shortlist of at least five entries for final voting by the members of the Play@YSDC site.
Finalists will be notified by email will commencing 1st February 2009. The overall winner (by member vote) by the end of February 2009.
Judges, Administrators of Play@YSDC and members of their immediate family are not permitted to enter the competition.
