A fun announcement to kickoff the weekend. Dragons, Knights, and Angels magazine is holding a short fiction contest. It’s been open a little over a week now, and you can submit an entry until midnight of April 10th. There is both a small entry fee ($5), but a decent set of prizes. 4k max word count, all entries speculative fiction of some sort. This publication is also
First Prize: $60.00 and publication in DKA. And a bonus software prize: Character Creation for the Plot-First Novelist complete bundle (includes system and CharPick, Windows only), writing resources created by former NavPress and Realms editor Jeff Gerke of WhereTheMapEnds.Com.
Second Prize: $30.00 and publication in DKA. Also a bonus software prize: Character Creation for the Plot-First Novelist (system only)
Two Honorable Mentions: $20.00 each and publication in DKA. A singular bonus software prize: CharPick
I haven’t used any of those programs, so I can’t vouch for them either way, but I have used cash before and can attest to the joy of being able to pay for lunch. So, take that for what it’s worth.
Ah, yes. There is something of a theme. Two of them, actually, so take your pick.
1. Secrets
2. New Life
Whatever story you submit must also fall in line with DKA’s mission statement, seeing as it is a Christian publication (this is a good example of researching the guidelines before submitting to a market). I’m going to try and enter, though I am in the throes of finalizing the first draft of my latest novel, so if I can splice my attention away from that enough for the contest, then so shall it be. Otherwise, I will of course cheer for those who claim those prizes. Could it be any of you?
I see that smile.