Hey all, there’s a new contest coming up, and quick. If you’ve followed this blog much, you’ve likely heard of the Clarity of Night blog short fiction contests. These contests are based on a photo provided by Jason Evans, and have been heavily attended for the past few years. The basic requirement is a story in 250 words, based on the photo Evans posts. Then there are numerous prizes, including Amazon.com gift certicates, Honorable mentions, and Reader’s choices.
Here is the photo for this time around:
For this contest, there is also a co-host, Jaye Wells, who published the debut novel Red-Headed Stepchild, which is also a prize in this contest. \
Here are the official details:
THE CONTEST WILL OPEN ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2009.
Now, down to business. Here’s how the contest works. Using the photograph above for inspiration, compose a short fiction (or poetry) piece of no more than 250 words in any genre or style. After the contest opens, send your entry to me by email at jevanswriter at yahoo dot com before 11:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 15th (Eastern Time, United States). I’d prefer attachments formatted in Microsoft Word or Word Perfect (please see the format request below), but if you have something more exotic, you can paste the text into the body of an email. Each entry will be posted and indexed.
Now for the goodies. The following prizes are up for grabs:
- 1st Place: $50 Amazon gift certificate and a signed copy of RED-HEADED STEPHCHILD
- 2nd Place: $30 Amazon gift certificate
- 3rd Place: $25 Amazon gift certificate
- 4th Place: $20 Amazon gift certificate
- 5th Place: $15 Amazon gift certificate
- Readers’ Choice Award 1st Place: $30 Amazon Gift certificate and a signed copy of RED-HEADED STEPCHILD
For more rules and details, check out the official posting: http://clarityofnight.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-vino-veritas-truth-in-wine-short.html
I look forward to seeing all your entries. Post a comment here when you enter so we can check it out.
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