| Annual
Summer Short Story Contest
Best New Sci-Fi & Fantasy for
2004
 Thank
you for your interest in participating in our Short Story Contest.
Download the Entry
Form (PDF format—Adobe
Reader required) and return it with your submission. Below are
the complete contest guidelines and submission information. If you
have any questions, please e-mail
us. Good luck!
Thanks for entering.
The contest has ended.
Judging:
Patti
Flinn, Author of The List
Omavi
Victorine, Poetry/Fiction Author and Founder, Central
Ohio Black Writers
Prizes (any
prize may be refused):
- First Place: $500; Presence in and free
copy of Best New Sci-Fi &
Fantasy of 2004; conventional publishing contract
(to be published by June 30, 2005)
- Second Place: $250; Presence in and free
copy of Best New Sci-Fi &
Fantasy of 2004; Free Bronze
Self-Publishing Plan
- Third Place: $100; Presence in and free
copy of Best New Sci-Fi &
Fantasy of 2004; Free Bronze
Self-Publishing Plan
- 16 Honorable Mentions: Presence in Best
New Sci-Fi & Fantasy of 2004
Winners to be notified by June 30, 2004. Winners list to
be posted on the Gom Publishing website. To request a list
of winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Gom
Publishing up to 12 months following the contest end.
Royalties: Equally shared among all 20 placed
authors.
Rights: Writer's retain all rights to their
works. Winners simply grant Gom Publishing, LLC, the right
to include the short story in Best
New Sci-Fi & Fantasy of 2004.
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Below are some good resources for writers entering contests:
Contest
Tip Sheet
How
to Win a Writing Contest
Short-Story
Competitions - Increase Your Chances of Winning
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And the Winners Are...
First Place:
The Disposition of Astrea by Susan Morgan
Second Place:
The Tome of the Time Siege by Joshua Babcock
Third Place:
The Beast of Bridgemere by Susan Fry
Honorable Mentions:
Ordinary Day by Joe Weinberg
Ten Percent by Darcy Nybo
Waiting by Gary Sapp
The Last Three by Joe Weinberg
Property of the U.S. Government by Andy Seelbach
The Raven Maid's Tale by Jessica Moran
A City in the Clouds by Tony Merevick
A Fairy's Tale by Catherine Palomba
The Muse by Morgan Howell
The Dryads by Paul Comstock
Freedom Heart by Connie Pro
The Martyr of Sundergate by Steve McNaughton
Illumination by Hallie Miller
Seventh Legion by Matthew Call
Threads in a Web by Judy Hurd
Jaws of the Deepwater by James McCready
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