Writing Challenge from Wicked East Press

Here There Be Dragons

Writing CONTEST

 SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  September 15, 2011

Prizes:

1^st place-$75 and two copies of the book

2^nd place-$50 and two copies of the book

3^rd place-Two copies of the book

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

Dragons, dragons and more dragons! We love dragons-good ones, bad ones, shy ones, cursed ones. We want dragons of the sea, desert, snowy mountain tops, and dense forests. These need to be epic fantasy stories. Show us the lives of these mysterious and incredible creatures.

WHAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR:

Slash and hack, blood and gore for their own sake. Graphic rape, torture, child molestation, and animal torture have their place, but not here.

 This is a collection of stories to be enjoyed by everyone, please keep excessive cussing and sex out unless integral to your character.

Two Categories to Submit To

Contest Story Word count is 3,000-7,000 FIRM (to be considered for the prizes)

Participation word count: 500-1500 (short pieces will be 4theluv only)

We are only accepting UNPUBLISHED work and no simultaneous submissions.

Payment for qualifying stories (3,000-7,000 range) will be $5.00 flat rate.

How To Submit:

Please put the title of the story, and word count (this determines what category your submission falls into), in the subject line of your email. 

Send your submissions to: WEPcontest@wickedeastpress.com

Submissions should:

 Already be self edited  

In .rtf format.

No spaces between paragraphs

Single space after sentences

“Double quotations” for conversation

No hard returns

No headers/footers

Use italics NOT underline

No hidden formatting

Font in Georgia or New Times Roman

Submissions pasted in the body of email will be rejected, unread.

Questions about this anthology?

Email: WEPcontest@wickedeastpress.com with “Question” in the subject line.

Last Week, In Review

Here it is Monday, again. I'm finding my weekends full of my family and pets, with very little time for me. I wrote a whole 347 words for NaNo and 9399 words for challenge. I submitted two more short works of fiction, making my total awaiting response: four. Though I am making progress on the "Pandora" project. Here's hoping you all have a great week of writing, keep those pens going and those fingers typing.

Last Week, In Review

The first week of challenging myself to write 500-1000 words a day, did not go as well as I had hoped. A total of 7918 words of fiction were writen by me. Many thousands of words of non-fiction as well. But non-fiction doesn't count. You may think that I did over a 1000 words a day, but there were actually three days I didn't write at all.
Yesterday was the kick off of NaNoWriMo 2009! And I didn't write a word for that either.
Here's hoping that this week is better and different. To any and all who are doing NaNo and/or daily word challenges- best of luck and keep at it.

I'm a glutton for punishment!

So I signed up for NaNoWriMo this afternoon and then I stumbled upon InkyGirls "1000 words a day challenge" and have taken THAT upon myself too. I'm planning on using NaNo for a new novel, and the 1000 word challenge for my short stories. That way I can get plenty of fresh material to sink my teeth into for later works (and help me clean out my to-do list in the meantime.)

Anyone else going to do both?