As a way of celebrating the joining of the 1000th member,
CrimeSpace is proud to open its first short story competition. The
plan is to run this heist every year, with the entries being crime
fiction based around a theme.
To kick it off, this year's theme is 'Australia'.
How you include it is up to you. Your story could be set in
Australia, have an Australian character in it, or simply mention
Australia somewhere in the story. Hell, even including an Aussie
cultural icon such as Vegemite will do. Entries must be no more
than 2,500 words, including the title.
Get cracking. The deadline is January 31st, 2008.
PRIZES
1st Place: $50 Amazon voucher, CrimeSpace T-shirt or store item,
and a pack of three signed crime fiction books by Australian
authors in a CrimeSpace tote bag.
2nd Place: $25 Amazon voucher, CrimeSpace T-shirt or store
item
3rd Place: CrimeSpace T-shirt or store item
RULES
1. The competition is open to crime fiction stories based around
the theme, 'Australia', with no more than 2,500 words, including
the title. Entries outside the word limitation or not including the
theme will be disqualified.
2. Entry is only open to members of CrimeSpace, excepting judges
and administrators. Only one entry per member.
3. Entries must be sent as RTF, Word .DOC, or PDF files to
crimespace@gmail.com with the words 'CRIMESPACE SHORT STORY
ENTRY 2008' in the subject heading. Documents must include the
title of the story and be formatted using a 12 point font (Times
New Roman/Courier/Arial), double-spaced, with an extra line break
to denote paragraphs. The document must not have any text
identifying the author. Include the title, word count, your
CrimeSpace member name and your postal address in the body of the
email. Any entries not conforming to these rules will be
disqualified. You will receive a confirmation email for your
entry.
4. All entries must be in any dialect of English, original,
unpublished, and not submitted or accepted elsewhere at the time of
submission or posted on the Internet in any form. Entrants will
retain copyright to their submission, but may be asked to
participate in an anthology.
5. Entries must be received by 11:59PM EST, January 31st, 2008.
Any entries received after this time will be disregarded.
6. Entries will be separated into a short list and given to a
panel of judges who will chose the winners. The judges' names will
not be revealed until the announcement of the results.
7. Winners will be notified and announced on CrimeSpace on March
31st, 2008. If you have not been contacted by this date, you may
assume that your entry is not a winner and may be marketed
elsewhere. No other correspondence will be entered into.