It offers $3500 in prize total! 1st prize: $2,000, 2nd prize: $,600, 3rd prize: $200, 4th-10th prizes:$100, and 11th-20th receive honorable mentions.
To submit, you must live in the US or Canada (excluding Quebec). Submit short stories between 1,000 and 5,000 words. All winners will be published in winners compilation – digital e-book and printed versions.
The Neoverse Short Story Writing Competition aims to publish first-rate short stories while rewarding and incenting authors through cash prizes. It aims to connect storytellers with readers and to do so in a modern digital age.
Provides visibility to authors by publishing all short-listed submissions (top 20 entries) in both printed and ebook formats. Provides recognition for authors by allowing them to use the name and logo in their own promotional material free of charge. We provide digital assets (e.g. a ‘sticker’) that winning authors may use on their book covers, websites and other promotional material.
The Competition is judged in a unique way. The judging panel is chaired by the award winning novelist Aaron Safronoff (Spire, Evening Breezes), but the inputs to the final decision are sourced from digital feedback left by a broad set of judges. This judging panel is double blind – authors do not know the judges and judges do not know the authors. They read story submissions via a digital e-reader specifically designed for secure reading and built to gather feedback. We love the traditional printed word, but when it comes to handling many submissions, accumulating and tracking feedback and data we believe digital reading is the best tool for the job!
Deadline: December 20, 2015. No submission fee.