I recently got emailed about this free writing contest and thought I'd share the details with you in case some of you are interested in taking part.
The theme of Inkitt's March horror contest is "Running Scared: The Most Terrifying Tale
Ever Told." In the tradition of classic horror flicks and monster movies, they want the
freakiest, flashiest fables you can come up with. Make them scream!
Inkitt is accepting all frightening fiction up to 15,000 words.
What is Inkitt?
Inkitt is a free platform for writers to cultivate ideas and watch their stories grow. On our site,
users collaborate with fellow writers and readers to give each other feedback and improve
their work. Inkitt wants to help writers get the exposure they deserve and the publishing deals
they covet without suffering the frustrations and bias of traditional printing and selfpublishing.
What is the theme of the horror contest?
"Running Scared: The Most Terrifying Tale Ever Told." In the tradition of classic horror
flicks and monster movies, we want the freakiest, flashiest fiction you can come up with. Make
us scream!
What are the guidelines?
Frightening fiction up to 15,000 words. Entries must be posted on the Inkitt contest page to
be considered eligible. The contest opens on March 3rd and closes on March 31st. It is free to
enter, and authors will retain all rights to all work submitted. Authors will collect community
votes, and the first, second, and third place winners will be chosen by Inkitt’s guest judges
(horror authors J.D. Horn, Armand Rosamilia, and J. Thorn) from the top 10% of entries.
What are the prizes?
All entrants will have the chance to show their work to a growing community of authors and
readers hungry for high-quality fiction and win the following prizes:
1st
Prize
$25 Amazon gift card, customized movie poster (and high-resolution .pdf file)
spotlighting the winner’s story, Inkitt custom mug, custom cover design for the
Inkitt story of their choice (created by Inkitt’s designer).
2nd
Prize
$20 Amazon gift card, Inkitt custom mug.
3rd
Prize
$10 Amazon gift card, Inkitt custom mug.
One review, randomly chosen, will also receive a $15 Amazon gift card.
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| The prizes |
Twitter Handle @Inkitt
Hashtag #RunningScared
Disclosure: I am in no way connected to the contest or Inkitt. I'm just sharing ;)
Writers and Authors TV is now in it's second month and views and interaction has started to increase. The second show was published today. Special guest Virginia Jennings talks about Sci-fi and I give you some tips for optimising your Facebook fan pages.
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Thank you for all your support during 2010. I'm happy to see that Writers and Authors has grown both in number of readers and in the opportunities that it offers. It's also nice to see visitors from even more countries. This is a truely international site bringing together people from all over the world with a love for writing and books.
In the New Year you will see more features added to the site including
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The first issue of the
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Writers and Author will be back on
Monday 3rd January.
All that's left to say now is Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you all in 2011!
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I'm looking for Freelance writers, authors, publishers, web designers, virtual assistants, editors, etc... to interview here on Writers and Authors.
If interested, just send me an
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As you can see by looking at the traffic map on site, Writers and Authors has a large international readership. The Fan Page on facebook is also becoming more and more popular and the number of followers is increasing too both directly subscribing to the blog feed and by following on third party applications like NetworkedBlogs and the Podcast). All posts to the website are fed to various social media platforms (including, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and MySpace) automatically giving even more opportunities to be seen.
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There will be lots of changes happening to this site over the next month and lots of new features being added. Easier navigation and more opportunites and information.
New features will include the W&A Magazine, W&A TV, W&A Bookstore and more...
More information and details will be posted about each of the new features and how you can be involved with them shortly.
As part of the new look, the site will have buttons linking to different areas. One of these areas is 'Resources'. If you know of a great site for writers, a useful tool or services relevant to W&A readers, please let me know the appropriate link so I can add it to the page.
