Spark: A Creative Anthology Contest Three
Details
| Deadline: | Sep 8, 2013 |
| Fee: | $5.00 USD; see below for donation details |
Guest Judges
- David Farland (Dave Wolverton), bestselling author and Writers of the Future Contest coordinating judge
- E. Catherine Tobler, author and senior editor at Shimmer magazine
- Chad Morris, author of the Cragbridge Hall series, available in bookstores everywhere
- Brad R. Torgersen, author and past winner of the Writers of the Future Contest
- Tess Grantham, writer, journalist, and former Editorial Manager of Pacific Islands Publishing
Fundraiser
This specially-themed contest doubles as a fundraiser for guest judge David Farland’s son Ben Wolverton. Ben has made amazing progress recovering from a traumatic head injury, but medical expenses are staggering-well over a million (US) dollars. The career path of “successful independent writer” does not provide health insurance. One half of all entry fees for Contest Three will be donated to the Wolverton family to help with Ben’s medical expenses.
Theme
In a recent interview, our editor-in-chief was asked, “What draws you to speculative fiction?” He said:
To me, speculative fiction is all about what’s possible. Each subcategory does it in different ways: Fantasy tells us what’s possible when we close our eyes and imagine life without the constraints of our world; Sci-Fi tells us what’s possible if we continue exploring the amazing science of technology we already have; Steampunk tells us what’s possible with human ingenuity-it’s not bound by electricity, microcircuits, supermagnets, but would have bloomed even without those particular advancements. Other categories take still different approaches, but the one thing they all have in common is the celebration of what’s possible.
Your assignment for Contest Three is to take that celebration of what’s possible and apply it to our own universe in the present day.
Formats
Poetry: Any style, meter, rhyme scheme, or form, but must be less than 150 lines.
Prose: Fiction or creative nonfiction must be no more than 12,000 words.
Awards
GRAND PRIZE
- $500.00 cash via PayPal
- Publication in Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume IV (cover art pictured above)
- Lifetime Premium Membership here at Scribophile
- One year subscription to Duotrope
- One-year print Subscription to American Poetry Review or Poets & Writers Magazine
- Complimentary print & digital copies of Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volumes I - IV
SECOND PLACE
- $100.00 cash via PayPal
- Lifetime Premium Membership here at Scribophile
- One-year digital subscription to American Poetry Review
- Complimentary digital copies of Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volumes I - IV
- Complimentary print copy of Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume IV
THIRD PLACE
- One-year Premium Membership here at Scribophile
- Complimentary digital copies of Spark: A Creative Anthology Volumes I through IV
- One-year digital subscription to American Poetry Review
- Million Dollar Outlines by David Farland (2013 Kindle or Nook edition)
How to Enter
This contest is not hosted by Scribophile, so posting it for critique won’t enter you in the contest (but it will increase your chances of winning!) For full contest guidelines, rules & restrictions, and links to enter your work, see http://SparkAnthology.org/contests/three.
Winning entries
Winners have been announced! Log in to see them.
Prizes
| 1st prize: | Too big to possibly list here |
Rules
Prose must be less than 12,000 words. This is a limit, not a challenge to see how close you can come to twelve thousand words.
Poetry must be less than 150 lines. This is a limit, not a challenge to see how close you can come to one hundred fifty lines.
Only previously unpublished works will be considered.
Spark: A Creative Anthology staff, contest judges, and their immediate families are not eligible.
Submission guidelines
There are no age limits for this contest other than legal restrictions imposed by your local jurisdiction. In the event that a younger winner is ineligible for any non-cash prize because of age, an equivalent cash prize will be substituted.
You may enter multiple pieces in this contest, and you may enter both poetry and prose, but each entrant can win at most one prize, no matter how many entries were made.
There is a $5 submission fee to enter the contest. Entry fees are non-refundable. To post the piece on Scribophile, there is no entry fee (only the usual karma to post your work).
For more information on submitting your piece to Spark: A Creative Anthology's Contest Three, check out the contest page.