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Short Story Writing Contest - October 2009

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Purpose: Have fun, enjoy the competition, and become a better author by participating in the peer critique process portion of this contest.

Who Can Enter: This contest is open to all authors. All submissions must be posted and assigned critiques completed by October 31, 2009. Stories must be 3000 words or fewer. You may post additional stories to this site for critique, but only one story  will be eligible for the contest.

Subject Matter: You choose. Please adhere to our content policy.

Prizes: The winner of this contest will receive $50.

How to Enter: It’s pretty easy

  1. Create a free account or sign in for existing members.
  2. Upload your story; make sure you select “Short Story Writing Contest” as the category.
  3. Submit your work for peer critique.
  4. Complete your assigned reviews, this is discussed more below.

Decisions: There will be 2 rounds of judging.

  1. Authors from the Review Fuse staff will select the 3 best works for Round 2.
  2. Of these 3 works selected, Review Fuse management will select the winning authors based on who gave the most detailed and well thought out critiques to their peer’s.

Entry Fee: There are no entry fees or purchases of any kind required to enter and win the contest. After you submit your work to the contest you will be required to complete assigned critiques of other authors (4 for free members and 2 for premium members). You will receive 3 critiques of your work in return. Those who do not complete their critiques will not be eligible to win the contest.

Rights: All stories remain the sole property of the author. After we have selected the winner we will seek permission from the author to publish the winning work on our blog. The author is under no obligation to allow this.

Notification: The prize winner will be notified by email on November 7, 2009. We will announce the prize winner on our blog on November 9, 2009.

Really I Can Do That? You can continue to work on and edit your story after it has been submitted. All entries will be frozen when the contest ends. We will judge the latest revision of your story. You only required to submit your story for critique once.

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3 Responses to “Short Story Writing Contest - October 2009”

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  3. Luciangirl Says:

    I know this is an open contest, but what are you guys looking for? Has a person in the 13-17 group won one of these before?

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