If your writing is more scary than sexy, you might want to check out this new contest:
Leisure Books, the company “leading the way in publishing paperback horror,”* is partnering with Rue Morgue magazine in association with horror fiction web site ChiZine, to present “Fresh Blood,” a new writing contest specifically for unpublished horror authors. The winner will receive a contract for publication in Leisure’s 2011 lineup, as well as a contract from ChiZine Publications for a limited-edition hardcover release, also in 2011.
Leisure is looking for finished horror novel manuscripts, either supernatural or non-supernatural, of 80,000 – 90,000 words. A panel of experts, including Leisure Executive Editor Don D’Auria and editors at ChiZine, will judge entries. The finalists will be announced in November 2009.
*CNN.com
November 4, 2009 at 7:00 pm
You might be interested to know that the Top 20 Semi-Finalists in the Dorchester Next Best Celler romance contest have been selected and announced.
You can find the press release on Textnovel’s blog.
I invite you to check out the Top 20, in particular, Lancelot’s Lady, by the only Canadian author to make the semis.
http://www.textnovelblog.com
Cherish D’Angelo, aka Cheryl Kaye Tardif,
author of Lancelot’s Lady
http://www.cherishdangelo.com