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DESCRIPTION:To help celebrate the official relaunch of Abandoned Towers we are holding a writing contest! Please read the whole page for complete details.\nTheme\n\nThe theme for the first Abandoned Towers writing contest is:\n\n The concept of âabandoned towersâ must be incorporated into the piece, as a phrase, allusion, metaphor, physical tower⦠however you choose.\n\nGenres\n\n Short Story: any genre is acceptable for the contest\n Poetry: any form is acceptable for the contest\n Flash Fiction: any genre is acceptable for the contest\n\nLength\n\n Short Story: 5,000 words or less\n Poetry: 10 pages or less (aprox 250 lines or less)\n Flash Fiction: 1000 words or less\n\nCost\n\n Short Story: $10 per entry or $25 for 3 entries\n Poetry: $5 per entry or $12 for 3 entries\n Flash Fiction: $2 per entry or $5 for 3 entries\n\nNote: all entry fees and prizes are in US dollars.\nPrizes\n\nAll winners and honourable mentions receive publication and a free electronic copy of the Abandoned Towers issue in which their entry appears. They also receive an author page on AbandonedTowers.com where they can include a biography and links to their assorted websites, works and accomplishments.\nShort Story\n1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Honourable Mention\n$500 $250 $100 $10\nPoetry\n1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Honourable Mention\n$100 $75 $50 $5\nFlash Fiction\n1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Honourable Mention\n$50 $25 $15 $5\n\nNote: all entry fees and prizes are in US dollars.\nPurpose\n\nWeâre hosting this writing contest for a number of reasons, but in the interest of transparency weâll share them with you here:\n\n To celebrate the relaunch of Abandoned Towers!\n To provide an opportunity for writers to be recognized and rewarded for the excellence of their writing\n To provide a sense of excitement about and interest in in Abandoned Towers\n To increase the profile of Abandoned Towers\n To provide a source of material to be published on AbandonedTowers.com and in print editions of Abandoned Towers\n To provide seed funding to Abandoned Towers, allowing for a budget to improve and expand the magazine\n To help Abandoned Towers move closer to its goal of becoming a professional market\n\nFine Print\n\nEach submission category requires a minimum number of entries in order to proceed. If the minimum is not achieved all entry fees will be returned to the authors, and all rights will revert to the author. The minimums are:\n\n Short Story: 100 total entries\n Poetry: 50 total entries\n Flash Fiction: 50 total entries\n\nWinners will be selected prior to short list announcement in order to preserve anonymity of the pieces. Short listed pieces which do not win or receive honourable mentions will be published to AbandonedTowers.com (upon contest close). If in the opinion of the judges there are not 3 pieces worthy of prizes, those deemed worthy of prizes will split the remaining unrewarded purse(s).\n\nExample: if no third place short story is chosen, then first place would instead receive $500 + $50 = $550 and second place would receive $250 + $50 = $300, so the total purse of $850 is still awarded.\n\nIf, in the opinion of the judges, no piece is worthy of being declared âwinnerâ the entire purse for the category will be awarded to a randomly selected author of a short listed piece.\nRights\n\nDuring the submission process you will be asked to provide the following rights to Abandoned Towers.\nSubmitted Piece\n\nFirst world electronic rights (text and audio). If the piece is not published electronically within the calendar year 2012, all rights revert to the author.\nShort Listed Piece\n\nIn addition to first world electronic rights (text and audio), we claim first print rights and non-exclusive anthology rights.\nHonourable Mention\n\nIn addition to first world electronic rights (text and audio), we claim first print rights and exclusive anthology rights (for 1 year, after which they become non-exclusive anthology rights).\nWinning Piece\n\nIn addition to first world electronic rights (text and audio) we claim first print rights and exclusive anthology rights (for 2 years, after which they become non-exclusive anthology rights).\nJudging\n\nPieces will be judged on the following 5 criteria (equally):\n\n Theme: how well the piece incorporates the theme âabandoned towersâ\n Writing: the quality of the writing\n Potential: the quality of the ideas\n Enjoyment: how much the judge enjoyed the piece\n Intangibles: everything else\n\nDates\n\nThe following are the milestone dates for the contest:\n\n 01 Feb 2012: Announcement of the Contest\n February 2012: publicity and judge recruiting\n 01 Mar 2012: Contest starts accepting submissions\n 18 May 2012: Contest closes to new entries\n 01 Jul 2012: Flash Fiction Short List announced\n 08 Jul 2012: Poetry Short List announced\n 15 Jul 2012: Short Story Short List announced\n 22 Jul 2012: Flash Fiction winners announced\n 29 Jul 2012: Poetry winners announced\n 05 Aug 2012: Short Story winners announced\n August 2012: Issue of Abandoned Towers featuring the contest winning pieces is released\n\nNote: the above dates are subject to change depending on the volume of entries received. We believe that they are realistic, but we reserve the right to adjust them if required, although we will do so as little as possible.\n\nhttp://abandonedtowers.com/\nhttp://abandonedtowers.com/contest/
SUMMARY:Abandoned Towers Writing Contest
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