Do you want your short story or poem published in the debut edition of the Strange Circle Magazine?

The Strange Circle Magazine is a new publication that will showcase the best new dark fiction and poetry from around the world.

We are currently looking for submissions, and to encourage entries, there is a prize of £50 on offer!

The Strange Circle Magazine will primarily be published in an electronic format. (In addition to the usual e-book formats, we hope to publish the magazine through the many mobile portals that are now available, including the iPhone App Store.) Hard copies will also be available.

If you are interested in submitting a piece of your work, please study the submission guidelines below.

RULES:


1.We accept entries in the horror and dark fiction genre. These can be short stories, flash fiction or poetry.

2.Entries are accepted from anywhere in the World. Entries must be in English.

3.Entries are only accepted via e-mail.

4.Entries should be e-mailed to strangecircle@me.com, preferably as a Word document, ensuring that the subject of the e-mail is 'Strange Circle Magazine Contest Entry'.

5.Each entry must be no longer than 5000 words.

6.There is no fee to enter this competition.

7.You can enter as many times as you wish. Each entry will be treated separately.

8.Each entry must be the original, unpublished work of the stated author. The author retains full copyright.

9.The current deadline for receipt of stories is 31st July 2010.

10.The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

11.Winners and runners-up will be notified within one month of the closing deadline. A list will also be available on this web page.

12.The winning entry will receive £50, payable by PayPal. Please make sure that you have a PayPal account if you wish to enter this contest.

13.All runners-up will receive a firstwriter.com voucher worth $15 / £10 / €15, allowing them to take out a free subscription to firstwriter.com, providing access to details of hundreds of publishers, literary agents, writing competitions, and magazines!

14.The winning entry and the runners up will all be published in the debut edition of the Strange Circle Magazine. Published entrants will receive a free copy of the edition they are published in. (This will be an electronic copy unless otherwise arranged.)

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Click on the link above and go to the contest official site