International Call For Entries – Submit your promising Short Story

1st PRIZE: $300 + IN-DEPTH FEEDBACK
2nd PRIZE: $100 + IN-DEPTH FEEDBACK
3rd PRIZE: $50 + IN-DEPTH FEEDBACK
TOP 15: IN-DEPTH FEEDBACK
TOP 40: NAME AND SHORT STORY'S TITLE POSTED ON WEBSITE

As a writer you probably do not get the attention you expect and deserve. It is often the case that the family and friends do not appreciate your dedication to writing at all.

But writers want to be heard, right? Why else should they sit and carefully type each character. Word by Word. Sentence after sentence. Writing allows you to create entire worlds and therefore it would be a real pity, if nobody got the reading pleasure and the opportunity to proceed your thoughts and ideas.

As an unpublished author of fiction work, it is pretty difficult to actually live long enough to experience your 'lucky break'. Whether you're an unpublished Short Story Writer with the ambition of eventually getting your work published, or you're an screenwriter, a poet or a playwright, etc. To break in, to get your lucky break without having contacts in the industry, your work of fiction does need to be excellent, otherwise a pitching opportunity is a lost shot.

Honest feedback really improves the quality of your work and consequently the chances of being heard. Our goal is to offer a Short Story Competition that provides insightful feedback that the writer can benefit from.
We want to give everybody the chance to become better, as it does not rarely happen that writers are not ready when the job comes by.

What do you exactly gain by entering the Competition?
Every submitted Short Story is professionally evaluated. The salient point is that we allow you to see what we think about your Short Story. We write for every participant's Short Story a brief, insightful comment (half a page) and include an evaluation table which gives you a quick overview about the strengths and weaknesses of your work.

The Top 3 participants are awarded with cash prizes. (see above)

The Top 15 participants will get in-depth feedback (2 - 5 pages, depends on the story's length).
The Top 15 participants even have the option to get their story published on our website. At the end of the competition the author will be asked, if she/he wants her/his story to be published on the website.
In the case that the author wants her/his story to be removed from the website later on, she/he can write us an e-mail to inquiry@atlantis-shortstorycontest.com
Her/his Short Story promptly will be removed then.

The Top 40 participants will be posted on the website with their story's title, name (and a sharp two-sentence logline, if they want).
The author retains all rights to her/his work.

Guidelines
Eligible literary material (compulsory requirements):

- Unpublished Short Stories in English

- Group work allowed, max. two authors per Short Story

- Fiction and stories based on true events (In this case, we would like to see a quick remark on the title page.)

- No theme or genre restrictions

- Title page presenting the title, author's name, contact information and the word count (The Judges only get your Short Story, the title page only fulfils administrative purposes.)

- Double-spaced

- No more than 1,500 words

- Microsoft Word Document (*.doc/*.docx) or Acrobat Reader PDF file (We accept only online submissions to hopefully save some trees.)

Every story that meets these guidelines can be submitted to our contest. You may submit a maximum of seven stories per writer.
The writer retains all rights to her/his story.

Published writers who have earned more than $5,000 through their literary work(s) are not allowed to enter the contest. In special cases just contact us. Exceptions possible.

Please carefully read the guidelines and apply them on your Short Story.

We wish you the best of luck.

Submit Now!
According to our guidelines, we accept online submissions only.
You can choose to submit your Short Story as a Microsoft Word Document or Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Please mind the deadlines and work your way through the guidelines.

One complete submission consists of a Short Story with a title page and the corresponding paid entry fee.

Winners will be notified through 01/12/2012.
Feedback will be sent no later than 01/19/2012.

For more information: http://www.atlantis-shortstorycontest.com/

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