Top five winners and 10 more Judge's Picks will be published in our 5th anthology |
The Greatest Opportunity for Publication you will Ever Have For the Price of a Cup of Coffee! Welcome to Creative Writing Institute's annual short story contest. In a small fee-based contest, the competition is much less and your chances of winning are much greater. Invest in yourself. Publication: we will publish the first, second and third place winners, two honorable mentions, AND ten additional Judge's Pick stories in our fifth annual anthology, along with guest stories written by best-selling authors and stories written by Creative Writing Institute's staff. Enjoy the competition. Join the fun! Judge's Pick: you may be asking what a "Judge's Pick" story is. That is a story that impressed a judge so much that he/she nominated it for publication, even though it was not a winning entry. A very high commendation for the author! First place: * $200 and Gold eMedal OR a free, privately tutored writing course valued at $260 Second place: * $100 and Silver eMedal OR $200 applied toward a privately tutored writing course Third place: * $50 and Bronze eMedal OR $125 applied toward a privately tutored writing course Fourth and Fifth place: * Honorable Mention eMedal In addition, we will publish ten Judge's Pick stories. For the First Time -- the Lucky Draw! We would like to express our gratitude to Microsoft and TechSoup for donating a Norton AntiVirus Package for five computers, valid for one year. Someone will win the Lucky Draw and will win this package. *The Norton Package will only open in the USA. eMedals: You will love the classy eMedals. Make them any size you want. Post them on your site and on social media! Revealing our Cover: for the first time, we are revealing our cover for the next anthology, which will be titled LOST. You can see the enlarged cover picture at http://www.CreativeWritingInstitute.com. The theme sentence is, "I am completely and utterly lost," and it must appear somewhere in your story. Apply it to an emotional state, a physical location, fighting illness, or any other clever angle that comes to mind. • Open genre • One prize per person • Entry fee: $5 per submission • Submit each story individually • Word limit is 1,500 to 2,000 words. • Story may not have been published before. • No swearing, profanity, explicit sexual scenes, graphic violence, etc. • Winners agree to minor editing rights and will grant first, non-exclusive, electronic rights. • All Rights return to the author upon publication. • Accepting submissions until August 31, 2017, midnight, USA Eastern Standard Time. • Copy and paste your document into https://CreativeWritingInstitute.submittable.com/submit. Do NOT send your submission as an email attachment. We will not open attachments. Direct questions to head judge, Jianna Higgins, at jianna.higgins@gmail.com. Visit CWI's website to see the book cover and find helpful articles. http://www.CreativeWritingInstitute.com |