Creative Writing Contests

CONTEST FOR ROMANCE WRITERS

  ROMANCE WRITERS: 

Romance Short Story Contest

Inamorata Romance Books (an imprint of Stony Meadow Publishing) is sponsoring its first romantic short story contest. The contest is open to all writers, whether published or unpublished, and we are looking forward to reading some great short stories!

LIST OF RULES FOR SUBMISSION:

• All short stories must be submitted by the author holding the copyright. (If your short story is not copyrighted, don't worry. Copyright laws protect your work from the moment you started writing it.)

• THIS IS A MONTHLY CONTEST!

• Contest Deadlines: The 1st of every month for the following month's contest. (The first contest ends March 1, 2010 and is our February contest since January is half over.)

• Your romantic short story must be previously unpublished in print format. (Online publication is okay as long as you hold the copyright and are not bound by exclusivity to any person, party or website.)

• By submitting your romantic short story, you authorize us to reprint the short story on one or more of our websites including www.StonyMeadowPublishing.com, www.WritersEdgeBook.com and/or www.InamorataRomanceBooks.com. You also give Stony Meadow Publishing and Inamorata Romance Books First North American Serial Rights if we decide to publish your story in an anthology series. (Check here for more information on copyrights.) All other rights remain yours. We only desire single time use rights.

• All submitted short stories should be at least 2,000 words and should not be longer than about 6,000 words. This is not a strict guideline, but anything differing from these figures should be the exception rather than the rule.

• Once again, all short stories need to be romance oriented and follow the guidelines for writing romantic fiction in general. (Remember, the heroine and hero always live happily ever after.)

• Please submit no more than two short stories per month.

• You may withdraw your short story from consideration at any point, but this request must be made in writing.

• Winners will be notified within 30 days of the contest's end.

• Submit all entries via e-mail to StonyMeadowPublishing@gmail.com. You can either copy your story into the e-mail of send it as an attachment in either in Word (.doc) format or (.rtf) rich text format.

• Include your name, address and e-mail address.

• Please use a serif type to format your short story. (i.e. Times Roman, Georgia, Courier).

Monthly Prize is as follows:

• Monthly Winner: $20 and e-publication as the winning entry in the current month's contest. (Monthly winners may also be considered for eventual inclusion in an upcoming Anthology of Romance Short Stories Collection.)

All prize money will be awarded within 30 days of each contest end.

Please send all entires, questions and inquiries to StonyMeadowPublishing@gmail.com. We will also accept questions and queries by snail mail (Stony Meadow Publishing, 1690 Dunn Avenue #619, Daytona Beach, FL 32114), but all manuscripts must be in either .doc or rich text format.

DEADLINE: The First of Every Month