Flash Fiction seems to be the newest rage, so we
figured we'd jump on the bandwagon. So let's see just how good of a
writer you are!
This contest is
open to all writers, published or unpublished.
The story style
does not matter. It can be anything from a slasher type story
(although we have to admit right up front, those are not our
favorites) to a humorous tale or anything in between. But most
importantly, it must be an entertaining horror short story and it must
be flash fiction (details below).
Here are the rest
of the submission guidelines:
DEADLINE: On-going contest. The deadline for each contest is 30 days
prior to the publication of each issue. (E.g. Deadline for the January
issue would be December 1st, for the April issue it would be
March 1st, etc.)
OTHER: All flash
fiction stories which are selected for publication will receive the
PDF version of the issue in which their
story appears.
All flash fiction short stories must be submitted by the author holding the
copyright. (If your story is not copyrighted, don’t worry.
Copyright laws protect your work from the moment you began writing
it. Check
here
for more information on copyrights.)
Your flash fiction
horror story must be previously unpublished in print
format unless you still hold the copyright. (You must inform us if a
story has previously been published and where it was published so we
can verify who holds the copyright.) Online publication is fine as
long as you hold the copyright and are not bound by exclusivity to
any person, party or website.
By
submitting your flash fiction short story to this contest, you are
assigning Dark Moon Books First North American Serial Rights,
the permission to include your story on our website and the permission to
possibly publish the work in our annual anthology. (Dark Moon
Books plans to publish a yearly anthology which will contain the
best stories published in Dark Moon
Digest.) You
keep all other rights including the original copyright.
Stories published in either the magazine or the anthology will carry
notices which stipulate the copyright resides with the author.
(NOTE: If your submission has previously appeared in another
publication or anthology, we will discuss publication rights with
you.) If you eventually get your story published elsewhere, we will
remove it if we have posted it on our website.
Submissions cannot
under any circumstances exceed 500 words! Title, byline and notes to
the editor are not included in the word count. If your story is 501
words or more, it will not be entered into the contest. We will,
however, inform you of the problem and allow you to re-submit at no
additional fee.
You may withdraw your short story from consideration at any point,
but this request must be made in writing (e-mail acceptable). No
entry fees will be refunded in this case.
Entrants selected for publication will be contacted prior to
publication with further instructions. Dark Moon Digest reserves the right to edit submitted stories for
content. (If you have questions regarding this, please send us an
e-mail.)
HOW
TO ENTER:
Submit all entries via e-mail to
HorrorQuarterly@gmail.com
as an attachment in either Word (.doc) or rich text format. Please use
“Flash Fiction Contest” in your subject line.
Include your
name, address and e-mail address on the first page of
your short story and in your e-mail.
Please use a
serif type to format your short story. (i.e. Times
Roman, Georgia,
Garamond, Courier). Do not use headers, footers or page numbers.
