Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition

The Lorian Hemingway short story competition was just brought to my attention, and I wanted to share it. New writers are always looking for a break, I know, and this particular competition is apparently one of America’s most prestigious contests. (I plead amnesty for my ignorance owing to being from the Great White North!)

Here’s their guidelines:

Eligibility: All US and international writers “whose fiction has not appeared in a nationally distributed publication with a circulation of 5,000 or more.” Fresh meat only, please!

Entry Fee: Postmarked up to and including May 1st: $12. Postmarked May 2nd+: $17.

Date of Submission: May 15th

Word Count: >3,000 words

Theme Restrictions: none

Prize: $1000 (1st place), $500 (2nd and 3rd places), and honorable mentions.

As you can see, the due date is fast approaching.

Sinister Adventures Challenges

Sinister Adventures, the new company launched by Nicholas Logue (incidentally one of my favorite adventure authors ever since the Viktor Saint-Demain trilogy written for the Eberron Campaign Setting), has a challenges page for aspiring designer/writers. I’m not sure how frequent the challenges will be, but there are two great ones up right now.

The two up right now are a monster and a treasure design challenge, with final entry dates of April 20th and May 1st, respectively. Simple, elegant, exciting and prizes to be won – perhaps it’s up your alley?

NSI’s playWRITE competition

I haven’t dropped out of Script Frenzy, don’t worry – I’ve just been busy. Ah, exams.

But! A little birdy told me about an exciting opportunity for aspiring Canadian game designers. The deadline is April 28th, so get in there fast if you’re going to participate. The long and the short of it is that the National Screen Institute (with Zeroes 2 Heroes and Telefilm Canada) is offering an opportunity to get your foot in the door of the gaming industry. The prize for selected applicants involves a week-long bootcamp in Vancouver, and the possibility of an internship with a game studio later on.

From their FAQ .pdf:

“The fundamental principle of NSI playWRITE is to create customized professional and project development opportunities for each applicant and their script ideas.”

You can check out their site for a more thorough explanation.