As of this writing, this year’s Fantasy Faire has raised over 33,000 USD for Relay for Life of Second Life! If you visited this event, then jot your thoughts down and enter the Fantasy Faire/Prim Perfect Short Story Competition!
The deadline to enter is May 31st, 2013 and below are the guidelines for entering, which you can also find on the Fantasy Faire blog:
“We are holding a short story contest for the best stories written about the Fairelands of 2013. The top entries will be published in the summer issue of Prim Perfect magazine, coming out in early August 2013.
You story can focus on one region – Evensong Woods, or Lotus Valley Dream, for example – and ignore all the others. Or you might use the juxtaposition of two regions, or even draw on more of the Fairelands, as a whole vast realm, perhaps surrounding an inland sea. It’s up to you.
And your story can be sad or happy, wise or witty. It can make us laugh, cry, gasp, nod with agreement … or do all of these things by turns.
While we don’t need long passages of description, the setting of the story should be clear. If it makes us ask, “Now – is this Ravenshard or Lumenaria?” it won’t be working for us.
Your story should be between one and three thousand words in total. While we love the idea of longer works (wouldn’t it be amazing to read a fantasy novel set in the Fairelands?), for this competition we want something that stands alone and that can be read as a complete piece.
We also want something that is completely your own work and written for this competition. You will retain the copyright, but in submitting the story you give us permission to publish the story in electronic format in Prim Perfect and on websites and social media sites belonging to Prim Perfect and Fantasy Faire.
The deadline for submission is May 31.
Send your story in plain text or in .RTF or Word doc format to: fantasyfaireshortstory@gmail.com
We will acknowledge receipt (although it may take a little time).
Results (and winning entries) will appear in the August issue of Prim Perfect magazine.
JUDGES:
The judging panel will consist of:
Zander Greene and Elizabeth Tinsley from the Fantasy Faire
Saffia Widdershins, Honour Macmillan and Aisling Sinclair from Prim Perfect
Ceejay Writer, Editor in Chief at Penny Gaff Publications
Judi Newall, Librarian
If you want inspiration for your story once the regions have closed, we suggest you refresh your memory at the Flickr stream“.