Cemetery Dance Writing Contest

[C.W. LaSart]

Additional rules.

This is a wonderful idea and I am very excited to participate! Just a few quick questions! What do you mean by amateur? Is this open to only unpublished writers? I have some magazine publishing under my belt and my first book, an anthology of short stories, is being released by Dark Moon Books this Fall. Am I allowed to participate? Also, is there a restriction on how extreme the horror can be? Thank you for your time and also for this opportunity!

[Dan Hocker]

Will the stories be posted anonymously?

No, there's really no real good way to do that either.

[Kenwood]

Will the stories be posted anonymously?

[RichardThomas]

Sounds like a great idea. So we're talking about roughly a 2500 word story?

[Dan Hocker]

I don't remember how we came up with the 10,000 character count tbh. I think Brian told me a word count he was looking for then I approximated 4 characters per word average, then added a couple thousand character buffer zone.

[RJK1981]

That really IS a short, short SHORT story! We're going to have to be especially creative. Love the idea! When is the deadline to submit?

Tell me about it, lol. I think I will have to start with something completely new instead of working on finishing the story I already have as it is over 7,000 characters (even after changing the spacing between sentences from 2 spaces to 1) and I don't feel it is close to being finished. Good thing I have other ideas jotted down

[Ben Staad]

What a fantastic idea! Thanks CD for given folks this awesome opportunity.

[Dan Hocker]

That really IS a short, short SHORT story! We're going to have to be especially creative. Love the idea! When is the deadline to submit?

Contestants will have 2 weeks to prep / write their story. On June 1st I will open the submission section of the forums and contestants will then have 1 week to submit their stories. We recommend submitting your story early in that 1 week submission window. So the very maximum is a little less than 3 weeks (as we announced this yesterday). But the earlier in the week you get your story in the more time forum members will have to read your story.

[euphoria]

10,000 characters?

That really IS a short, short SHORT story! We're going to have to be especially creative. Love the idea! When is the deadline to submit?

[Tree705]

I agree. I dislike all of you equally!!!!

Really, we are all just here for the coupons, you've got to know that. lol

[Brian James Freeman]

i agree. I dislike all of you equally!!!!

lol!

[bsaenz24]

Although I am really not sure there is much to worry about in the objectivity department.

I agree. I dislike all of you equally!!!!

[Dan Hocker]

I like the idea - will the participants be kept hidden prior to voting for objectivity?

There really isn't anyway that I can keep them hidden. This is why we reccomend the contestants post their stories early in the submission week. Although I am really not sure there is much to worry about in the objectivity department.

[Eldritch]

Ooh!
*Gleefully rubs hands together*

Time to put the gray matter muse to work.

[Tree705]

I'm trying to get my nephew interested, I think he has real potential.