The Janet and Jerry Weiner's Fiction Writing Contest! "Revenge" is the theme.
THE JUDGES: VICTOR GISCHLER AND ANTHONY NEIL SMITH
Anthony Neil Smith
knows his shit as a co-founder and chief editor of the infamous ezine PLOTS WITH GUNS. He also teaches English at Southwest Minnesota State University and is the author of the brutal, critically acclaimed crime novels PSYCHOSOMATIC, THE DRUMMER, and his most recent, YELLOW MEDICINE.
Victor Gischler is the author of 4 hard-boiled crime novels. His debut novel
GUN MONKEYS was nominated for the Edgar Award, and his novel SHOTGUN OPERA was an Anthony Award finalist. His work has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese. He earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Southern Mississippi where they beat him with rolled up newspapers and fed him raw liver. His Fifth novel GO-GO GIRLS OF THE APOCALYPSE was recently accepted by the Touchstone/Fireside imprint of Simon & Schuster.
About the contest:
Janet and Jerry Weiner were founders of the Manuscripter's Guild in Houston. Janet's byline appeared in such publications as Redbooks, McCalls, and Family Circle. Jerry was a musician, photographer, and playwright. They started the Manuscripter's Guild with twenty friends. This bloomed into 150 person chapter. Janet and Jerry helped writers get published and meet agents. From this group, Greg Iles was published (New York Times bestseller of The Quiet Game, Mortal Fear and Black Cross). Also, Charlie Stella (Eddie's World, Jimmy Bench Press, and Mafiya) participated in the Manuscripter's Guild while writing his first novel.
Through a grant from Janet and Jerry's son, Alan Weiner, OOTG can offer two cash prizes in memory of two people who encouraged and inspired writers to get out of the gutter.
ALL REGULAR GUIDELINES APPLY. All stories submitted that fall between 1000 and 5500 words by a writer who is classifiable as an "up-and-comer" will be automatically entered in our short fiction contest. Two first, second and third place winners will be selected--one set for our "APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTE READ DEPT." and one set for our "15-20 MINUTE READ DEPT." By "up and comer" we mean writers with a relatively humble resume ... writers who have not yet "arrived" and have everything to prove and to whom it will mean something to win this thing.
THE PAYOFF
The winner of our 15-20 MINUTE REVENGE CONTEST (revenge stories between 3000 and 5500 words) will receive $60 American, a contributor's copy and an OUT OF THE GUTTER T-shirt featuring our bloody typewriter logo.
The winner of our APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTE REVENGE CONTEST (revenge stories between 1000 and 3000 words) will receive $40 American, a contributors' copy and an OUT OF THE GUTTER T-shirt featuring our bloody typewriter logo.
Second place winners get $0 American, a contributor's copy and an OUT OF THE GUTTER T-shirt featuring our bloody typewriter logo.
Third place winners get hard slap on the back, prominent billing and a contributor's copy.
THE JUDGES: VICTOR GISCHLER AND ANTHONY NEIL SMITH
Anthony Neil Smith
knows his shit as a co-founder and chief editor of the infamous ezine PLOTS WITH GUNS. He also teaches English at Southwest Minnesota State University and is the author of the brutal, critically acclaimed crime novels PSYCHOSOMATIC, THE DRUMMER, and his most recent, YELLOW MEDICINE.Victor Gischler is the author of 4 hard-boiled crime novels. His debut novel
GUN MONKEYS was nominated for the Edgar Award, and his novel SHOTGUN OPERA was an Anthony Award finalist. His work has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese. He earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Southern Mississippi where they beat him with rolled up newspapers and fed him raw liver. His Fifth novel GO-GO GIRLS OF THE APOCALYPSE was recently accepted by the Touchstone/Fireside imprint of Simon & Schuster.About the contest:
Janet and Jerry Weiner were founders of the Manuscripter's Guild in Houston. Janet's byline appeared in such publications as Redbooks, McCalls, and Family Circle. Jerry was a musician, photographer, and playwright. They started the Manuscripter's Guild with twenty friends. This bloomed into 150 person chapter. Janet and Jerry helped writers get published and meet agents. From this group, Greg Iles was published (New York Times bestseller of The Quiet Game, Mortal Fear and Black Cross). Also, Charlie Stella (Eddie's World, Jimmy Bench Press, and Mafiya) participated in the Manuscripter's Guild while writing his first novel.
Through a grant from Janet and Jerry's son, Alan Weiner, OOTG can offer two cash prizes in memory of two people who encouraged and inspired writers to get out of the gutter.
ALL REGULAR GUIDELINES APPLY. All stories submitted that fall between 1000 and 5500 words by a writer who is classifiable as an "up-and-comer" will be automatically entered in our short fiction contest. Two first, second and third place winners will be selected--one set for our "APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTE READ DEPT." and one set for our "15-20 MINUTE READ DEPT." By "up and comer" we mean writers with a relatively humble resume ... writers who have not yet "arrived" and have everything to prove and to whom it will mean something to win this thing.
THE PAYOFF
The winner of our 15-20 MINUTE REVENGE CONTEST (revenge stories between 3000 and 5500 words) will receive $60 American, a contributor's copy and an OUT OF THE GUTTER T-shirt featuring our bloody typewriter logo.
The winner of our APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTE REVENGE CONTEST (revenge stories between 1000 and 3000 words) will receive $40 American, a contributors' copy and an OUT OF THE GUTTER T-shirt featuring our bloody typewriter logo.
Second place winners get $0 American, a contributor's copy and an OUT OF THE GUTTER T-shirt featuring our bloody typewriter logo.
Third place winners get hard slap on the back, prominent billing and a contributor's copy.
