Here's some exciting news! Oceanview Publishing is sponsoring a short story competition and is looking for original, unpublished short stories that have something out of the ordinary about them. There is no fee to submit your short story of 1000-5000 words, though they are requesting that no children's, young adult, or poetry be submitted. Entries must be e-mailed to Oceanview by November 17, 2008. Full details are on the Oceanview Publishing company website. More information is provided in their press release (below).
Ipswich, Mass. – Oceanview Publishing is now accepting entries for its first-ever short story competition.
A leading independent publisher of original hardcover works primarily within the mystery/suspense/thriller genres, Oceanview is dedicated to providing readers worldwide with high quality works of fiction. Steadfast in its mission to discover and develop both new and established authors, Oceanview is seeking submissions of original, unpublished short stories from writers worldwide.
No entry fee is required, and full details are available by visiting www.oceanviewpub.com.
Entries will be judged by a team of acclaimed authors, including: Patricia Gussin, M.D., author of Shadow of Death, a 2007 Thriller Award nominee, and Twisted Justice; James Patrick Kelly, author of Strange But Not A Stranger, Think Like A Dinosaur: And Other Stories, Wildlife, Heroines, Look Into The Sun, Freedom Beach with John Kessel, Planet Of Whispers, and the Nebula Award-winning Burn; and Kelly Link, whose debut, Stranger Things Happen was a Firecracker nominee, a Village Voice Favorite Book and a Salon Book of the Year, and whose second release, Magic for Beginners, was selected as a Book Sense pick and included on best of the year lists by Time Magazine, Salon, Boldtype, Village Voice, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Capitol Times.
The winning short story will be eligible for publication on Oceanview’s web site, and the author of the winning entry will be awarded a cash prize, as well as a collection of Oceanview first edition hardcovers. Two finalists will also be awarded cash prizes, and a collection of Oceanview first edition hardcovers.
Oceanview Publishing (www.oceanviewpub.com) is an independent book publisher headquartered in Massachusetts. Oceanview is a proud member of the International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America For additional details, please visit www.oceanviewpub.com.
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