| Adult
division: |
18
and over, $10 entry fee per story/poem; multiple entries allowed |
| Prizes: |
$500
+ OddCon membership to first place; books, etc. to top 3 |
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| Youth
division: |
under
18 as of Jan. 31, 2008, NO entry fee, but send no more than one entry |
| Prizes: |
$50
+ OddCon membership to first place; books, etc. to top 3 |
| Details: Send
500 words or less of speculative (SF & F) fiction or
prose poetry (paragraph form) by January 1st. No previously-published work,
but simultaneous submissions are allowed, and multiple adult submissions
are encouraged. A $10.00 entry fee must be paid for each adult entry submitted. |
 Judge: Final
judge will be noted SF poet Bruce Boston.
Mr. Boston's science fiction and poetry are widely published, and he
has won the Pushcart Prize, the Asimov's Readers' Award, the Bram Stoker
Award,
the
Rhysling
Award,
and
the first
Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. He is the
author of more than forty books and chapbooks; most recently, the novel
The Guardener's Tale.
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| Judging: Blind
judging; preliminary readers will select the top ten manuscripts in each
division to be sent to the final judge. Convention committee members
and friends, family, and degree-program or professional students of the
judge may not enter. Winners to be notified and results posted by March
1, 2008. Winning poems/stories will be read at OddCon, published in the
program, and posted on the OddCon site. |
| E-mail: pay
entry fee of $10 per story/poem via PayPal to treasurer@oddcon.com (click button below to pay), or mail a check
to address below, if entering Adult division. E-mail your work (maximum
length 500
words, excluding title),
pasted into body of e-mail or attached as .doc or .rtf, to contest2008@oddcon.com.
Put last name, first initial, and CONTEST: Youth or Adult in the subject
line. Be sure to include your name, date of birth if Youth entry, mailing
address, phone number, and the name/e-mail under which payment was made,
if not the one used to enter. Receipt will be acknowledged within 3 days.
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| Postal mail: include
a check for $10, payable to OdysseyCon (or pay via PayPal), for each
story/poem entered in the Adult division; no entry fee
for Youth. Print your story or poem (maximum length 500 words, excluding
title) on white paper in a 12-pt. ordinary font, with your name, date of
birth if Youth entry, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, and
the title of your story on a separate page. Manuscripts will NOT be
returned. Do not send your only copy. Identification will be removed
before judging. Receipt acknowledged within 3 days if an e-mail address
is included. Contest results will be posted on the OddCon website and e-mailed
by March 1; if you have no e-mail, include SASE for results, or check the
website. |
| Mailing address: |
OddContest
(indicate Youth or Adult)
Odyssey Con
P.O. Box 7114
Madison, WI 53707 |
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