Competiton: The Challenge 'Nameless' Officially Open

FIRE WHEN READY!
WE NOW DECLARE
THE CHALLENGE ‘NAMELESS’ COMPETITION
OFFICIALLY OPEN!

• Read the story (accessed through the AHWA site), get to know the story elements, the characters, their journey and their motivations. Then, write a fitting ending for ‘The Nameless’ and give the tale a title while you’re at it. The word limit for the ending submission is one thousand words.
  

• Make your donations through the PayPal facility on the AHWA site - Ten Dollars per entry. Send your conclusion, with title, to ahwa@australianhorror.com
  

• Your title and ending will then be sent to one of our Judges. If your piece makes it into the finals corral, you will be notified.
  

• Those writers and organisers who have already participated in the assembling of ‘The Nameless’ as well as the judges in said comp, are barred from taking part in the competition itself. Outside of that specification anyone from anywhere can compete as many times as they like.
  

• The competition will run for one month from the time of the announcement. At the end of that period the six best endings will be featured on the HorrorScope site. A special guest judge will decide the winner.
  

To the victor, the spoils...

• A manuscript version of the story signed by as many of the writers involved as can be tracked down.
• A copy of The Australian Writer’s Marketplace 2009/2010.
• A copy of The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror 19th annual collection (edited by Datlow, Link & Grant.)
• Free 1-year membership, or 12-month renewal, to the Australian Horror Writers Association.
• Books: Signed limited editions – Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge; Wild Things by Douglas Clegg; Prodigal Blues by Gary A. Braunbeck.
• A boost to any personal horror library – Development Hell by Mick Garris; Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill; Infected by Scott Sigler; The Nature of Balance by Tim Lebbon; The Dark Descent edited by David G. Hartwell; a pre-loved copy of The Books of Blood (vols 1-3) from Marty Young’s own collection.
• A first edition of The Last Days of Kali Yuga, Paul Haines’ forthcoming collection of stories; published to impeccable standards by Brimstone Press, and slated for release in December 2009.

All proceeds from this competition will go to Paul Haines, to use in whatever manner that he and his family see fit.

All that remains to say now is - good luck and good writing!

Stephen Studach


Source: Stephen Studach