BEGINS – 9:00 a.m. Feb 1, 2015 (US Pacific time)
ENDS – 11:59 p.m. March 15, 2015
(US Pacific Time)
Meryton Press is
conducting a contest to find the best short stories.
The theme of the contest, “Summer Lovin’,”
represents the summer season. The interpretation of the theme is left to the
writer’s imagination; the story may have summer as a backdrop or may convey a
sense of happiness and light. It might be a romantic comedy set in the South
Pacific, a thriller in the everglades of Florida, a romance in Queen Victoria’s
summer court, an ode to the ocean and Elizabeth Bennet, or a mail -order bride
in the Old West—anything your summer muse suggests.
Any genre is acceptable as long as
there is ROMANCE. Austenesque is a plus, but is not required. In other words,
so long as there is a commonly accepted or acceptable interpretation of the
theme embedded in the plot, it works for us. However, this contest is not for
children’s stories. Our target audience is readers over 18 years old.
The contest will be judged by a
panel of independent judges, and the results will be announced by
mid-April 2015.
A long list of entries will be
selected for final judging by a panel of expert editors and reviewers. The long
list will consist of at least eight quality entries. All entries
on the long list will receive a letter with constructive criticism on how the
story could have been improved. Four winners will be selected from the long
list and will be awarded prizes as detailed in the guidelines below (see “Contest
Prizes”).
