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"Do You See It? Just Over There." Short Story contest



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Fri May 16, 2014 6:39 pm
BcRep says...



The quite literal translation of the word "Yeti" boils down to "That thing over there". In the spirit of such a word we will be hosting a writing contest. The nature of this contest is for all the weird shit you only get a glimpse of in life. A light in the sky, a monolith in the distance, a silhouette in the waters or some clandestine doings of other peoples. There's things we witness in life that may horrify us or spark an insatiable curiosity. We've all seen them, those clips of film with a shaky lock on some bizarre thing beyond explanation. So here it is, for this contest present a baffling encounter. This contest is not genre locked....scifi, horror, mystery. Doesn't matter. As long as it has the mood.


Guidelines:

-Word limit is at 2,200

-Double spaced

-Must include a title page with your name and some slight contact information

-Pages must be numbered

-Must be legible

-August 4th deadline

Prizes:

If you are selected you will receive 2 cents a word. Your story will be published In Brain Pulp and once the first edition has made it's run for the first volume dividends from over-all profits. No way to quote a dollar value on that. Winners will also receive a $10 Family Dollar gift card.....


Submissions can be sent to b.c.submissions87@gmail.com. We are not limited to the U.S. but sadly we are limited to English, so please keep that in mind.


The Best,
E. Dantes

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brain-Ch ... 0404412450 Is our fb page seeing as if your not represented online then you don't actually exist at alll (the f#*@! ?) Other than that we're full frontal print.
  





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Tenyo says...



I don't think it matters whether or not you're represented online >.< It's more about knowing if you're a legit business or not. We try to encourage a degree of vigilance to our younger writers, you know, Out Thar Be Monsters and all that jazz.

Writers have to protect themselves. It makes sense, especially when dealing long distance, for a person to ask for details like address and contact numbers. For their protection, they can look it up to see if it's an actual business: some places require you to be a registered business for tax purposes, otherwise you might not legally be able to make money or pay for this stuff.

For your protection, if a person sends a story to you and gets no reply, then sends it to somewhere else that publishes on a sole-publishing contract, they'll need to get in touch with you immediately otherwise you could end up committing copyright infringement.

Being represented online means having a link to click on that will give people the information they need, so you can post really cool adverts like this one across the forums, and anybody interested can check out your other works, contract details, that kind of stuff.

It's nothing personal, but as a general rule I would tell people to never submit to anything that doesn't have a contract.

If you're a print publication only, then you would contact people via print, and have a printed contract and mailing address. Since you're advertising online (and of course you wouldn't want to put something like a home address on the internet) then you'll need some kind of solid, online resources for those who are interested.

Have you tried advertising and in local newspapers, maybe posting fliers at libraries and colleges? They'll probably be the demographic better suited to what you're looking for.
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