Black Heart’s KICK-ASS Writing Contest

Okay, we’re sick of writing about all the crappy writing contests out there. It’s annoying to keep posting them every week. So you know what? We’re starting our own!

It’ll be totally KICK-ASS. Hence our ingenious name.

Here’s the deal:

Write a short story, any genre.

It should be maximum 5,000 words long. If you go over this word count, we’ll toss it.

Theme: KICKING ASS. Take that literally or figuratively or just send us something you’ve written that you feel kicks ass.

Entry Fee: $3 to enter, $5 to get a free one-page critique whether you win or lose. Find out how to improve your writing, for just $5. Pretty sweet deal, if you ask us.

Prize: Winner takes all – $50 and publication here at Black Heart Magazine. Any honorable mentions will be mentioned, given some sweet Microcosm titles, and published here as well. KICK-ASS!

Deadline: November 20, 2010 – giving you a little under a month to whip something up. (We like ‘em fast and furious.)

Submit: Using our special new Submishmash sections (located at the top of the page). Please choose WITH CRITIQUE or NO CRITIQUE as appropriate. Payment is required upon submission. DO NOT submit the same story to both sections. Multiple submissions of different stories are, however, welcome.

Super Kick-Ass Celebrity Judges are the Lambda Award nominated Daniel Allen Cox (Krakow Melt) and Concordia Co-op Bookstore Lit-Pimp/Manager Larissa Dutil.

This is our first fee-based writing contest, and if it works out well, we look forward to running more in the future.

In other words:

TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS! SEND US AWESOME STORIES! WE LOVE YOU ALL!

Questions? Hit us up using our handy contact form. Please put “Kick-Ass Contest Question” or something similar in the subject line so we can be sure to get back to you ASAP. You can also follow this event on Facebook, and send it around painlessly to all your buddies there.

We look forward to reading your work!