Earlyworks
Press
The
£100 winner of the Science
Fiction Challenge 2011 is
R
J Allison
Second
prize of £25 goes to Brindley Hallam Dennis
£5
runner up prizes to
Rosemary
Goodacre, Andrea Tang and Robert Leonard
Also
highly commended were Peter Rolls, Andrew Irvine, K S Dearsley and Chris
Sanderson.
These authors will also be offered publication in the next Earlyworks Press
Science Fiction anthology
as
well as receiving Earlyworks Press, Abbadon and Solaris books and a free
Circaidy Gregory ebook.
|
The
Road Unravelled
is
the book of the first
Earlyworks
Press
Science
Fiction Challenge
Read
an extract
Authors
entering this competition have the option of also purchasing a copy of
'Road Unravelled' for £3, including free delivery to UK addresses. |
Alien Co-operation
short
story/strip/art competition
closing
date 10th Dec 2011
£100
first prize
sponsored by
Art
Bexhill,
Abbadon
and Solaris Books Runner
up prizes include £25 and £5 in cash and a selection of sci-fi
books. |
Art
Bexhill Ltd
is a company
specialising in creative
photography for the literary world.
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Here
are some examples of their work in making book
covers and book jackets, posters and experimental
graphic art. You can see more at the
Art
Bexhill Exhibition
and
at
Saatchi
Online
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The Challenge
'It
takes an alien race to show us our humanity'
-
Eric Brown in 'Kethani', his novel about alien contact, published by Solaris
Books.
The
James Webb telescope, six times more powerful than the Hubble, will be launched in
the next few years. It may well show us for the first time, alien artefacts on
planets in orbit around other stars. It is more likely than any previous human
endeavour to lead us into contact with intelligent life from beyond the solar
system.
More
info from NASA
The
aim of this competition is to produce a set of stories, illustrations or strips which make a realistic
contribution to the debate about how humans and extra-terrestrial species might
prepare for contact and learn to co-operate rather than destroy each other
through fear or prejudice, by accident or design.
Entries
must not be fanciful. In the best
traditions of science fiction, we seek original but scientifically and
psychologically plausible fiction and artwork. Stories must not exceed 2500 words and must
be a good read but also have something to contribute to the debate in hand.
Comic strips must be b/w and suitable for production in 4-6 A5 pages. Artwork
b/w and suitable for production on one A5 page, portrait or landscape.
Rules
and Conditions
- The
competition is open to anyone over 16.
- The best entries will be published on the website.
- The
first prize is £100, runner up £25 and further prizes of £5 for any other
entries published on the website.
- Depending
on the number and quality of the entries, Earlyworks Press may produce an
anthology of the top entries. If so, their authors will receive one
complimentary copy of the anthology, and be offered further copies at a
reduced price.
- Closing
date December 10th 2011. Winners
will be notified in February 2012.
- Entry
fee £5 per story, or £8 if entrants opt for the 'Road Unravelled' book
offer.
- Payment
in pounds sterling. POs or cheques payable to Kay Green, or use the Paypal buttons below.
- Entries
must be the work of the entrant, previously unpublished, and not
simultaneously entered for other competitions.
- The
judges’ decision is final. No discussion will be entered into.
- Entries
are not returnable and cannot be acknowledged without SAE marked for that
purpose.
- Copyright
remains with the author although Earlyworks Press reserves the right to
publish winning entries on the website and/or in a competition anthology in 2012.
- Send
paper copy/discs to Earlyworks Press, Creative Media Centre, 45 Robertson
Street
,
Hastings
Sussex
TN34 1HL.
- Please
weigh your entry and use the correct postage. Administrators will not
collect, or pay excess charge on, entries which the post office withholds
due to insufficient postage paid.
- Send
electronic copy in the body of an email via the link below.
Administrators will not open attachments from writers we do not know.
- Paper
entries must be titled and typed/clearly written on one side of A4 paper.
- Each
entry must have a cover-sheet attached, marked EPSF2, giving title(s) of
story(s), author’s name, address, and/or telephone number/email address.
Please say where you heard about this competition.