Taking Submissions: First Annual Fiction Vortex Horror Contest
Deadline: September 29th 2013 Payment $30-$50 if one of the top winners ANNOUNCING THE FIRST ANNUAL FICTION VORTEX HORROR CONTEST Greetings to everyone navigating the Fiction Vortex. Mike here. I come with great news, and a little bit of backstory. During one of our many staff conference calls, which usually consist of me proposing ideas and Dan saying it will never work, the old Voice of Reason himself surprised me by expressing a desire to spice up our process, to try something new and exciting. Here’s about how it went: Dan: We need to do something to spice up our process, something new and exciting. Mike: Yeah? I thought we had a lot of exciting stuff. Move it, you idiot! Dan: Excuse me? Mike: Oh, sorry, not you. I’m driving. The person camped on a green light in front of me. Dan: No problem. Glad to see you’re getting control of that road rage issue. Mike: Yeah, making leaps and strides. So what exciting things did you have in mind? Dan: I don’t know. Mike: Let’s do a contest. Dan: We already do a contest each month. Mike: Let’s do a special contest. Halloween’s coming up. Let’s do a contest in October. Horror. Dan: It’ll never work. Mike: C’mon, it’s Halloween. Plus Jon knows a lot about horror. Let him judge and what not. Dan: Are you sure? You know what happens when Jon reads too much horror. Mike: Uh, yeah… Bwuh. Who else could be the judge? Dan: I don’t know many horror writers. I’ve deliberately distanced myself from them. Might be closeted serial killers. Mike: That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. It’s just as likely that the sad looking kid bagging your groceries at Walmart is a serial killer. Dan: Which is why I get my groceries...
