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To celebrate The Walrus‘s annual summer reading issue—featuring thrilling science fiction, adventure, romance & mystery stories from an all-star line-up including Lee Henderson, Rivka Galchen, Stephen Marche & 2008 Giller Prize winner Joseph Boyden—we are pleased to announce The Walrus Guilty Pleasures Writing Contest!

To enter, write the first paragraph of a novel in one of the following genres: Science Fiction, Romance, Western, Ghost Story/Gothic.

Your challenge? To make that paragraph the most gripping, titilating, and action-packed read of the summer! Send your submissions to guiltypleasures@walrusmagazine.com by July 31, and you could win a prize package from Fairmont Hotels & Resorts or a Walrus prize package, and have your work published at walrusmagazine.com!

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  • http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2009/06/16/the-walrus-summer-fiction-issue/ The Walrus Blogs » The Walrus: Summer Fiction Issue » The Haulout

    [...] And also, coming soon next week… Marche, Henderson, Galchen and Boyden attack The Walrus’s own “Mad Libs… OF TERROR!” Plus, don’t forget to try out for our Guilty Pleasures writing contest. [...]

  • http://ccritt.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/3/ Shakespeare is a Cyborg

    [...] ccritt The Walrus, a Canadian magazine as awesome as space lasers, has a competition concerning the most exciting opening paragraph to a novel possible. What do you guys think of [...]

  • http://ijustreadaboutthat.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/stephen-marche-the-crow-procedure-the-walrus-julyaugust-2009-summer-fiction-issue-genre-science-fiction/ Stephen Marche–”The Crow Procedure” (The Walrus, July/August 2009) [Summer Fiction Issue, Genre: Science Fiction] « I Just Read About That…

    [...] specifically.  Each story is devoted to a genre (and there’s even a genre fiction contest this issue).  This first one is science [...]

  • http://whistlerwriters.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/i-am-the-walrus-i-want-your-paragraphs/ i am the walrus. i want your paragraphs. « Whistler Writers Group weblog

    [...] Be inspired. Sign on for the Walrus’ Guilty Pleasures Writing Contest. [...]

  • http://www.thedayonfire.com Michael Gause

    Is there a date for decisions? Entrants wanna’ know! Thanks.

  • http://VargasSpeaks Vargas

    Hey, did you ever pick winners for this? I wanted to read them! Can you direct me to where they are? Thx.


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