Enter The Walrus Writing Contest!
May 29th, 2009 by Paul Isaacs | 6 Comments »
Joost Swarte’s Summer Reading issue cover for The Walrus.
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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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Is there a date for decisions? Entrants wanna’ know! Thanks.
Hey, did you ever pick winners for this? I wanted to read them! Can you direct me to where they are? Thx.