Seattle Worldcon Story Contest Deadline Jan. 20
Seattle Worldcon 2025 is hosting a short story writing contest, with submissions closing January 20, 2025.
The story contest has separate categories for adult and young adult writers.
The winners in each category will be recognized at the convention, receive free memberships to [Worldcon], and have their stories published in an upcoming anthology by Grim Oak Press. Stories must draw inspiration from our Worldcon theme: Building Yesterday’s Future – For Everyone.
The theme “was selected to invoke nostalgia for the hopeful science-fictional era of the early 1960s.” Pay is $0.10/word.
Adult stories must be between 3,000 and 5,000 words, while stories written by “young adults” (ages 18 and younger) should be between 2,000 and 4,000 words. Submissions will be accepted from January 5-20, 2025, and stories should be sent to writing.contest@seattlein2025.org as an attachment in .rtf or .docx format.
For more details and formatting guidelines, see the contest page.
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