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Announcing the forth coming Apex Halloween Short Story Contest

From the website:

Contest rules in a nutshell:

Theme: Urban myths with an alien origin
Deadline: October 15th, 2009
Word Count: Maximum of 2,500 words
Submission Address: halloween@apexbookcompany.com

The prize this year is publication in Jennifer Brozek’s upcoming Apex anthology Close Encounters of the Urban Kind. First place gets publication and payment of 8 cents per word for their story (and a copy of the antho). Second place gets publication and payment of 5 cents per word for their story (and a copy of the antho).

Jennifer’s anthology is invite only, so these will be the only open spots available to non-solicited manuscripts. (This would be a huge feather in someones cap)

The Apex editing team will choose the ten to fifteen best stories and submit those to Jennifer.

Jennifer will proceed to pick the winner and runner-up for publication.

(Take note of this - it's important!)

Her anthology can be described as “combining the dark allure of urban legends with the high stakes of alien encounters”.

Best of luck!