23rd Annual Dead of Winter short fiction contest

 

23rd Annual Dead of Winter short fiction contest

Posted on October 1, 2023 by 

Stories submitted to the the 23rd Annual Dead of Winter contest (December 2023) will use the theme DEATH FINDS A WAY.

For the first time in 20+ years, we were late in announcing our theme. Why? Life. So if life can find a way, couldn’t death do the same? How does death, in any form you choose to think of it, find a way into our bodies, psyches, or environments? Is death personified in your story? Is it an entity that creeps under doors or passes through solid objects, from stone to flesh? Is death a place? A state of being among many? For characters who believe they can outwit or outlast death, how does the great leveler finally win… or does it?

EVERY YEAR:

Stories MUST be based on the theme provided.
Stories MUST be set in winter.
Stories MUST fall in the horror genre.

HOW TO ENTER:

The contest opens October 1, 2023 and the deadline for submission is 11:59 PM ET December 21, 2023.

Email entries to dow2023[at]toasted-cheese.com with the subject line:
Dead of Winter Contest Entry.

Include at the beginning of your entry: Title (word count)

The word count range for DOW 2023 is 1000–5000 words. You may round your word count however you like (example: a 4853-word-story could be “4853,” “4850,” or “~4900”). Stories that do not fall within word count parameters will be disqualified.

Follow general contest guidelines and general Dead of Winter guidelines.
See DOW guidelines for prize information


https://www.toasted-cheese.com/community/23rd-annual-dead-of-winter-short-fiction-contest/

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