Please read these eligibility and entry rules before beginning the online entry process. Submission of an entry is taken as acceptance of the entry rules.
For any entry or eligibility queries not covered below, please email [email protected] for clarification before submitting an entry.
No entries will be considered if submitted after October 31, 2014
Winners Announced December 30, 2014 in Special Short Story Edition
Rules Short Story Competition
No entry form is needed. Entry is online only.
You may enter as many times as you wish.
Entrants must be aged 18 years or over.
Entries must be made by the writer
The story must be the entrant’s own work
The competition is open to writers of any nationality writing in English.
There is no restriction on theme or style.
The author’s details should be included in the entry form. They must not be given anywhere on the uploaded document. All entries are judged anonymously.
Entries must be 2,000 words minimum, 5,000 words maximum.
The story must be original and should not have been previously published anywhere in full or in part. Published work is taken to mean published in any printed, publicly accessible form, e.g. anthology, magazine, newspaper. It is also taken to mean published online, with the exception of personal blogs and personal websites.
Entries should be uploaded in a .DOC or .DOCX document
All entries should be submitted in Arial 12 point font and double line spacing. All pages should be numbered and include a header with the title of the story.
All Winners will be published in Bending Reality Magazine
Worldwide copyright of each story remains with the writer. Bending Reality Magazine will have the unrestricted right to publish the winning stories in an anthology and for promotional purposes
Notification of receipt of entry will normally be by email.
The judges' verdict is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
Stories cannot be altered or substituted once they have been entered.
Entry is taken as acceptance of these rules.
Prizes
Winners will be published in Bending Reality Magazine
There will be First, Second and Third place winners.
1st - $100 2nd - $50 3rd - $25
Good luck!
Bending Reality Short Story Contest
Eligibility and Entry Rules