Contest Summary
- MOTA word: ADDICTION
- Guest Editor: Elizabeth Engstrom
- $10.00 US entry fee due at submission
- Stories up to 10,000 words
- Contest starts: May 1st
- Contest ends: September 30th
- Postmark on or between May 1st and September 30th
- The writer has to be at least 18 years of age
- The writer has to be able to travel internationally without assistance
- Prior Grand Prize winners cannot enter
- Grand Prize worth over $7,000.00 US, there is not any other type of payment or prize at this time, but we hope to offer $0.05/word to all MOTA selected authors. Please read more below.
- No reprint stories
- No simultaneous submissions
- Submitting to MOTA is by entering the contest
| The MOTA word is "ADDICTION" and as such the main character has to deal with their feeling on the subject. Don't take the easy way out, we will be looking for the best story and that means introspection, fighting with oneself over the bending to it, or struggling to stay/get away from it. The bigger the internal struggle the bigger the payoff for the reader.
1. A $10.00 US entry fee is required for each submission to MOTA, and all rights in the story remain the property of the author, unless chosen for inclusion in the anthology for which there will be a contract outlining the required rights.
2. All entries must be original works, in English. Plagiarism, which includes the use of third-party poetry, song lyrics, characters or another person's universe, without written permission will result in disqualification. Excessive violence or sex, determined by the judges, will result in disqualification. Entries may not have been previously published in professional media.
3. To be eligible, entries must be works of fiction (i.e. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy), up to 10,000 words in length. We regret we cannot consider poetry, or works intended for children.
4. The Contest is open only to those who have not had professionally published a novel or short novel, or more than one novelette, or more than three short stories, in any medium. Professional publication is deemed to be payment, and at least 5,000 copies, or 5,000 hits.
5. Entries must be typewritten or a computer printout in black ink on white paper, double spaced, with numbered pages. All other formats will be disqualified. Each entry must have a cover page with the title of the work, the author?s name, address, telephone number, email address and an approximate word count. Every subsequent page must carry the title and a page number, but the author's name must be deleted to facilitate fair judging.
6. Manuscripts will be returned after judging only if the author has provided return postage on a self addressed envelope.
7. All entrants will receive judging results by email after all stories have been selected and authors have been signed.
8. We accept only entries for which no delivery signature is required by us to receive them.
9. There shall be a single Grand Prize of guaranteed publishing in MOTA, an all expense paid trip to the scheduled seminar ("all expense" refer to: airfare, lodging, seminar fees, and two tours) and publication in the seminar anthology. It does not include spending money or food otherwise indicated as specifically outlined in the itinerary.
10. The Contest starts May 1st of the present year.
11. The Contest ends September 30th of the present year at midnight. To be eligible for judging, an entry must be postmarked no later than midnight on the last day of August.
12. Each entrant may submit only one manuscript. Winners are ineligible to make further entries in the contest.
13. All entries are final. No revisions are accepted.
14. Entries will be judged by professional authors. The decisions of the judges are entirely their own, and are final.
15. Winners will be individually notified of the results by email.
16. This contest is void where prohibited by law.
17. The contest is open to all the age of 18 years and older, and able to travel internationally without assistance.
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