Contests
| Update your Amazon wish list to see Twilight: New Moon | |
| News > Contests | October 5, 2009 |
| Amazon.com is offering ten weeks of big prizes to celebrate ten years of their wish list feature. This week's prizes focus on The Twilight Saga: New Moon film premiere... | |
| Ellen Kaye-Cheveldayoff Names Baen Books' Vampire Anthology | |
| News > Contests | October 1, 2009 |
| Baen Books announced the winning "vile pun" in their "Name That Vampire Anthology" contest. The winning title will headline Esther Friesner's third humorous suburban dark fantasy anthology... | |
| Tor's "Fantasy Firsts" giveaway, and a chance to meet Brandon Sanderson | |
| News > Contests | September 25, 2009 |
  Tor is giving away 1,000 copies of both Mistborn and The Eye of the World to introduce new readers to their big fantasy series. Sanderson has also announced the titles of the final two Wheel of Time books, and a chance to meet him personally on his signing tour (deadline is this weekend)...
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| Massive British short story contest | |
| News > Contests | September 15, 2009 |
| The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award is valued at £25,000 (plus for runners up), and looking for the best short story (less than 7,000 words) by an already published UK/Irish author... | |
| Robert J. Sawyer's Rollback being podcast, FlashForward featured on CBC | |
| News > Books | September 10, 2009 |
  Robert J. Sawyer's novel FlashForward is featured on CBC Radio's Book Club, as the tv series based on it is set to debut. Meanwhile, his Rollback is offered as a serialized free podcast narrated by Alessandro Juliani...
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| Winners of the Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Short Story Contest finally announced | |
| News > Contests | September 3, 2009 |
| The Heinlein Society's RAH Centennial Short Story Contest was first announced in 2007, and the winners expected to be announced coincident with the centennial of Robert A. Heinlein's birth. A little late, the winners of the $5,000, $2,000, and $1,000 prizes have been announced... | |
| Writers and Illustrators of the Future prizes awarded | |
| News > Contests | September 3, 2009 |
 The 25th Writers of the Future and 20th Illustrators of the Future grand prize winners were named: Emery Huang and Oleksandra Barysheva...
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| Writers & Illustrators of the Future workshop blog, ceremony and signing details | |
| News > Contests | August 27, 2009 |
| The winners of this year's Writers and Illustrators of the Future contests are currently attending workshops with contest judges, and blogging about their experiences. The awards ceremony will be Saturday, and two signings are scheduled for Sunday. For details or to attend... | |
| David Anthony Durham giving away galley of Acacia #2 | |
| News > Contests | August 24, 2009 |
 Recent Campbell-winner David Anthony Durham is giving away a pre-publication galley copy of his second Acacia novel, along with a copy of the British paperback version of the first book in the series...
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| Mike Resnick is the newest WotF judge | |
| News > Contests | August 21, 2009 |
| Mike Resnick has joined the slate of 16 judges of the quarterly Writers of the Future contest... | |
| Harlan County goodies up for grabs to publicize Harlan County Horror | |
| News > Contests | August 19, 2009 |
 Talk about Harlan County Horror to win some nifty Harlan (Kentucky) swag, including something from the actual mayor of Harlan...
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| Win a hardcover copy of Laura Anne Gilman's Flesh and Fire, before she gets one herself | |
| News > Contests | August 13, 2009 |
 Author Laura Anne Gilman is giving away two copies of her forthcoming Flesh and Fire: Book 1 of the Vineart War to the authors of two wine review-style reviews of one of three things (having nothing to do with wine or the book)...
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| Eos giving away art from Brom's forthcoming The Child Thief | |
| News > Contests | August 5, 2009 |
 Enter to win one of three original sketches or 25 color prints from Brom's forthcoming The Child Thief...
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| Mythic Delirium's new featured poems, new submission window, and issue giveaway | |
| News > Magazines | August 3, 2009 |
| Genre poetry magazine Mythic Delirium has new featured poems on its website, is giving away copies in a "guess the poet" contest closing the end of August, and will reopen to submissions in October for a guest-edited issue... | |
| SFBC art contest and limited-edition cover art | |
| News > Contests | August 3, 2009 |
| The Science Fiction Book Club's first art contest will have two winners: one science fiction and one fantasy. Announcing the contest will be a sketch for the forthcoming art by Donato covering P.K. Dick's Do Androids Dream… | |
| Dorchester/Leisure opportunities for new authors | |
| News > Market Reports | July 31, 2009 |
| Dorchester Publishing's Leisure Books is still taking entries for its "Fresh Blood" contest, and they're also looking at unagented manuscripts... | |
| Albedo One's International Aeon Award 2009 updates: quarterly shortlists and more | |
| News > Contests | July 24, 2009 |
| Irish sf magazine Albedo One's International Aeon Award writing contest continues, with the announcement of the second quarterly shortlist. Also, a previous winner will be translated into French... | |
| Tor.com closes out Apollo 11 anniversary with gifts and essays | |
| News > Contests | July 21, 2009 |
 Tor.com finished celebrating its first anniversary (which coincided with the 40th of Apollo 11), and has announced the winners of its 25 giveaways. They've also got essays from 30 big-names on where they were...
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| Tor.com giveaway and lunar memories | |
| News > Contests | July 20, 2009 |
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Read authors' memories of the first Moon landing, and win free stuff, on Tor.com today...
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| Baen Books' "Name That Vampire Anthology" Contest | |
| News > Contests | July 14, 2009 |
| Baen Books is looking for a title for the third in Esther Friesner's anthology series that started with Witch Way to the Mall and Strip Mauled. Prizes include cash and books... | |
| BVC twitter fic contest to win MKBohnhoff's new ebook | |
| News > Contests | June 18, 2009 |
 Book View Cafe's new twitter fiction contest celebrates the release of Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff's new ebook, Laldasa: A Beloved Slave, and offers it and others as prizes. Deadline is 19 June...
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| NY Anime Fest giving away tickets to NY Asian Film Fest | |
| News > Contests | June 17, 2009 |
 The New York Anime Festival is giving away tickets to two films showing at the New York Asian Film Festival: Yoroi Samurai Zombie and 20th Century Boys...
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| Win a piece of the Moon from New Scientist | |
| News > Contests | June 15, 2009 |
 New Scientist's current competition is offering a piece of lunar meteorite as the prize...
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| NYAF giving away two tickets to first VAMPS US concert | |
| News > Contests | June 12, 2009 |
| VAMPS, a new Japanese rock group, will be touring the US this summer. The New York Anime Festival is giving away two tickets to their first concert, in New York City... | |
| Win High Voltage Tattoo and a Wisconsin Badger cap | |
| News > Contests | June 10, 2009 |
 Author Lori Devoti is offering the swag in celebration of the publication of her newest novel, Amazon Ink, in which Amazons wear tattoos...
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