Leisure Books’ Fresh Blood Contest offers opportunities for aspiring horror writers
© Flavio Takemoto
If you’re working on the kind of novel that makes you afraid to be alone with your characters, you may be writing something worthy of Leisure’s 2011 lineup.
Leisure Books, a Dorchester Publishing imprint specialising in paperback horror, has teamed up with Rue Morgue magazine in association with horror fiction website ChiZine, to present Fresh Blood, a new writing contest aimed at uncovering unpublished horror authors with the skills to make the skin tighten on your scalp until the slightest unexpected sound has you leaping from your sofa in alarm.
The author of the most gloriously frightening piece of writing submitted will receive a contract for publication by Leisure Books in 2011, as well as a contract from ChiZine Publications for a limited-edition hardcover release, also in 2011.
Your novel should be complete, be between 80,000 and 90,000 words long, and should be in the horror genre, whether that’s supernatural or non-supernatural.
The competition is free to enter.
How to submit your horror novel
Email you entry to Submissions@dorchesterpub.com by September 30th 2009.
The words Fresh Blood must appear in the subject line of the email.
Your submission should comprise a synopsis that tells the story from beginning to end and the complete manuscript, double spaced and attached to one email as two separate Word attachments.
The chosen finalists will later be asked to supply:
A dramatic, brief summary of the novel, similar to what would go on the back cover of the book. This should be no more than 200 words;
A description of your novel’s frightening element (the killer, the monster, ghost, vampire, evil presence, etc.) in no more than 250 words;
A description of your novel’s protagonist in no more than 250 words;
The best dialogue scene in your manuscript in no more than 1,500 words;
The most atmospheric scene in your manuscript in no more than 1,500 words;
The most frightening scene in your manuscript in no more than 1,750 words;
A brief author’s bio and photo.
A panel of experts, including Leisure Executive Editor Don D’Auria and editors at ChiZine, will judge entries. The finalists will be announced in November 2009.
For further information please visit www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SpecialFeatures.cfm?ID=2681
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