Today's smile: "Dear Editor: Why do you keep sending my stories back? You're supposed to print them and make me rich and famous. What is it with you?" This letter to the editor was written by that famous writer and philosopher Snoopy, while sitting atop his doghouse. How many homo sapien authors can relate to this canine author's angst?
L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest
www.writersofthefuture.com/contest
Free quarterly contest for new and amateur writers of science fiction and fantasy short stories or novelettes. Authors retain publication rights. The current quarter ends March 31.
Prizes are awarded each quarter: $1,000, $750, and $500. An annual grand prize of an additional $5,000 will be awarded to one of the four first place winners. The quarters begin on Oct. 1, Jan. 1, Apr. 1, and July 1. The year ends on September 30, but this international contest has been running for years.
Send only one story per quarter, maximum 17,000 words. Entrants may not have professionally published a novel, short novel, novelette, or more than three short stories, in any medium. Professional publication is defined as payment and at least 5,000 copies or 5,000 hits.
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