| ANNOUNCING THE Gemini Magazine SHORT STORY CONTEST! GRAND PRIZE: $1,000 2nd PLACE: $100 HONORABLE MENTION (3) ENTRY FEE: $4 DEADLINE: March 31, 2010 All Five Finalists Will Be Published in The June 2010 Issue of Gemini No restrictions on content, style, genre or length. Simply send your best unpublished work by email or snail mail. We love a good story and truly look forward to reading yours! Flashes, novel excerpts, experimental—all types of short fiction are welcome. Both new and established writers welcome. Two of the six finalists in our recent Flash Fiction Contest were previously unpublished. (see results below) TO ENTER: 1. Click "Donate" and pay the $4 entry fee. 2. Paste previously unpublished story into body of email and send to: contest@gemini-magazine.com NO attachments. Do not include bio—just your story and contact info. Enter as many stories as you like; $4 fee for each individual story. 2 stories = $8 3 stories = $12 4 stories = $16 10 stories = $40 OR: 1. Mail entry with $4 check or money order, payable to Gemini Magazine, to: Contest, Gemini Magazine, P.O. Box 1485, Onset, MA 02558 (include $4 for each additional entry) ____________________________________________________ And the Winner of THE FIRST ANNUAL Gemini Magazine FLASH FICTION CONTEST.... Beverly Akerman, for "PIE" Honorable Mention: V.R. Shankar, "THE PERCUSSIONIST" Audrey Webb, "STALL" Kate Maruyama, "the weight of things" Melindy Wynn-Bourne, "LEFT" Jessica Wortsman, "SNIP, SNIP" Hearty congratulations to the above finalists! We received nearly 400 entries. Loads of good ones but couldn't print em all. A sincere THANK YOU to all who participated. Thanks also to Phil Bernhardt for invaluable assistance with judging, Nancy Atkinson for reading (one of the above stories gave her goosebumps) and Debbie Sirois for technical support. Five of the six finalists are women. Four of the finalists are from outside the U.S. Three are from Canada and two have never before been published. That's the spirit of Gemini Magazine—no boundaries, no rules, everyone gets a chance. While running this contest was a lot of work, it was also tremendously exciting. Let's do it again next year! Contest opens June 1, 2010. —David Bright, Editor |
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