I wanted to share this with everyone because the deadline for the Fandango Virtual (publishers of Gator Springs Gazette and Bonfire) short story competition is drawing very close. If you put the main prizes and drawing prizes together, your chances of winning something are very good right now, so if you've got a good story waiting for a comp, this may be your opportunity. Here's the blurb I'm about to circulate:

Ani




Deadline approaching for Fandango Virtual 2005 Short Fiction Contest

The 30 November deadline for Fandango Virtual's 2005 Short Story Competition is only days away.

Our contest readers have been kept busy with the entries received to date and at this point the odds of winning one of the prizes are phenomenally high. On the other hand, if you don't enter the odds against winning are extremely strong. We do hope you will not miss your chance to take home the big bucks.

We remind you that cash prizes are bigger than last year (1st—$500, 2nd—$200, and 3rd—$100) and there are bonus prizes to be awarded in a random drawing of all the entrants, including a seat in To Write Well's online course, Impact of Style, valued at $499.

At the moment it appears that almost every entry will at least receive a bonus prize.

For full contest details visit:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fandango.virtual/gator/fv_contest_2005.htm

Hope you all don't mind if bump this back up a few times until the deadline has passed so that those who haven't been around for a couple of days can also see the message.

Thanks!

Ani

Just bumping it up again - three days left!!!

Bumping it up again because today's the deadline for paying the fee. However, if you pay the entry fee by today, you have until 4 December to submit your story. Here are the details:

29 November 2005 Fandango Virtual 2005 Short Fiction Contest We'd like to thank all of you have submitted entries so far, some of you more than once! The contest judges are finding it difficult to select a shortlist from so many great entries. It will get done, however, and all prizes will be awarded. Will it be you who wins one of the cash prizes (1st—$500, 2nd—$200, and 3rd—$100)? Or will you be lucky enough to take home one of the bonus prizes to be awarded in a random drawing, including a seat in To Write Well's online course, Impact of Style, valued at $499? If you haven't entered yet, don't delay. As a special incentive to our list members, as long as you pay the reading fee while it is 30 November anywhere in the world, you may have until midnight on 4 December to get your story to us. This extension applies to those of you have already paid but have not yet sent your stories.

(And you can subscribe to the Fandango Virtual news updates list here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fandango.virtual/index.html)