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Serendipity 2012 Spring Writing Contest

Soho Enterprises LogoSoho Enterprises, Inc. (SEIKy) is proud to sponsor the Serendipity Writing Contest. Entries will be accepted in two categories: very short fiction (1,000 word limit) and short story (5,000 word limit).

A grand prize of $250 will be awarded for the best entry. Additional prizes will be awarded for 1st ($75) and 2nd ($50) place in each category. Entry fees are $7 for one entry, or $10 for two entries. Entries must be postmarked by March 31, 2012.

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Sneak Peek: Jim Graham’s Birdie Down

Today we have a sneak peek from Jim Graham’s science fiction adventure, Birdie Down:

Birdie DownThe Outer-Rim rebellion stumbles into its second day – and in the wrong direction.

The third generation residents of the resource-rich New Worlds are seeking to throw off the yolk of corporate rule. Ex-Resource War veteran, Sebastian Scatkiewicz and his colleague, Andrew ‘Birdie’ Goosen, have dared to take on the biggest company of them all. Hot from attacking the Lynthax Corporation head offices on Trevon and then on G-eo they’re planning to attack a third. But there’s friction in the rebel camp. Scat’s ignoring the advice of colleagues. His personal beef with Jack Petroff, Lynthax’s head of security, is affecting his judgement; his friends and political masters are doubting his motives; and the loyalty of the newest recruits is far from certain…

The first in a break-out series, based on the space adventure ‘Scat’.

Birdie Down is available from Smashwords for free, and on Amazon.com. Continue reading “Sneak Peek: Jim Graham’s Birdie Down”

Switchback’s March Flash Contest

SwitchbackEach month Switchback provides a prompt for a flash fiction contest. The winning entry as decided by their editors will be featured on Switchback. Contest submissions can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or even art but must be 500 words or under. Please send only one submission per prompt and only previously unpublished works. The deadline for submissions is 5:00 pm on the last day of the month.

The March prompt is: “Three men walk into a bar.”

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