2024 TREMENDICON KEVIN WATKINS MEMORIAL SHORT STORY CONTEST

The 2024 Tremendicon Kevin Watkins Memorial Short Story Contest is accepting unpublished, original short stories of fiction.
The contest is open to amateur writers, ages 14 and up.
Entries will be judged by a panel of professional writers.
The winning author will receive a $150 cash prize and have their short story published in the 2025 Tremendicon convention guide.

Eligibility Criteria:
All the following criteria must be met to be eligible for the 2024 Tremendicon Short Story Contest:

• Entries are due April 28th, 2024, by midnight, Central Standard Time.
• Entries must be works of prose, up to 4,000 words in length.
• Entries must be original works by the entrant, in English.
  Plagiarism, which includes the use of third-party poetry, song lyrics, characters, or another person’s universe, without written permission, will result in disqualification.
• Artificially created works will also be disqualified.
• Entries must be submitted via email, double-spaced, and must include the title and page number on each page, but not the author’s name, so that the stories may be judged anonymously.
• Entries may not have been previously published in professional media.
• Entries must be appropriate (as deemed by the panel of judges) and not contain sexually explicit, racist, or otherwise inappropriate content.

How to Enter: 

• No entry fee is required.
• Submit your story via email to JoinTheFun@Tremendicon.com
• The subject line should read “Short Story Contest: Tremendicon 2024 – [Insert Author’s Name]”

Each entry email must include:

• The story’s title.
• Author’s legal name.
• Author’s pen name (if applicable).
• Author’s email and phone number.
• Word count for the short story submission.
• This phrase, with your name inserted, “I, [Insert Author’s Name] acknowledge the eligibility criteria of the 2024 Tremendicon Kevin Watkins Memorial Short Story Contest and give Tremendicon permission to print my short story in the 2025 Tremendicon Convention Guide if my short story is selected as the winner of the contest.”
• The short story added as an email attachment or a link to where we can download the story.

Additional Information:

• The decision of the judges will be made without disclosure of the writer’s name. The final choice is entirely their own and binding.
• The winner will be contacted and informed they have won by May 27th, 2024.
• The winner will be announced publicly on Friday, May 31st, 2024, at Tremendicon during opening ceremonies.
• All rights to submitted stories remain the property of the author.
• Check Tremendicon.com for rule changes and updates.
• If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Tremendicon by email at  JoinTheFun@Tremendicon.com