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Early Bird Announcement: Broken Pencil Presents Indie Writers Deathmatch IV
Submitted by Nathaniel G Moore on August 21, 2010 - 12:24pm
By Nathaniel G. Moore
Reminding you all that the deadliest fiction contest on the planet is coming back bigger and better than ever! While the deadline is not until December 31, 2010, there's no reason you can start training now! Not For The Faint or Meek, this annual contest attracts over 40,000 online visitors during the seven-week competition, which sees the most brutal display of literary criticism the internet can handle live and raw. Hundreds of deathmatch fiction entries get narrowed down to eight finalists who face off, story versus story, until there is one grand prize winner, standing proud amongst their fallen comrades: the deathmatch champion! And this year's grand prize is already shaping up to be better than last year, with a cash prize, ($300 CDN) a book package (including Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia, Edited by Mikhail Iossel and Jeff Parker, Tin House Books) Broken Pencil merchandise, publication and profile in the Spring 2011 issue and more TBA! But we're not there yet. We want you to start penning your masterpieces and planning your victory speech, but for those who want additional ways to be a part of the mid-winter classic that is Indie Writers Deathmatch, the most unique multimedia fiction contest around! And here's how you can take advantage of our early bird special. Get involved in any of the following ways:
If you are interested in getting involved in any of the aforementioned ways, or have an idea of your own, please contact Nathaniel G. Moore at assisteditor@brokenpencil.com or call the deathmatch hotline at 416 204 1700. If we like you idea your name will be entered in a draw to win a special early bird prize. To take a look at the carnage from last year, please visit To watch a few YouTube videos from past competitions, please visit And most importantly, if you are eager to send us your story and entry fee ($20 CDN) which includes a year's subscription to Broken Pencil, please stay tuned, we'll be making some official announcement very soon. This is an early bird announcement after all! Keep checking our website and follow us on twitter. http://twitter.com/brokenpencilmag Related item from our archives |