THE 2013 CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY COMPETITION IS NOW OPEN!
It’s that time of year again – Starbucks’ red cups are back, the John Lewis ad is on during every commercial break and the Christmas music is starting to hit the airwaves - the festive season is well and truly upon us and to celebrate we are thrilled to announce that the annual Spinetinglers Christmas Ghost Story Competition is now open!
We had an unbelievable response last year and can't wait to see what holiday horrors are submitted this year!
We do ask that you stick to the following rules -
- Christmas must be a central theme - you can't just throw in that someone was wandering down Oxford Street in the glow of the Christmas lights.
- Macabre & Morose? Funny & Uplifting? Ghosts & Ghouls? Possessions & Poltergeists? The choice is yours, but your tale must have some link to the “otherworld” or at least a passing nod to the “supernatural”.
- The maximum word count is 5,000 words. (But as it’s Christmas we will let you away with hitting 5,500.)
Apart from that anything goes!
There’s 2 ways to submit your story –
- Through the site – just make sure to include ‘Christmas Ghost Story Competition’ in the title box.
- Email – if you’d prefer to email your story then all you have to do is send your work as an attachment to lauren@spinetinglers.co.uk – again if you could include ‘Christmas Ghost Story Competition’ in the subject header that’ll ensure that your work is submitted to correct competition.
The closing date for submissions is midnight on Friday, December 13th.
As always, 1st Place wins £100.00 and guaranteed inclusion in a future Spinetinglers Anthology, 2nd Place wins £50.00, 3rd, 4th and 5th each win £25.00. All prize money is in GBP or your local currency equivalent.
Keep an eye on the site from December 16th to find out who makes this year’s top 5.
If you have any questions or queries please don’t hesitate to get in touch and we’ll get back to you ASAP.
Good luck!
We had an unbelievable response last year and can't wait to see what holiday horrors are submitted this year!
We do ask that you stick to the following rules -
- Christmas must be a central theme - you can't just throw in that someone was wandering down Oxford Street in the glow of the Christmas lights.
- Macabre & Morose? Funny & Uplifting? Ghosts & Ghouls? Possessions & Poltergeists? The choice is yours, but your tale must have some link to the “otherworld” or at least a passing nod to the “supernatural”.
- The maximum word count is 5,000 words. (But as it’s Christmas we will let you away with hitting 5,500.)
Apart from that anything goes!
There’s 2 ways to submit your story –
- Through the site – just make sure to include ‘Christmas Ghost Story Competition’ in the title box.
- Email – if you’d prefer to email your story then all you have to do is send your work as an attachment to lauren@spinetinglers.co.uk – again if you could include ‘Christmas Ghost Story Competition’ in the subject header that’ll ensure that your work is submitted to correct competition.
The closing date for submissions is midnight on Friday, December 13th.
As always, 1st Place wins £100.00 and guaranteed inclusion in a future Spinetinglers Anthology, 2nd Place wins £50.00, 3rd, 4th and 5th each win £25.00. All prize money is in GBP or your local currency equivalent.
Keep an eye on the site from December 16th to find out who makes this year’s top 5.
If you have any questions or queries please don’t hesitate to get in touch and we’ll get back to you ASAP.
Good luck!
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