Wicked Karnival's Twisted Fairy Tale Contest
Posted by Tom Moran on the Wicked Karnival Messageboard:
"This marks the end of the third Killer Kritique and I couldn't be happier with how it's going. I see familiar faces, which lends me to believe that we're doing something right. Consequently, people who have entered before always seem to be in the top three. As I'm learning about you guys as writers, I think that you all might be learning a bit about what we look for as editors. I also love that, although this is a competition, everyone is very complimentary other writers' work. The fact that people post a "hey man, I really liked your story" is wonderful. After all, we're all horror writers and we SHOULD be supportive of one another.
The main idea behind this contest is that writers get the chance to possibly improve their writing while submitting to the contest. To my knowledge, there isn’t another contest like it. Instead of submitting your tale and waiting a month or more to get a rejection, you get feedback the moment we read it. If your tale doesn’t win, chances are there are hints to why it didn’t win in the critiques. When the judges make their decisions, it’s based on those critiques. There are no secrets—you see the entire process.
Choosing a winner seems to get more difficult with each contest—likely due to the quality of the subs. This was one of the closest races yet. Although there were 5 stories that really stood out, two really screamed “Winner”. These stories not only exhibited quality writing, but also expertly took into account all aspects of the theme. After battling it out, the editors finally picked the one of the two that deserved to be called the winner.
The first place winner is:
"Seeing Red" by Bob Freeman.
Bob's tale was well written, entertaining, and took in to account all elements of the theme--including the all-important HORROR."
"This marks the end of the third Killer Kritique and I couldn't be happier with how it's going. I see familiar faces, which lends me to believe that we're doing something right. Consequently, people who have entered before always seem to be in the top three. As I'm learning about you guys as writers, I think that you all might be learning a bit about what we look for as editors. I also love that, although this is a competition, everyone is very complimentary other writers' work. The fact that people post a "hey man, I really liked your story" is wonderful. After all, we're all horror writers and we SHOULD be supportive of one another.
The main idea behind this contest is that writers get the chance to possibly improve their writing while submitting to the contest. To my knowledge, there isn’t another contest like it. Instead of submitting your tale and waiting a month or more to get a rejection, you get feedback the moment we read it. If your tale doesn’t win, chances are there are hints to why it didn’t win in the critiques. When the judges make their decisions, it’s based on those critiques. There are no secrets—you see the entire process.
Choosing a winner seems to get more difficult with each contest—likely due to the quality of the subs. This was one of the closest races yet. Although there were 5 stories that really stood out, two really screamed “Winner”. These stories not only exhibited quality writing, but also expertly took into account all aspects of the theme. After battling it out, the editors finally picked the one of the two that deserved to be called the winner.
The first place winner is:
"Seeing Red" by Bob Freeman.
Bob's tale was well written, entertaining, and took in to account all elements of the theme--including the all-important HORROR."
posted by Bob Freeman at 8:32 AM
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