GM Judged Story Contest

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For GM writers interested in judged rather than popular vote contests, there's one on (deadline 1 June) at http://www.barbarianspy.com (Click on "Writing" and "B&S Awards.") Judges are a novelist/book editor and a reviewer for Rainbow Reviews. Theme of this contest running is "first times." Word limit is 3,000 words. Limited to the first 50 entries. It's for stories e-published in 2009 (posting here on Lit. would qualify). The high three winners receive a review posted to BarbarianSpy that they can use anywhere they want; the story isn't reprinted at BarbarianSpy--a link is given to where it's published. The top ten placers receive a private critique by the judges. All entries will be notified which third they placed in.

This is a contest that concentrates on the comparative quality of the content rather than on how many friends you can muster to vote for you.