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WINNERS - FIRE
TO FLY 2003
Time for the annual fire to fly contest again. Are
you ready? This year's winner will receive the usual cash, PLUS
be published in DIME II.
DIME is the hottest anthology around. Get your copy of DIME
I and you'll see why you want your story in DIME!
Starting April 1st, 2004, FMAM -- Futures Mysterious Anthology
Magazine -- is pleased to bring you our 7th Annual FIRE TO
FLY SHORT STORY CONTEST FOR 2004. The stakes are high! topics varied.
And we've got lots of chances for you to win! Starting with a round
of semi-finalists and then finalists BEFORE we get to the tip, top
winners. All finalists will receive one free copy of FMAM –
a $12 value including USA shipping.
PRIZES:
1st prize: $200, AND YOUR STORY WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE
ANTHOLOGY DIME II. (PAPERBACK AND AUDIO)!
2nd prize: $75, plus publication in FAME, and a 1-year subscription
to FMAM!
3rd prize: $50, plus publication in FAME, and a 1-year subscription!
4th thru 8th prizes: Honorable Mention PLUS your story will
be published in FAME!
ALL winners will receive an original art award certificate created
by Pete Welling. Your story will be read by the best. We have top
notch authors and publishers who judge our contests.
RULES:
Enter by following these 3 simple steps:
Step 1: Enter your short mystery of 7000 words or less using
one of the following categories:
Forensic, CSI CRIME
Holidays are Criminal
Historical Crime (or hysterical, HAHAHA)
Crimes mixed with Horror
Crimes of the Spirit (ghosts, supernatural, etc.)
Crimes that involve the world of TECHNO, i.e., internet, cellphone,
if I can't follow the directions it's tech. J and I can barely operate
the microwave.
Step 2: Send your check (payable to Futures Magazine) in
the amount of $15 per story to:
FUTURES, 3039 38th Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55406.
Enter as many as you like. NO LIMIT! Or pay online through paypal
if you prefer! Be sure to make note of your PayPal payment reference
number.
NOTE: You MAY enter reprints.
Step 3: Paste your entry in an email to EarlStag@juno.com
by the DEADLINE of Sept 30, 2004. Put “Fire to Fly 2004”
in the subject heading. In the body of your email (no attachments,
please) include your story, title, your name, address, phone number,
email, word count, and short bio. At the end please include the
words THE END. All entrants will be notified that stories have been
received. Questions? Contact Earl at EarlStag@juno.com.
Insider Tips: We LOVE a GREAT title. Use your imagination
from the get go. We also love a great mystery that keeps us on the
edge of our chairs. We want a great beginning and a great ending.
Surprise us with the best you've ever written!
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To purchase ‘fire to fly’ gifts or fun stuff for YOU,
check out the new items!
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FMAM 'Fire to Fly' SHORT STORY Contest for 2003 WINNERS
FMAM is proud to say that after 7 years the ‘fire to fly’
Contest has taken off and it IS flying! The stories we saw in 2003
were fabulous, and many! Because of this I am going to have many
more Honorable Mention winners (and they will get prizes!) than
we’d anticipated. I wish I could reward every one of you! Please
don’t feel bad if you didn’t make this list, I can’t
tell you what quality work came flying in! You are ALL winners in
my book! Do NOT forget to check out our SLESAR
TWIST WINNERS. Remember, the winner of the TWIST contest will
be in DIME, too!
FIRST PRIZE: NO SALE by ELIZABETH DEARL wins $300 cash and publication
in FMAM's first annual DIME anthology
in paperback AND audio, published by Quiet Storm Publishing, editor
babs lakey. CONGRATULATIONS!
SECOND PRIZE: FAMILY SECRETS by JAN CHRISTENSEN wins $100 and a
1 year subscription to FMAM plus publication of this story in FMAM!
THIRD PRIZE: THE BRIDGE by DARRELL JAMES wins $50, a 1 year subscription
to FMAM plus publication of this story in FMAM!
HONORABLE MENTIONS ARE NOT IN ORDER, ANY ONE OF THESE FIRST FIVE
COULD HAVE BEEN IN 4TH PLACE. THE FIRST FIVE WILL RECEIVE A ONE
YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO FMAM!
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL by VICKI M TAYLOR
UZZLE-PYE by FRANK BUGIARDO
PURITY'S PERFECT MURDER by C. ROCHELLE WEIDNER
CHOOLA by TAMMY KAISER
WITH LOVE, VERONICA by KEN GOLDMAN
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NOTICE: FMAM's annual shutdowns for new submissions are
June 1 to Aug. 1 and Nov. 1 thru Jan.
10.
These two periods of time allow our editors to catch up on the
large volume of submissions.
REMEMBER that we are always accepting your contest entries, year
round, AND, we also have occasional theme issues that stay open
to new subs during these hiatus times, as well as our annual DIME
mystery anthology.
Dime 2004
Cover artwork copyright ©
Dustin Evans
FMAM presents our First annual short mystery anthology in BOOK
format, publisher Quiet Storm Publishing - release date 5/04.
FMAM 2004
Dime 2005
Cover artwork copyright © Alfred Klosterman
FMAM'S SECOND ANNUAL SHORT MYSTERY STORY ANTHOLOGY DIME II,
2005.
Closed to submissions as of August 1, 2004.
The winning stories from the SLESAR'S TWIST and FIRE TO FLY 2004
CONTESTS will be published in DIME II. Details below.
Dime 2006
Cover artwork copyright © Dustin Evans
FMAM'S THIRD ANNUAL SHORT MYSTERY STORY ANTHOLOGY DIME III,
2006.
Submission guidelines at dime.shtml#dimeIII.
FIRE TO FLY 2004
Closed for submissions as of Sept. 30, 2004. Winners
to be announced! More info at Fire
to Fly.
SLESAR'S TWIST 2004
FMAM's annual “Twist” contest, now called
SLESAR'S TWIST, features prizes for the best twist ending short
mystery stories as characterized by the Hitchcock style of stories
written by Henry Slesar. Hitchcock called Henry the 'master of
the ironic'. Keep that word in mind as you write. Entries must
be submitted to FMAM by Oct 15, 2004. More info at Slesar's
Twist.
NEW! FMAM's online list! JOIN NOW! Welcome new and
used J writers, readers, fans, artists, more. Send a blank email
to:
FMAMwriters-artists-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or check at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FMAMwriters-artists
Look into our new FMAM list for new and not so new
writers and artists—this includes cartoonists and screenwriters
and you name it, we welcome YOU to join us! The original plan
for Futures when I started it was a world wide writer’s/
artist’s community. I felt we could help one another and
together do what we might never achieve by ourselves. This list
is the next step to the dream! You might be interested in this
for any number of reasons, to learn, to teach, to network, you
name it. Let me know if you have a special suggestion, otherwise,
welcome, jump on in! - babs
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will help support others - creative writers, artists, poets, cartoonists,
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others are being shut.
Do you work in more than one art form or know someone
who does? FMAM has separate poetry
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submission guidelines, and story
submission guidelines.
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