Sunday, May 8, 2011

3rd Annual Watery Grave Invitational

It's that time of year again. For the third year in a row, The Drowning Machine presents "The Watery Grave Invitational". All you have to do is send Naomi a link to one of your online stories published this past year to get your name tossed in the hat. If you're chosen you get to write a story for the contest. And there's cash prizes! Naomi also posts the links to your stories at The Drowning Machine blog so you'll have a wider audience for your work, it's a win-win, even if you're not chosen to participate in the contest. For all the details go to http://drowningmachine.blogspot.com/2011/05/3rd-lap-time-for-watery-grave.html

11 comments:

Naomi Johnson said...

Thanks for the PR, Sandra! I hope you enter this year.

sandra seamans said...

I think I probably will, Naomi, I had few stories online this year that qualify.

Unknown said...

Sounds like fun... I will have to mark my calendar for next year though. The only crime fiction that was under 3000 words that I had published before April 15, was my little 800 word flash fiction piece for Patti Abbot's Scarry Night Challenge. And... looking at the calendar, I see that there is only a week left... I have way too much going on right now to start a new story for WGI challenge (pre-supposing of course, that I were invited.)

But, next year... something to look forward to. :)

Naomi Johnson said...

Sandra, cool! I look forward to it.

Veronica, your flash fiction piece will qualify you if you send the link this week. The theme won't be announced until all invitations are issued and accepted, so if you won an invitation, you couldn't begin work on the story until May 22, and you would have until June 5 to submit it. Hope that timing opens a window of opportunity for you.

Unknown said...

Thank you, Naomi... yes, it does open a window for me.

I will go over to Drowning Machine and post a comment with the link.

Thank you!

Unknown said...

Ha! Correction... I will email link to my story, not post comment...

Sean Patrick Reardon said...

Sandra- Thanks for the heads up on this. Threw my hat in the ring, and hoping my number gets pulled. either way, it is already a great lineup and I can't wait to read the stories.

pattinase (abbott) said...

http://www.pulppusher.blogspot.com/

Yes, it's back.

sandra seamans said...

The WGI is always great fun, Sean. Good luck to both you and Veronica.

Thanks, Patti, I came home to find an email from Tony and a note frome you. Good to see PulpPusher back open there were always great stories posted there. I especially remember one of yours :)

Naomi Johnson said...

Sean, you're a most welcome addition to the fray!

Pulp Pusher is back and the sun is shining here for the first time in a while. If the economy improves, too, I'm going to eat ice cream all night long!

sandra seamans said...

Forget the economy, Naomi, have ice cream anyway - it solves all the worlds problems :)