Thursday, November 13, 2008

Hip Mama Fiction Contest!!!

grab your pencils -

Announcing the first Hip Mama Fiction Contest-

For all of you beautiful liars out there- Hip Mama is gonna be breaking some fresh ground and doing a Short Story Contest judged by Kerlin Richter (me) and the awesome Ariel Gore .

First Prize is $100, your Short Story as the feature in issue 44 the Creativity issue with a profile and picture of your brilliant self, AND a Lifetime Subscription to Hip Mama which we don't even sell any more.

Ten runners up will get a four issue subscription, their names and story titles in the zine and their full stories will be published online.

what about ?

Write any short story you want just make sure there is a Mama in there somewhere. It can be any genre, any style, from any ol' point of View, only rule for content is THERE MUST BE A MAMA.

how long?

Keep it under 2500 words.

where to?

The best way is if you can attach it as a word document and email your story to hipmamazine@gmail.com. put in the subject line Short Story Submission and your name.

or

Mail it to me old school at P.O Box 12525, Portland OR 97212.

how much?

$25 per story entry fee, or splurge and for $60 and I will mail back your story with comments.

You can pay the at the hipmamashop.com site and include your receipt # in your e-mail, or mail a check with your entry.

when?

Deadline for Entries- April 1st 2009.

Comments will be mailed by May 30th at the latest-


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