Our publisher December House, is announcing that round 2 will take place in November 2013. Lucky for you (and me) there will be more authors participating this year. It means more variety for you and for me it means I can do a lot fewer stories. The theme this year is the "7 Deadly Sins"--you know, all those things that were featured in that movie "Seven." And this year I guess there are going to be ways for people to get more involved in the fest.
Here's the official press release that may clear things up or just make them murkier:
PRESS RELEASE
20 June 2013
December House announces Flash Fiction Fest 2013 Competition
Innovative
digital first publisher, December House, in conjunction with National
Flash Fiction Day, has announced the launch of it's Flash Fiction Fest
2013 competition.
Now
in its second year, Flash Fiction Fest is a month long celebration of
Flash Fiction and the short form of story telling. Every day in
November will see December House publishing new pieces of Flash Fiction
at www.flashfictionfest.com, and this year they're giving you the chance to have your work included and published in e-book form.
The
theme of this year's Fest will be "The 7 Deadly Sins" and December
House are asking writers to submit three pieces on that theme through
the FlashFictionFest.com
website. Each writer's entry will be read by December House's team and
the writer judged to have the best three pieces will have them included
in the November event. The pieces will also be included in the e-book of
the event and the author will have the chance to work with December
House's editor on a novel for possible publication.
For more details visit www.FlashFictionFest.com
Speaking about the launch of Flash Fiction Fest 2013 Henrietta Smethurst-McIntyre, Managing Editor of December House said:
"We're
very excited to be involving the writing community in Flash Fiction
Fest 2013. The short form is where so many writers hone their craft and
develop their skills, which is why we think it's so important to
celebrate it. This year we have a great theme, with lots of scope and
the chance for many different interpretations. I can't wait to see what
people come up with."
ENDS
For further details contact media@decemberhouse.
NOTES TO EDITORS
1) About December House
At
December House we're a different kind of publisher. We don't publish
print books, we only publish to e-book distribution platforms (Kindle,
Kobo, iBooks, Nook, Smashwords, Tomely and Google Play), but we're not
self publishing and we're definitely not a vanity press. We only publish
great writing from great authors.
If
we think a writer's work has promise then we'll work with them to
deliver on that promise, just like a traditional publisher. Then we take
over everything, from writing a blurb to designing a cover and deciding
on a price, through to marketing the book pre and post publication. We
believe it's our job to sell a book, and a writer's job to write it.
For more details see www.DecemberHouse.net
2) About National Flash Fiction Day
National Flash-Fiction Day was the brainchild of Calum Kerr a
confirmed writer of flash-fiction and advocate for the form. Finding
himself in the middle of a project to write a new flash-fiction every
day for a year, at the same time as National Poetry Day was happening, he went looking for a National Flash-fiction Day to get involved with. But... there wasn't one.
Without
further ado, he decided that it was up to him to create it and National
Flash Fiction Day was born. This year's day, which takes place on the
22nd of June, will see events held in Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin,
Edinburgh, Hartlepool and Shrewsbury, as well as online activities and
the publication of Scraps, an anthology of Flash Fiction.
3 comments:
How does one get to be a "confirmed" writer of flash-fiction?
Is there a certification process? A series of challenges? A DUEL? From now on I will only read flash fiction that has been certified as written by a confirmed flash fiction writer. I'm through with imitation brand flash fictions.
Also, I kind of hate the term "flash fiction." I just went and read about "flash fiction" on Wikipedia, and I prefer the "smoke long" tag for such stories -- even though I am adamantly against smoking and people should not.
I just think "flash fiction" has a feel to it that I prefer not be associated with my writing. The interpretation I get is that it is something that was dashed off and not contemplated or worked on, i.e., of lower quality. If you tell me you're writing a short story, I will be interested in reading it. If you tell me you're writing flash fiction, I'll only read it if I know the author (e.g., you), and even then I'll do it grudgingly.
You and Tony and Nigel do good short story work, by the way.
Sounds very exciting!
I intend to look into this. Thanks for sharing the info.
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