![]() ![]() Things your story needed to include to qualify. ![]() Go over or under at your own risk as soon as you do, it's out of the running for the prizes. There are caveats.įirst, you've got your word count: 3,000 to 5,000 words. Tuesday, July 1: The challenge closes to submissions, but the reading period remains open.įriday, August 1: The reading period ends, and we start the process of sorting out of the prizes. The reading period opens on this date, too. Monday, June 2: The challenge opens, and you can begin submitting stories. The five most prolific raters will get a selection of books, picked at random, by one of these excellent publishers of crime fiction! So we've enlisted Mulholland, Broken River, Hard Case Crime, and, to donate grab-bags of books. We want to reward the people who read and rate stories too. As for who's going to do it, and the selection process-well, we don't want to unveil everything just yet. Each person we enlist will only read and comment on one story. And you'll be paid just like the rest of the contributors.Īs before, we'll be asking accomplished authors and editors to read and comment on stories.īut it's going to be a little more exclusive than in previous challenges. "A Good Marriage" by Ed Kurtz, originally published in Thuglit issue 5, was recently picked for The Best American Mystery Stories 2014.Īfter the dust has settled here, Todd is going to read through the top-rated stories and pick three to run in future issues of Thuglit. Thuglit, edited by Todd Robinson-author of The Hard Bounce-delivers first-rate crime fiction in print and digital formats once every two months. Also, anyone can read and rate stories, and offer comments and criticism.Īnd, as before, we're going to offer prizes and rewards. Even if it's the first story you've ever written-anyone can submit. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or a seasoned wordsmith. You don't have to be a paying member to participate. Just like last time, this is a public contest. Crime fiction offers a rich tapestry of situation and emotion, and it's a great opportunity to dig to the root of a character-it often involves people in their worst moments, and there's no better time to get an accurate measure of a person than when they've hit bottom. You can comment on the justice system or give us a good laugh. You can gross us out or break our hearts. You can do noir or hardboiled or cozy or heist or espionage or locked-room mystery. Now we want you to Arrest Us with some down-and-dirty crime fiction! In 2012, we launched a public writing challenge, soliciting tales of bone-chilling terror with Scare Us. Then, in 2013, we went off-world with Teleport Us, our science fiction writing challenge. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred. Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. ![]()
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