Stories submitted to the 6th Annual Dead of Winter contest (December 2006) should follow the theme: The Haunted Lighthouse*
The word limit is 4400 words.
The contest opens on November 1, 2006 and the deadline for submission is December 21, 2006. E-mail entries to dow2006[at]toasted- cheese.com. Your subject line must read: “Dead of Winter Contest Entry.”
Post any questions you have about the contest in our DOW thread. Please do not post any part of your entry in the thread. You may post your work for feedback at one of our boards but please title your post “DOW entry for feedback” or similar so that the judges don’t read it.
* this is not a requisite title (in fact, we’d prefer your story didn’t use the theme as a title). The haunted lighthouse may be used as a setting, a symbol, however you would like to use it but you must use the theme in some way.
Be sure to (1) set your story in autumn or winter (2) write using supernatural elements or motifs and (3) use the theme of “the haunted lighthouse. Otherwise, do what you like.
Winners receive Amazon gift certificates: $20 for first, $15 for second, $10 for third. Honorable mentions may also be awarded.
