Assigning the four words to the early bird entrants to the contest and laying out the guidelines.To download, right-click here and then click Save2023 “QUORDLE QUELL” WRITING CONTEST SUBMISSION GUIDELINESCONTEST TIMELINE:You will be assigned the four words on which to base your story by email, and for those who have already entered, by listening to this episode of the podcast. You must submit your new original story by 12:00:00 AM Mountain Time on May 1, 2023Winners will be announced on the show and by email by June 1, 2023Winning stories will be produced for audio publication on the podcast in 2023.WORD COUNT: The story shall be between 7500 words or less in lengthSTORY REQUIREMENTS AND PREFERENCES:The story must contain your four assigned words in a significant way.Please write an original story based on inspiration from the assigned words.  Please don't stuff these words into a story you have already written.  There is no way for me to enforce this, but the spirit of this contest is to provide a prompt for a new story.Preference for speculative fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and various combinations and sub-genre.Remember the winning stories will be produced for the podcast, so we will be looking for stories that "work well in audio".CONTEST RESTRICTIONS: Please no splatter horror, grimdark, or explicit sexual content. Also please avoid coarse profanity (including Schlonz).WHO WILL DECIDE THE WINNERS: A panel of volunteer judges.PRIZES: 1st Prize: $20, 2nd Prize: $15, 3rd Prize: $5.  All winning stories will be produced as a full cast audio production for the podcast.WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS: Email submissions to [email protected] FORMAT:  The subject line must contain the prefix of "2023 CONTEST:" followed by the title of your story.  The body of the email should be the text of your story.To comment on this or any episode:Leave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107)Send comments and/or recordings to [email protected] us us TwitterPost a comment on Facebook here

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