Short Story Challenge

There is currently over $6,000 in cash and prizes for

the top writers in the Short Story Challenge 2013.

1st Place

• USD $1,500

• 1 Foundation Publishing Package from Authorhouse (valued at $749). Our Foundation self-publishing package assists authors in launching their books quickly by providing book design and layout, cover design, e-book formatting and worldwide distribution in the marketplace.

• 1 Word to EPUB Publishing Package (251-500 pages) from Lulu.com (valued at $289) Attention authors who want their remarkable ebooks published and distributed to an audience of millions -- this package is for you. Let Lulu experts help you make ebook publishing simple.

• 1 SmartEdit License (valued at $49.95). SmartEdit is a first-pass editing tool for novelists and creative writers, designed to help you catch those annoying mistakes that will only infuriate your editor.

• 1 WriteItNow 4 Download or CD (valued at $69.95). WriteItNow is a program for writing and organising novels. It has sections for chapters, characters, locations, events, notes and ideas. It include a story board, timeline, writing prompts, spelling checker, thesaurus and readability calculator. Voted best creative writing software by Top Ten Reviews.

• 1 Storyist 2.4 Download for Mac OS X (valued at $59). Storyist is a powerful writing environment for Mac and iPad. Unlike conventional word processors, Storyist helps you track your plot, characters, and settings, and keeps all of your writing organized and accessible--so you can focus on telling your story.

• 1 Scrivener License (valued at $45). Scrivener is a powerful content-generation tool for writers that allows you to concentrate on composing and structuring long and difficult documents.

2nd Place

• USD $500

• 1 Word to EPUB Publishing Package (251-500 pages) from Lulu.com (valued at $289)

• 1 SmartEdit License (valued at $49.95)

• 1 WriteItNow 4 Download or CD (valued at $69.95)

• 1 Scrivener License (valued at $45)

• 1 Storyist for iPad Download (valued at $9.99).

3rd Place

• USD $250

• 1 Word to EPUB Publishing Package (251-500 pages) from Lulu.com (valued at $289)

• 1 SmartEdit License (valued at $49.95)

• 1 WriteItNow 4 Download or CD (valued at $69.95)