Submission Guidelines -  

The Contest is Now Closed to Submissions 

An original, unpublished short story between 1,000 and 5,000 words.
   Please no children’s, young adult, or poetry.
 

The story must have a unique twist. We want it to push the boundaries of genre, surprise
   our judges, and maybe even set their hair on fire.  
 

Blind Submissions: Authors names should not appear on the actual submission, but
   must be included in the cover letter, which should also contain: title, word count,
   address, telephone number and email address.
 

Submissions should be in Word. (Must be earlier than Word 2007 - no .docx files please.)
 

Format: 12 pt—Times New Roman font, double-spaced, one inch margins, and numbered
   pages.
 

Only email submissions will be accepted at Contest@oceanviewpub.com
 

Please enter only one story per email and put, Short Story Contest in the subject line.
 

Participants must be 18 years of age by January 1, 2009.

** Submissions will not be returned or sent to third party. Except for the winner, comments will not be provided.

Prizes

With permission, we will publish the winner’s entry on the Oceanview website. The winner will also receive $250 in cash and $150 worth of Oceanview’s books.

Two finalists will also be chosen. They will receive $100 in cash and $150 worth of Oceanview’s books.

Judges

Patricia Gussin, M.D. — Pat has practiced medicine and has worked in medical research as
worldwide vice president for a leading healthcare company.

She is a graduate of Aquinas College, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Columbia University Business School, and has an honorary degree from Duquesne University.

Pat is the author of Shadow of Death, a 2007 Thriller Award nominee.  Her second novel, Twisted Justice a medical mystery, was published in December, 2007. Read more about Pat at her website: http://www.patriciagussin.com/

James Patrick Kelly— Jim’s books include the Nebula Award winning Burn, Strange But Not A Stranger, Think Like A Dinosaur: And Other Stories, Wildlife, Heroines, Look Into The Sun, Freedom Beach with John Kessel  and Planet Of Whispers.

His fiction has been translated into sixteen languages. He has won the World Science Fiction Society's Hugo Award twice: in 1996, for his novelette "Think Like A Dinosaur" and in 2000, for his novelette, "Ten to the Sixteenth to One."

His newest collection of short stories The Wreck of the Godspeed is out now. Read more about Jim at his website: http://www.jimkelly.net/

Kelly Link: Kelly's debut collection, Stranger Things Happen was a Firecracker nominee, a Village Voice Favorite Book and a Salon Book of the Year. Stories from the collection have won the Nebula, the James Tiptree Jr., and the World Fantasy Award.

Her second collection, Magic for Beginners, was published in July 2005. It was Book Sense pick (and a Best of Book Sense 2005 pick); and selected for best of the year lists by Time Magazine, Salon, Boldtype, Village Voice, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Capitol Times.

Kelly is an editor for the Online Writing Workshop and has been a reader and judge for various literary awards. She has taught at a number of schools and writer’s workshops.

Kelly edits The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (St. Martin's Press). She is also the editor of the anthology, Trampoline. Read more about Kelly at her website:http://www.kellylink.net/