Dread Cold
Short Fantasy Horror Competition - Dread Cold
Anthology due for release on All Hallow's Eve 2022!
Watch the top 10 prizewinners revealed on Youtube
THE LONGLIST
The Devil’s Shelter
Game’s Up
The Hero’s Kiss
Sunday Lamb
What it Said on the Tin
Loss of Life
Frost from the Flames
The Salvation of Cassandra
Return of the Hunter
Pandora’s Diamond
I will always find you
Incarceration
The Extraction
Bay Palace
The Giants
Moon and I
Escaping the Cold
The Loop
The Crowd at the Gate
A Study in White
Open Prison
A Stopover in Burden
The Utopia Mine
Collapse
A Tilt towards Darkness
Celebrity judge: Matt Adcock, author of the Complete Darkness series.
Prizes were awarded on All Hallows Eve.
Congratulations everyone!
1st prize: £75 (The Loop by Mark Henderson)
2nd prize: £25 (A Study in White by Caroline Hardwick)
3rd prize: USB Card packed with TWO MP3 audiobooks (Collapse by Jeremy Childerstone)
4th prize: USB Card packed with ONE MP3 audiobook (Open Prison by Alan Paine)
5th prize: An MP3 audiobook of your choice from the Fantastic Books Store (A Stopover in Burden by Adena Graham)
6th prize: 5 ebooks of your choice from the Fantastic Books Store (The Crowd at the Gate by Tansy Hawksley)
7th prize: 4 ebooks of your choice from the Fantastic Books Store (A Tilt Towards Darkness by Jacci Gooding)
8th prize: 3 ebooks of your choice from the Fantastic Books Store (Escaping the Cold by David Stewart)
9th prize: 2 ebooks of your choice from the Fantastic Books Store (The Utopia Mine by Kester Park)
10th prize: 1 ebook of your choice from the Fantastic Books Store (Moon and I by Kester Park)
All prizes were presented with a certificate, signed by our CEO Dan
Entrants were asked to feast their eyes on the image below and let their imaginations run riot ... we received some impressive entries.
SHORT FANTASY HORROR COMPETITION
Launched on All Hallow's Eve, this competition looked for the best and brightest (or indeed darkest) fantasy horror tales from around the globe.
Wordcount: 1500-2000 words including title and author name
Genre: Fantasy Horror
Topic: Anything that relates or references the above image
Judge: Matt Adcock, author of the Complete Darkness series.
Fees: £5 per entry, £12 per 3 entries, £20 per 5 entries. Multiple entries must be made at the same time from the same email address. Group entries from writing groups are encouraged.
Payment should be made via PayPal to; fantasticbookspublishing@gmail.com or by cheque or postal order to;
Fantastic Books Publishing
Lilac Tree Farm
Honeypots Lane
Elstronwick
East Yorkshire
HU12 9BP
United Kingdom
Electronic entries should be sent to the above email address. Postal entries were honoured if received before the 5th January 2020.
Closing Date: CLOSED.
Charities:
Anti-Slavery International, who work tirelessly to end global slavery. They are the world's oldest human rights organisation working to free people from all forms of slavery across the world.
Embrace the Middle East, who support partners in the Middle East as they work to transform lives and restore the dignity of the most excluded and marginalised in their communities.