The winner of the Stephen T Vessels Memorial Scholarship Writing Contest for SBWC is Nikki Blakely. Tomorrow we will list the honorable mentions.
We will be contacting all the contestants and making a more formal announcement early this week.
The submission period for this contest is over. Thank you to everyone who entered. We hope to have our winners announced by April 30.
Writers are invited to submit an entry to the Fantasy/Science Fiction Contest in memory of SBWC alumnus, Stephen T. Vessels.
No entry fee.
These pieces should fall under the category of fantasy/sci-fi.
For extra credit, take inspiration from the writing of Stephen T. Vessels. Before you submit your work, consider Stephen’s oft-repeated advice: “Rub a little weird on it.”
To familiarize yourself with the style and spirit of Vessels’ writing, see The Mountain & the Vortex, and other Tales from Muse Harbor and Fall of the Messengers from ShadowSpinners.
Or take a look at The Fifth Fedora, an anthology of fiction by other writers inspired by the work of Vessels.
You may share this contest opportunity with others.
The judges will look for overall writing excellence, as well as “the weird factor.”
Submissions should be 1000 words or fewer.
Limit of 1 entry per person.
Contest judges are published authors. We do not announce the names of the judges.
Enter via email: sbwc.mascot@gmail.com
This must be your original work, previously published or not.
Put your contact information into the body of the email and send your entry as an attached Word doc or PDF.
Contact information should include:
Name
Phone number
Email address
Mailing address
First prize will be a full tuition day scholarship to the 2023 Santa Barbara Writers Conference. ($799 value).
Scholarship recipient must be able to attend the conference this year, June 18-23, 2023.
If not, the full scholarship will be awarded to the first runner-up who is able to attend.
No entry fee
Contest opens: Now
Submission period closes MIDNIGHT, Friday, April 14, 2023 PDT
Winners announced by April 30, 2023
