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Calling all Sci Fi fans: get involved in Voyager's short story competition and festival
Our lovely colleagues at HarperVoyager have teamed up with the also-brilliant BFI to launch a Sci-Fi short story competition and virtual festival. That’s not one but two opportunities to get involved with two of the leading names in contemporary Science Fiction.
The virtual festival will take place on the 15th and 16th November.
And it's free. All you need to do is register, and check in when you want over the weekend. Would-be ‘attendees’ can register for the festival here.
The event will use the hashtag #BFIVoyager, so you can follow all the action on Twitter.
The BFIVoyager festival will explore the link between science fiction literature and film with events on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and lots of other places, worldwide.
And, more exciting still, as part of the festival, HarperVoyager will be running a sci-fi short story writing competition to be judged by Voyager Editorial Director Natasha Bardon, with the winner seeing their short story published by HarperVoyager as a free e-book, alongside other prizes.
Here’s how to enter!
Voyager are looking for stories of up to 5,000 words. The entries must reflect one or several of the themes:
Tomorrow’s World – from post-apocalyptic wastelands to megacities to far-flung dystopia – best described by Ray Bradbury as ‘sociological studies of the future’
Altered States – the science fiction of ‘inner space’ mad scientists, mutants, man-machines and mind-bending trips – what points us towards the fragile and untrustworthy thing that is consciousness.
Contact! – time to explore life from all corners of the universe and across multiple dimensions.
Terms & Conditions do of course apply, and you can find them here.
You will need to enter by 5pm on Friday 21st November by email BFIVoyager@harpercollins.co.uk
The winner will be announced at an event at the beginning of December at the BFI Southbank and the prize will be your short story being published by HarperVoyager as a free ebook and widely available through HarperVoyager and BFI’s marketing channels. You will also receive 2 pairs of tickets to the BFI film season (subject to availability) and a special goody bag of HarperVoyager books.
Go go go!
The virtual festival will take place on the 15th and 16th November.
And it's free. All you need to do is register, and check in when you want over the weekend. Would-be ‘attendees’ can register for the festival here.
The event will use the hashtag #BFIVoyager, so you can follow all the action on Twitter.
The BFIVoyager festival will explore the link between science fiction literature and film with events on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and lots of other places, worldwide.
And, more exciting still, as part of the festival, HarperVoyager will be running a sci-fi short story writing competition to be judged by Voyager Editorial Director Natasha Bardon, with the winner seeing their short story published by HarperVoyager as a free e-book, alongside other prizes.
Here’s how to enter!
Voyager are looking for stories of up to 5,000 words. The entries must reflect one or several of the themes:
Tomorrow’s World – from post-apocalyptic wastelands to megacities to far-flung dystopia – best described by Ray Bradbury as ‘sociological studies of the future’
Altered States – the science fiction of ‘inner space’ mad scientists, mutants, man-machines and mind-bending trips – what points us towards the fragile and untrustworthy thing that is consciousness.
Contact! – time to explore life from all corners of the universe and across multiple dimensions.
Terms & Conditions do of course apply, and you can find them here.
You will need to enter by 5pm on Friday 21st November by email BFIVoyager@harpercollins.co.uk
The winner will be announced at an event at the beginning of December at the BFI Southbank and the prize will be your short story being published by HarperVoyager as a free ebook and widely available through HarperVoyager and BFI’s marketing channels. You will also receive 2 pairs of tickets to the BFI film season (subject to availability) and a special goody bag of HarperVoyager books.
Go go go!
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