Cymera, Scotland’s Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing and Shoreline of Infinity, Scotland’s award-winning science fiction magazine are teaming up again to host our short story competition in our quest to discover the best of Scottish Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror writing.
The Awards
The competition is open to anyone living in Scotland or who identifies as Scottish by birth or inclination, aged 14 years or over on the submission deadline.
Your story should be unpublished, and contain aspects of speculative writing, e.g. elements of science fiction, fantasy orhorror.
The winning writer will be awarded £150.
The winning story will be published in Shoreline of Infinity Magazine, and the author will receive a complimentary copy. They will also receive a complimentary weekend pass to our 2024 festival.
The two runner-ups will each receive a weekend pass to our 2024 festival.
New for 2024: The winning story will also be published in the SF Caledonia Paper, released at Cymera Festival. SF Caledonia is a Shoreline of Infinity project created to showcase Scottish SF writing. Find out more at SF Caledonia.
We will also celebrate our competition and its winners in a special event, where the winning story will be read out by a professional actor.
Submission deadline
Submissions are open from 15th January until 6pm BST on Sunday 31st March 2024.
Full Details and submission form
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