THE BLACK LIBRARY WARHAMMER SHORT STORY COMPETITION
The Black Library is looking for submissions for our new Warhammer 40, 000 anthology, ‘Planetkill’. All of the stories in this anthology must be written around the theme of wholesale planetary destruction! The more imaginative the better – your story doesn’t have to be straightforward: it could be set before, during or even after a planet has been destroyed, feature the Imperial Navy, Imperial Guard, Adeptus Astartes or be about anyone or anything that fits into this theme. We’re only looking for stories set in the current Warhammer 40,000 timeline, so please don’t set your story during the Horus Heresy or the Age of Apostasy for example. Any entries that do not fit into this category will be disqualified.
Would-be authors are invited to submit a synopsis of no more than 500 words along with a writing sample of between 500 and 1,000 words for consideration by a panel of Black Library editors. Any synopses we deem of a publishable standard will then move forward to the second stage of the competition where the author will be expected to write a short story of no more than 7,000 words. Any stories we deem worthy of publication after this stage of the competition will appear in ‘Planetkill’ and the author will be paid for his or her work at the standard Black Library short story page rate.
Entries for the competition will only be accepted through this online form and the deadline for synopses is midnight Monday 21st May 2007. No feedback will be given on unsuccessful entries. Successful authors will be notified within four weeks of this date and given a further four weeks to turn their synopsis into a full 7,000 word manuscript. The winning entries will then be chosen from these completed stories.[/b]
