Three years on, countless battles, this Empire has seen more than it’s share of refugees searching valiantly for a website to call home…

Celebrating both our three year anniversary and new look site, we’re having a competition! Two books for two competitions both running for three whole months!

New! Additional prizes for those who blog about the competition! See details here (must have Australian address, prizes only valid for one blog post per person)

Submission dates 22nd September – 22nd October

Review Prize Pack:

Astropolis by Sean Williams
The Workers Paradise, edited by Russell B Farr and Nick Evans

Flash Prize Pack:

Dreaming Again Anthology, edited by Jack Dann
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

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Reviews:

* You can review any speculative fiction (YA or adult) novel/novella, anthology, movie, TV series or a non-fiction book (could be something related to writing or history that could inspire writers)
* Reviews of books or movies must be between 300-500 words, in plain form (no headings or questions and answers). TV series reviews can be longer if necessary.
* For fiction: characterisation, plot, description, comparison to other’s in the genre, who would it appeal to?
* For non-fiction: is it easy for the layperson to understand or do you need some basic understanding of something? What is it about? Would it be useful to writers or is it just interesting?
* Each accepted submission will go in the draw to win that specific book pack for the week

How to enter: Can be member of the site or guest. Go to this page to submit.

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Flash Fiction/News Flash:

* Theme: 500 words or less written in the style of a newspaper article complete with headline. Story must be Australian oriented with a speculative fiction element. Stories should intrigue more than illuminate.
* Stories will be posted online for the entire competition (and longer if you give us the rights)
* Stories will be peer-judged by a 5 star rating on top of each submission. Any member or guest can rate. The winner will be decided by the highest number based on (number of votes) x (average rating).
* Our resident editor, Phillip Berrie has written an example news flash that fits the brief.

How to enter: Must be member of the site. Go to this page and under Section, select Competition, under Category, select Flash Fiction.

Rules:

* Must be Australian postal address
* Must use a valid email address (or we won’t be able to contact you to tell you that you’ve won!)
* Must be original work (if review, must not be posted anywhere else)
* Staff not eligible
* Prizes will be announced one week *before* submission starts for the next section, and writers/reviewers will have one month to submit their finished piece before the next prize section starts and any submissions then will be for the new prize.
* If you win a prize, you will not be eligible for any more prizes.
* Multiple entries during one prize period will be counted as one entry only, however if you did not win you can enter in another prize period if you submit another piece.

Total Prizes:

(There will be a chance to win each of these for both a review and a flash fiction prize. You just need to keep up to date with which prizes are picked for each month!)

Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

Workers Paradise edited by Russell B Farr

Dreaming Again edited by Jack Dann

The Wounded Guardian by Duncan Lay

Astropolis by Sean Williams