The Contest
Write the winning story about the cover page image of Renderosity Magazine issue 5 and see your story printed in that same issue!

Contest rules:

1. All entries: by entering this contest, entrants agee to grant first publication rights to Renderosity. All other rights are reserved by the writer. Entrants agree to grant Renderosity the right to print the story and publish it in the magazine interact forum at a later date.

2. Each story must be between 1500 and 2000 words in length, written in English, and must be relevant to the magazine cover for Renderoity issue #5. (The image can be seen here.

3. One submission per Renderosity member, not per screen name. If there are multiple submissions by the same person, only the last submission will be entered into the contest.

4. Explicit descriptions of anatomy, violence, or sexual acts are not allowed.

5 ) The story must be original and not be published previously anywhere, including on the Internet. Exclusive rights to Renderosity for 90 days from the Renderosity issue #5 ship date apply.

6. The winner will agree to work with and abide by the Renderosity magazine staff editing needs with regard to their contest entry's inclusion to the magazine.

7. The contest is open to all members of Renderosity, excluding Renderosity moderators, administrators, and magazine staff.

8. Submissions will be accepted until October 15th 23:59, Renderosity Server Time

Submission format:

Submissions may be e-mailed to contest@fallencity.net as a .txt attachment. (The off-site address is to ensure the anonymity of the entrants.)

At the top of the entry, please include the following:

Screen name
Real name
Title

Please single space lines, with a double space between paragraphs.
Use one ONE Carriage Return/Line feed to start a new paragraph. (That means let the sentences wrap without truncating to screen width.)
Do not indent.
Please indicate bold with *'s and italics with _'s at the beginning and end of the phrase.

Prizes:

First place: Publication in the Renderosity magazine. If the winner does not have a subscription to the Renderosity magazine, a complementary issue will be mailed to the winner.

The top 5 entries will also be placed in the Writers' Forum Backroom.

Judging:

The judges will be picked from the Renderosity staff, including magazine staff. (Crescent, who will be coordinating the contest and submissions, will not be a judge in the contest.)

The judges will pick the winning story based on originality, appropriateness to the image, and quality of writing. No authors will be identified to the judges until after the contest is over and the winner announced.

Any questions about the contest can be addressed in the Renderosity Writers' Forum. A sample of an acceptable submission format can be found below.