New, from Crime and Suspense!

Click HERE to read the entries thus far!

This writing contest is only open to subscribers to the Crime and Suspense ezine... but it's free to enter!

(You can subscribe on the main page of Crime and Suspense)

The rules are:

1. This must be a previously unpublished crime short story (mystery or suspense)

2. The length is to be from 1000 to 2000 words, inclusive

3. The story must be set in or around Washington D.C.

4. The time may be any time from 1776 to present day

5. You have until midnight (Eastern U.S. time) on June 15, 2007 to submit the story to beltway@crimeandsuspense.com

6. Be SURE the subject line of the entry reads BELTWAY ENTRY

7. Submitted stories will be published on a special page on the Crime and Suspense web site

8. The judging of these stories will be by the readership, in a BLIND survey, beginning on July 1 and ending on July 7, 2007 (to vote you must be a subscriber to the ezine and use your ezine subscription email to validate that)

9. Ties for any place (First, Second or Third) will be broken by random selection.  

10. The authors of the stories must be kept secret until after the contest is over and the winners are announced. Anyone who is found to reveal his/her story to anyone before the contest is over will be disqualified

11. Winners will be determined and announced no later than July 14, 2007

12. Prizes:
       First Prize - A set of all four of Austin Camacho's Hannibal Jones mystery novels, signed by the author
       Second Prize - Two of Austin Camacho's Hannibal Jones mystery novels, signed by the author
       Third Prize - A copy of Crime and Suspense Anthology I with Austin's story signed by the author

NOTE: As always, all the standard rules about story content, rights to the story, etc., apply.  Check out the Guidelines page for that information.