Amy's Bookshelf Reviews Annual Short Story Contest

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Personally, when I think of short stories, I think of stories are short and have a beginning, middle and end, and when I write, I don't consider word count. Sometimes, I know in my mind that they are flash fiction, novellas or short stories, and not as large as a novel and higher, but that is just MY opinion and how I write my own stories.

So, to be fair to my other judges in this contest, the word count is 10,000 or less. I apologize for any inconvenience to my fellow judges, and the contest will be as what is regarded as a short story, but the themes of sci-fi, horror and/or thriller are still baseline. 

Challenge yourself and see if you can do it, even if you don't normally write in one or any of the genres I mentioned. This is supposed to be fun, and a writing challenge. (And to be fair, I don't write in sci-fi at all, maybe thriller and paranormal, so, I will also be challenging myself, and of course, I am not going to enter as this is my contest, but if I'm asking you to do this, I'll do it myself as well, and then later, share my story).

Also, a note: You retain all the rights to your story, so you can publish it yourself. Even if it is a winner, and in the magazine, you still have the rights to it. I would never take anyone's rights away.